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Notes-Bibliography Format

Reference list

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Template:

Author Surname, Author Forename. 'Title'. Publication Title. City: Publisher, Year Published.

Example:

Poole, Sarah, and John Snarey. 'Erikson's Stages Of The Life Cycle'. Encyclopedia Of Child Behaviour And Development. New York:   Springer Science and Business media, 2011.

In-text citation

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Template

Author Forename Author Surname, 'Title', Publication Title (City: Publisher, Year Published).

Example

A baby internalizes
the continuity of experience and begins to form attitudes
of the world based on having his or her needs met. Sarah Poole and John Snarey, 'Erikson's Stages Of The Life Cycle', Encyclopedia Of Child Behaviour And Development (New York:   Springer Science and Business media, 2011).

Author-Date Format

Reference list

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'. Publication Title. City: Publisher.

Example:

'Earthquakes'. 2010. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

Example

Volume 17 ('Earthquakes' 2010)

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