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Notes-Bibliography Format

Reference list

Place this part in your bibliography or reference list at the end of your assignment.

Template:

Author Surname, Author Forename. 'Title'. Location, Year Published.

Example:

'Hexachrome'. USA, 1994.

In-text citation

Place this part right after the quote or reference to the source in your assignment.

Template

Author Forename Author Surname, 'Title' (Location, Year Published).

Example

PANTONE Hexachrome is a six-color process printing system with a specially enhanced colour ink set 'Hexachrome' (USA, 1994).

Author-Date Format

Reference list

Place this part in your bibliography or reference list at the end of your assignment.

Template:

Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'. Location.

Example:

Wilson, Theodore Leroy, and John Williams. 2014.

In-text citation

Place this part right after the quote or reference to the source in your assignment.

Template

(Author Surname Year Published)

Example

Many people pay for freedom with their lives. (Wilson and Williams 2014)

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