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Books
Use
the title page of the book to find most of the information.
Author/editor
In a bibliography entry, the name of the author appears with the
last name first for purposes of alphabetization. When there are two
or three authors, the names are listed in the order in which they
appear on the title page, whether or not that order is alphabetical.
Only the name of the first author appears in inverted order. A comma
separates the first name of the first author from succeeding names.
One author
Put the surname first, followed by initial (s) of forenames (s)
e.g. Blackfoot, Emery
Two authors
If there are two contributing names, include both
e.g. Simonds, Wendy, and Barbara Katz Rothman.
Three
authors
In the case of three authors, the names are listed in the order
shown on the title page:
e.g.Merk, Janes S.,Ida J. Fogg, and Charles A. Snowe
More than three authors
In the bibliography entry, the usual practice is to list all the
authors. The name of the first author is inverted. It is also
acceptable, if the author wishes, to list only the first author,
followed by “et al.” “and others.”
Charlotte, Marcuset al., Investigation into the Phenomenon of
Limited-Field Criticism Boston:
Broadview Press, 1990
Editor
If the book is edited, signify this using ed.
e.g. Eliot, T.S.,ed.
Compiler and Translator
Use comp. for compiler and trans. for translator.e.g.
Gianakakos, Peter, and William Poweska, trans. Studies of
Transformation in Eastern Europe.Buffalo: N.Y.: Touser
and Blinken, 1999.
Anonymous works
When no author’s name appears on a work or when the title page lists
anonymous as the author, the work is listed in the bibliography by
title alone. If the author’s name is known, it may be put in
brackets and the work may be listed in the bibliography under the
author’s name. Anonymous is not used as an author entry.
[Scarborough, Dorothy]. The Wind. New York:
Harper, 1925.
Or
The Wind. New York: Harper, 1925
Pseudonyms
When an author’s name as given on the title page is a pseudonym (pen
name), the bibliography entry begins with the pseudonym and
continues with the author’s real name in brackets. If the author’s
real name is unknown, the abbreviation pseud, within brackets
follows the name.
Green, Hannah [Joanne Greenberg]. I never promised
you a Rose Garden.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
Title
Use the title given on the title page
Omit lengthy sub-titles
Italic the title
e.g. Information UK 2000
Since punctuation is often omitted from title pages, it may be
necessary to add this to citations in notes or bibliographies.
Series commas, commas setting off dates, and colons between title
and subtitle are frequently omitted at the ends of lines on title
pages and must therefore be added.
Edition
Give information in the bibliography concerning the edition. Only
include the edition number if it is not the first
e.g. 3rd ed.
A
new edition may be called “Revised Edition” (no number), “Second
Edition, Revised and England” or some other variant. In bibliography
entries or notes these are commonly abbreviated: rev.ed.; 2nd ed.,
rev. and encl. (or just 2nd ed.) and soon. Such terms
should be given in English even through the book is in a foreign
language.
Abdul Waheed Concise Numerical Examples in Statistics.
2nd
ed. Lahore: Naveed Publications, 1990.
Samreen Lateef. Information System rev. ed. Lahore:
Ferozsons, 2003
Number of volumes
Only include the number of volumes if more than one
e.g. 2 vols.
If referring to a specific volume number, put the volume number
e.g. Vol.3
Pages
If quoting a specific section include the page (s) where the
quotation is found use the abbreviation p. before the page number(s)
to avoid any confusion
p.17-37
Series
Series titles are included for illustrative purposes in all of the
following examples, but if the works can be located without them, or
if they are given in bibliography listings, series titles may be
omitted from notes to save space.
Wolf, Theta Holmes. The Effects of Praise and Competition on the
Persisting
Behavior of Kindergarten Children.
Child Welfare Monograph Series,
no.15.Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1938.
Place, Publisher and year of Publication
These three pieces of information are usually formed on the back of
the title page. Put the place of publication first then publisher
followed by the date of publication.
e.g. Lahore: Multiline Books, 2002
Missing information
When you cannot locate one or more pieces of information concerning
publication, you should use one of the following abbreviations in
the appropriate place in the entry:
No Place: n.p.
No publisher: n.p.
No date: n.d.
No page: n.pag. Or unpaginated
Capitalize the abbreviations only when it begins a section of
the entry.
Eliot, George. Felix Holt. Edinburgh: William Blackwood,
n.d.
Eliot, George. Felix Holt. n.p.: William Blackwood, n.d.
Classical works
Refer to classical works by title and main divisions – volume, book
chapter, pages sections, or lines, as appropriate—in subsequent
references. Numerals should be separated by periods without spacing.
The initial citation must name the translator and editor. This is
important information about any work, but it is essential for
classical works, where the translator’s task can involve restoring
the text or applying new theories about the meaning of particular
words.
Aristotle.Poetics.Trans.S.H.Butcher and ed. Francis.
Ferguson.
New York: Hill and .
Plato.TheRepublic.Trans.Desmond.Lee.Harmondsworth: Penguin,1955.
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Periodicals/SeRIALS
Any publication that comes out at regular interval is a periodical.
Periodicals from an academic or professional audience are called
journals; periodicals intended for the general publics are often
called magazines.
This information can usually be found at the front of the journal,
annual or other type of serial publications.
Title
Use the title given at the front of the serial, italic the title.
e.g. British Library News
Do not use abbreviation in the title unless the serials is known by
its abbreviation
e.g. BMJ for British Medical Journal
Volume numbers
Record the volume numbers for the complete run of a serial .
e.g. 1 – 5
If volume numbers are not given, use the issue numbers
If volume or issue numbers are not given, use year of publication
If certain years have been consulted from the run of a serial, this
should be recorded
Years of publications
Put the years of publication for the complete run of serial
e.g. 1964-1988
Use a hyphen to indicate a serial which is still being published
e.g. 1982-
Frequency of publication
If a serial is still being published, put the frequency of
publication
e.g. Annual.
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NEWSPAPERS
The bibliography entry for a newspaper should include the name of
the author (if available), the title of the article (headline) in
quotation marks, and the name of the newspaper underlined.
Rasky, Susan F. “Senate Calls for Revisions in New Tax for
Health Care.” ,DAWN, Lahore. 8 June 1989, A20
Norman, Michael. “The Once-simple Folk tale Analyzed by
Acadene.” New York Times, 5 March 1984, 15(N)
4- BOOK REVIEWS
An entry for a book review begins with the name of the reviewer,
includes the title (if any) of the review, gives the name of the
author and the work being reviewed, and ends with the name of the
periodical in which the review, and ends with the name of the
periodical in which the review appeared, together with the volume
number (if applicable), date, and page(s). If the review is unsigned
and untitled, the entry begins with Review or Rev. Examples of three
types of review entries follow.
Moore, Walter. “Great Physicist, Great Guy.” Review of Genuius:
The Life and
Science of Richard Feynman,
by James Gleick. New York Times. Book
Review,
11 Oct. 1992, 3.
Lott, Robert E. Review of Emilia Pardo Bazan, by
Walter T.
Pattison. Symposium 28 (1974): 382.
Review of Married to Genius, by Jeffrey Meyers.
Journal of
Modern Literature 7 (1979): 579-80.
5- REFERENCE WORKS
Entries for widely known reference works, such as dictionaries,
encyclopedias, atlases, and yearbooks, need not include the facts of
publication. The edition number or the year suffices for
identification of the work. The article or entry appears within
quotation marks, and the title of the reference work is italic.
Encyclopedia entry
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., s.v. “Original
package.”
Dictionary entry
Webster’s New International Dictionary, 3d ed., s.v.
“epistrophe.”
Atlas entry
Times Atlas of the World. 1990 ed.s.v. “World Climatology.”
Signed entry
When an article or entry is signed, the name of the author may be
included.
Holman, Harriet R..”Page, Thomas Nelson.” Collier’s Encyclopedia.1987ed.
Specialized reference works
Entries for little known & specialized reference works should
include the full facts of publications.
Ealwell, JohnMurray Millgate and Peter Newman. The New
Palgrave:
A
Dictionary of Economics.London:Macmillan,1987
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QUOTATIONS
A
list of published sources used for essays, projects and other work
must always should be included. These lists are normally placed at
the end of a piece of work, for example, a list of references and a
bibliography. Do not use footnotes.
Setting out quotations
Quotations if short, up to three lines, can be set in quotation
marks and included in the body of the text:
e.g. Castens (1988) has reaffirmed that“polytechnics have some way
to go in
developing adequate and communicable descriptions of our stock and
its use”.
Longer quotations should be entered as a separate paragraph and
indented from the main text. Quotations marks are not required.
e.g. Jones (1990) has observed that:
In a short period of time, Paradox has established itself as the
number two player among database managers for IBM-compatible PCs.
Considering the intense competition in the software industry, that
says a lot about the nature of Paradox.
Ease of use is an important factor for buyers when choosing a DBMS.
If part of the quotation is omitted, this is indicated using three
dots:
e.g. The tradition publishing industry… is keeping a close which on
the development of desktop publishing.
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Bibliography forms in Harvard and Numeric System
There are two main methods by which references can be displayed, the
Harvard system and the British standard (numeric) system. Once a
method has been selected it is important to apply it consistently.
Harvard System
Book
Eason, K. (1998) Information technology and organizational
change, New York: Taylor & Francis.
Journals articles
Smith, G. (1992) Newspapers on CD_ROM, Serials, 5(3), p.17-22
Note: only the year is given, chronological designations of parts of
serials (Spring, October, etc.) are omitted.
Section in a book edited by another
Gibb, F. (1987) Why we needs more WIMPs in the office. In
HILLS. S.ed. Information handling techniques for
the office: full text rules OA? New York: Tayler Graham.
P.67-77.
British Standard (Numeric) System
Book
Eason, K. Information technology and organisational change.
London: Taylor & Francis, 1988.
Journal article
Smith, G. Newspapers on CD_Rom. Serials 5(3) November
1992, p.17-22.
Section in a book edited by another
Gibb, F. Why we need more WIMPs in the office. In HILLS, S.
ed. Information handling techniques for the office: full text
rules OA? New York: Taylor Grahm, 1987. p.67-77
Quoting references in the text Harvard System
Cited publications are referred to in the text by giving the
author/s surname and the year of publication. One of two forms may
be used:-
In a recent study Eason (1998) at argued that…..
In a recent study (Eason 1988) it was argued that…
When the same author has published more than one cited document in
the same year, these are distinguished by adding lower-case letters
(a, b, c etc.) after the year and within the parentheses:
However, Rayner (1975a) proposed that….
For publications by two authors, both are given:
In their first work, Westalke and Carke (1987)…
For publications by two or more authors, the surname of the first
author is given, followed by et al:
The more recent study by Farmer et al (1988)
Anonymous works may be shown by Anon. in place of the author/s
surname:
In a recent study (Anon. 1991) it was argued that…
To acknowledge direct quotations or to refer to individual pages of
particular book or article the page number(s) should be given after
the date, separated from it by a comma, and within the parentheses:
(Eason 1988, p.49)
Punctuation practice should be consistent.
British Standard (Numeric) System (BS 1629:1989)
Cited publications are numbered in the order in which they are first
referred to in the text. They are identified by a number given in
round brackets, in square brackets or as a superscript numeral: are
identified by a number given in round brackets, in square brackets
or as a superscript numeral:
In a recent study, Eason (5) argued that…
In a recent study, Eason (5) argued that…
In a recent study, Eason (5) argued that…
Listing reference at the end of the text
Harvard System
Entries are listed in alphabetical order by author’s name and then
by date. This list may include sources not specifically referred to
in the text thus removing the need for a separate list of sources or
bibliography.
Example:
Carson, J.(1988) Desktop publishing and libraries.
New York: Taylor Graham.
Meadows, A.J. and Buckle, P. (1992) Changing communication
activities in the
British scientific community.
Journal of documentation, 48 (3), p.276-290
Rowley, Jennifer. (1998) Abstracting and indexing, 2nd
ed. London: Bingley.
Rowley, Jennifer. (1990) The basics of systems analysis and
design for
information
managers.
London: Bingley.
British Standard System
Entries are listed in a alphabetical order by author’s name and then
by date. This list may include sources not specifically referred to
in the text thus removing the need for a separate list of sources or
bibliography.
Examples:
Rowley, Jennifer. The basics of system analysis and design for
information managers.
London: Bingley, 1990.
Carson, J. Desktop publishing and libraries, New York: Taylor
Graham, 1998.
Rowley, J. Abstracting and indexing, 2nd ed.
London: Bingley, 1998.
Meadows, A.J. and Bucle, P.Changing communication
activities in the British Scientific
community.
Journal of documentation., 48(3), September 1992, p.276-290.
If a source is cited more than once, the abbreviations ibid. op.
cit. and loc. cit. are used in subsequent citations. See
the Appendix for examples showing how these are used.
8- Special publications
There are other types of material that required individual
treatment.
Official publications
Citation elements:
Author
(Usually the name of Ministry, Department, agency, council,
committee or other official body).
In order to avoid confusion, it is recommended that official
publications are qualified by country:
e.g. Pakistan. Ministry of Education..
Title of the work
(Italic)
Edition number, publisher and year of publication
(list number of volumes if more than one)
Title of series and volume number in such series
Example:
Great Britain, Office of Arts and Libraries. (1998) Financing our
public library
service: four subject for debate: a consultative paper.
H.M.S.O. (cm 324).
9- REPORTS
Citation elements:
Author
(Surname followed by initials)
Title of report
(Italic)
Publisher and year of publication
Report code and number
Example:
Tuck, B. OSI and library services, British Library,1990.
(Research paper 85)
10- CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Citation elements
Name of conference
(with number in series if appropriate)
If a conference has a name it is treated as the author of its
proceedings. If it has no name but it is a meeting of members of an
organisation, that organisation is treated as the author of the
proceedings. In other cases the proceedings are to be treated as an
anonymous publication and the title is used as the main headings.
Place where conference was held
Date of conference
Title of proceedings
Italic
Editor(s)
Publisher and year of publication
Example:
Computer in Libraries International, 6th, London,
February (1992) Computes in
Libraries International 92.
proceeding. Meckler.
Conference papers
Citation elements:
Author of paper
(surname followed by initials)
Title of paper
Italic
Name of conference…
etc. (as for Conference proceedings)
Pagination for the paper
A
reference to a specific paper included in the proceedings of a
conference should included the full details of the paper in addition
to the details of the conference.
Example:
Sizer, J. (1988) Value for money: a framework for development In
Collection
development: options for effective management.
Proceedings of a conference of the Library and Information Research
Group, Sheffield, 1987, edited by Sheila Corrall. Taylor Graham.
P.132-140.
11- THESES/DISSERTATIONS
Citation order
Author (Surname followed by initials)
Title of thesis Italic
Degree statement
Degree awarding body
Date
Example:
King, Andrew J. “ Law and Land Use in Chicago: A Pre-history of
Modern
Zoning.” Ph.D.diss., University of Wisconsin,1976.
12- INTERVIEWS
It is not necessary to include interviews in a bibliography, but if
they are listed, The entry should follow a form similar to that
illustrated in the example that follow. After the name of the person
interviewed, references to interviews should provide the title of
the interview, if there is one, the word interviewed by followed by
the interviewer’s name (if the author conducted the interview, this
should read interviewed by the author); the medium, if any, in which
the interviewed appeared, whether a book, journal or some other form
identification of the editor, translator or director, if any; facts
of publication, the repository, or such other information as may be
required for location of printed and nonprinted sources.
Al-Hamad, Hamid. Alexandrian Archaeology. Interview by Barker
Comstock,
Videocassete, directed by Nathan Goodhugh. Warberg Films, 1989.
References to interviews that have not been published or broadcast
should include the name of the interviewee; the name of the
interviewer; a description of the type of interview conducted; the
place of date of the interview; and, if applicable, the depository
of a transcript.
13- PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS
Since personal communications are not usually available to the
public, there is title point in listing them in a bibliography. If
they are listed, however, personal communications should begin with
the name of the letter writer or the person with whom the author has
conversed:
Rich, Colonel William. Telephone conversation with author, 12
October 1989.
14- UNPUBLISHED
DUPLICATED MATERIAL
The status of duplicated material is somewhat ambiguous. To the
extent that it is distributed, even at no cost, it is technically
published. To the extent that its distribution is limited, however,
it may be said to be unpublished. In any case, in a note citation
the location and type of duplication are enclosed in parentheses. In
this bibliography they are set off by periods and begin with a
capital letter.
United States Educational Foundation for Egypt. “Annual Programme
Proposal,
1952-53.” U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1951.
Mimeographed.
15. INTERNATIONAL BODIES
Citations to publications and documents of international bodies such
as the League of Nations and the United Nations should identify the
authorizing body, the topic or title of the paper, and the date.
When available, the following information should also be included:
the series and publication numbers, the place of publication, and a
page reference when applicable. For these documents, it is advisable
to retain the roman numerals in the publication numbers. The series
abbreviation L.o.N.P. is standard for “League of Nations Papers.”
United Nations [or UN]. Secretariat. Department of
Economic
Affairs. Methods of Financing Economic
Development in
Underdeveloped countries,
1951.II.B.2.
UN General Assembly. Ninth Session. Official Records,
Supplement 19. Special United Nations Fund for
Economic
Development: Final Report
Prepared by
Raymond Scheyven In pursuance of UN General
Assembly Resolution 724B (VIII), A/2728.1954
UNESCO. The Development of Higher Education in Africa.
Paris, 1963. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT). Agreement on Implementation of Article
VI
(Anti-dupming Code).
Geneva, 1969.
16- MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
When citing manuscript materials, the element of first importance in
the bibliography is usually the collection in which the specific
items cited may be found, the author of the items in the collection,
or the depository for the collection. Collections, authors, and
depositories are therefore entered in alphabetical order. The
specific items themselves are not mentioned in the bibliography
unless only one item in a collection is cited, in which case the
entry may begin with the item.
A
manuscript-a handwritten copy-is indicated by the abbreviation MS.
Shaykh Abdul – Qadir al Jilani. Al-Fathur’r Rabbani. MS.
A Collection of
Speeches of the Shaykh,Matin b. Hanif Qadir1181 A.H. Punjab
University Library, Lahore.
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NONPRINT MATERIALS
Sound recordings
Records, tapes, compact disks, and other forms of recorded sound are
generally listed under the name of the composer, writer, or other
person(s) responsible for the content. Collections or anonymous
works are listed by title. The title of a record or album is
italicized.
If the fact that the recording is a sound recording is not implicit
in the designation, that information may be added to the citation by
such terms as “sound recording,” “compact sound disk,” “sound
cassette” or “audiocassette,” and so on, since disks, cassettes, and
tapes may be used to record not only sound but pictures and computer
programming, including text to be printed.
In the following examples, note that the names of such musical forms
as they symphony and the mass, usually not italicized, are
italicized when part of the title of the recording.
Carter, Elliott. “Eight Etudes for Woodwind Quintet.” On record 1 of
The
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Classics Record Library SQM 80-5731.
Video recordings
The many varieties of visual (and audiovisual) materials now
available render futile any attempt at universal rule making. The
nature of the material, its use to the researcher listing it, and
the facts necessary to find (retrieve) it should govern the
substance of any note or bibliography citation.
Videocassettes
Perlman, Itzak, Itzak Perlman: In My Case Music. Produced and
directed by Tony
DeNonno. 10min. DeNonno Pix, 1985. Videocassette.
Slides and films
Mihalyi, Louis J. Landscapes of Zambia, Central Africa. Santa
Barbara, Calif. :
Visual Education, 1975. Slide.
Works of art
Titles of works of art are underlined and the works of art are
identified by their location, either in a museum or other collection
or institution or in a book with reproductions.
Gainsborough, Thomas. The Morning Walk. Lahore Museum,
Lahore.
Vallayer-Coster, Anne. The White Soup Bowl. Private
Collection, Paris. Plate 52
in Women Artists: 1550-1950, by Ann Sutherland
Harris and Linda Nochlin. New York: Knopf, 1977
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MATERIAL OBTAINED
THROUGH LOOSE LEAF
Documentation of material obtained through such loose-leaf services
as the federal tax services published by Commerce Clearing House
(CCH) and Prentice_hall (P-H) is handled similarly to that obtained
from books. For some loose-leaf services, paragraph rather than page
numbers are given.
Commerce Clearing House, 1990 Standard Federal Tax Reports.
Chicago:
Commerce Clearing House, 1990
Reference to material obtained through computer services like Dialog
and Orbit and through information services like ERIC (Educational
Resources Information Center) and NTIS (National Technical
Information Services) are treated like first references to original
printed material except that the usual information is followed by
the name of the service, the name of the vendor providing the
service, and the accession or identifying numbers within the
services.
Kupisch, Susan J. “Stepping In”. Paper presented as part of the
symposium
Disrupted and Reorganized Families at the annual meeting of the
South-eastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Ga., 23-26 March
1983. Dialog, ERIC, ED 233276.
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MATERIAL FROM COMPUTER PROGRAMMES AND ELECTRONIC DATABASE
Programs, or Software
References to computer programs, packages, languages, systems, and
the like, known collectively as software, should in general include
the title, usually spelled out, except for such commonly known
programs as FORTRAN, BASIC, or COBOL; such identifying detail as
version, level, release number, or date; the short name or acronym,
where applicable, along with other information necessary for
identification, all in parentheses; and the location and name of the
person, company, or organization having the property rights to the
software. The author’s name may also be mentioned if it is important
for identification.
FORTRAN H-extended Version [or Ver.]2.3. IBM, White Plains, N.Y.
Houston Automatic Spooling Priority II Ver. 4.0 IBM, White Plains,
N.Y.
International Mathematical Subroutine Libray Edition 8 (IMSL
8)International
Mathematical subroutine Library, Inc., Houston, Tex.
Operating System/Virtual Storage Rel. 1.7 (OS/VS 1.7) IBM, White
Plains, N.Y.
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Level M Ver. 8 (SPSS
Lev. M 8.1).
SPSS, Chicago.
Microsoft Windows-Computer Software. Version 3.1.MacIntosh.
Redmond,Washington:Microsoft,1990.
Material from electronic databases:
Material received from a Computer retrieved service should be
treated like other printed material of the same type.When you refer
to a particular entry, give the name of the service and numbers
identifying the documents.
Books Out-of-Print Plus.New York : Bowker,1979-.CD-ROM
Laroche, Jacques.Typology of Instructional Theories.
DIALOG,PsycINFO,72-03548.
20- PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
A
Publication authorized or printed by a government entity, such as a
nation, state, or city, is called a public document. Public
documents take a wide variety of forms: records of meetings and
proceedings, regulations, report of research, guidelines for
industries, and statistics on current and future trends.
Bibliographical entries for public documents, like those for other
kinds of works, consist of three parts------author, title and facts
of publication------each of which may contain several elements. Each
part ends with a period, followed by two spaces.
Author entry
i- The governing body-----such as nation, state, country,
or city----in order of size and importance
ii. The identity of the division of governments----- such
as National Assembly/Congress, Senate, or Department of Province.
iii. The name of any particular committee and subcommittee
within the division.
The author entry for a document prepared by a subcommittee of the
Pakistan
Senate Committee on Agriculture would read as follows:
e.g. Pakistan. Senate. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee
onLoans.
Parliament documents
An entry for a hearing, a transcript of the testimony of witness
before congressional committees, should include the name of the
committee to which testimony was presented.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Construction and Repair Programs to Alleviate Unemployment. Hearing.
97th Cong., 2nd sess., 1 Dec. 1982.
Washington: GPO, 1983.
Executive documents
The executive branch issues presidential proclamations, executive
orders, and reports of executive departments and bureaus.
Pakistan President. Proclamation. Legal Frame Work
Order. October 13, 1999.
21- WEBLIOGRAPHY
Information on citations to electronic documents (web) may be given
as per following style: -
“Jericho’s Walls.” In History Log9008 [electronic bulletin board].
S.1.27 August
1990-[cited 15 December 1990}. Available from listserv @
FINHUTC.BITNET.
Kulikowski, Stan.”Readability Formula.” In NL-KR (Digest
vol.s,no.10)
[electronic bulletin board]. Rochester, N.Y.,1988 [cited 31
January
1989].Available from nl-kr @ cs.Rochester.edu ; INTERNET.
APPENDEX
Abbreviations
The given list provides terms and abbreviations that
occur in notes, references and bibliographical entries. Many of
these terms, particularly those in Latin are no longer
recommended for current use, but because they are part of tradition
of scholarly research and writing, they appear frequently in
literature.
When you are deciding whether to use one of these terms
or abbreviations, your first guide should be the requirements of the
style you are following. Your second consideration should be brevity
and clarity. If an abbreviation will save space and contribute to
understanding, you should use it; if it will merely obfuscate or
confuse, write out the word or expression.
The following abbreviations are commonly used in citations or
editing general scholarly text :
ABBREVIATION MEANING
OR TERM
ad init at the beginning
add. addendum
anon. anonymous
app. appendix
arr. arranged,
bibl. bibliotheca,library.
bk. book
chap. chapter
ca. circaabout approximately
col. column
cont. continued
comp. compiler
copr., cop., or© copyright
ed. Edition, or editor
e.g. exemplei gratia for example
et al, et alii: and other, when a work has
more than two authors (3 in catalogues)
fr. from
f. following
id the same
ibid in the same place
ill illustration, or
incl. Including,inclusive
f.v. on the back of the page
MS(pl. MSS) manuscriptum (-a) manuscript (s)
n.,nn. note(s), end note(s), footnote(s)
N.B take careful note
n.d. no date. Used only as a last resort: guess if
possible, eg. [1981?]
198-][198-?]
no. number –s
o.p. out of print
p. page, -s (do not use pp.) nb: p.75: citation
is on page75; pages long pt.pts.part, parts repr.reprinted
rev.revised
s.l. sine loco: no place of publication given
s.n. sine nominee: name of publisher not given
s.v. sub verbo under the word (pl.s.vv.)
ser. series
sup. above, earlier in the text
suppl. Supplement (APA)
trans. Translator, -ed
v.vv. verse,verso
vol. volume, -s
viz.or viz., namely
yr. year; your
The following Latin abbreviations are used in references only.
et seq. et sequentes:
ibid. ibidem: in the same place. Used when two more
citations of the same source follow immediately on one another,
e.g.…
1.
Kelly, T. A history of adult education in Great Britain
2nd ed. Library Association,
1970. p.76.
2.
ibid., p.24.
op.cit. opere citato: in the work previously cited.
Used when the second citations does not immediately follow the
first, e.g.
Kelly, T. op.cit., p.89
loc. cit loco citato: in the place previously
cited used in the same way as op. cit., but with periodical
articles.
pass. here and there: a number of scattered
references in the same work.
q.v. quod vide: which see
s.v. under the word or
heading .
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