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Advanced Referencing
Q1) How do I reference a complete conference proceedings?
Q2) How do I reference one paper from a published conference proceedings?
Q3) How do I reference a dissertation or thesis?
Q4) How do I reference a dictionary or an encyclopedia?
Q5) How do I reference a British Standard publication?
Q6) How do I reference a Patent publication?
Q7) How do I reference an Ordnance Survey map?
Format: Name(s) of editor(s), ed(s)., (year), Title, 'Proceedings of' conference' title, place, date. Place of publication: Publisher.
This example needs proper formatting. Et al is not used except for over 6 authors, so all the authors are listed in this case:
Example:
Diaper, D., Cockton, G., Gilmore, D. Shackel, B., 1990, Human Computer Interaction, Proceedings of the INTERACT 90 Conference, Cambridge, UK,(27 - 31 August 1990). Amsterdam: North Holland.
Note: If the names of the editors are not given, then use the title of the organisation running the conference.
Format: Name, (year), Title of article. In Name(s) of editor(s), ed(s)., (year), Title, 'Proceedings of' conference title, place, (date). Place of publication: Publisher.
Example:
Maclean, A., Belloti, V. and Young R., (1990), What rationale is there in design? In Diaper, D., Cockton, G., Gilmore, D. & Shackel, B., (1990), Human Computer Interaction, Proceedings of the INTERACT 90 Conference, Cambridge, UK, (27 - 31 August 1990). Amsterdam: North Holland. pp. 207-212.
Note: If the Proceedings are given a reference on their own, then you can abbreviate the reference to:Maclean, A., Belloti, V. and Young, R., (1990), What rationale is there in design? In Diaper D. et al., op cit., pp. 207-212.
Format: Author, (Year), Title, Qualification with the word thesis or dissertation as appropriate after the qualification (eg PhD thesis, MA dissertation), name of the awarding institution, country.
Note: The thesis or dissertation must be accessible in the library of the awarding institution.
Example:
Rajan, Y., (2004), Using Servqual to assess call centre quality, MBA dissertation, University of Derby, UK.
Format: Title, (Year). Place of publication: Name of publisher.
Example:
The New Oxford Dictionary of English, 1(998). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Format: British Standards Institution, (Year), Title of Standard, BS number of the standard
Example:
British Standards Institution, (1991), Quality systems-Part 8: Guide to quality management and quality systems elements for services, BS5750-8: (1991).
Format: Author, (Year), Title, Country the patent was granted in, Patent number, date awarded.
Example:
Addink, B., Balmer, J., Carlson, C.R., (2005), Fiber reinforced plastic bicycle riser bar, U.S.A., US2005257640, 24/11/2005.