If you are a student, student or graduate student, then you probably come across quite often with the writing of various scientific articles, essays, final works at the end of the year, diplomas. At the end of any work, you must specify a list of sources used. Read about how to get it right in our article.
The list of sources used is a description of all books, magazines, scientific papers, dissertations, monographs and electronic resources that have been read and analyzed while writing the work. In some cases, increased attention is paid to the list of literature, because it gives an idea of the fundamental nature of research in scientific work.
It is forbidden to include in the list of sources used any literature that is not referenced in the text. Be careful when making the list, because this is an important part of your work.
Bibliographic data
When using literature, you must include all the data in the list of sources used. Design in this case has clear requirements. All information about the source is given in the following order:
- The author or authors of a literary source. If there are many authors, then only the first three are indicated, or you can replace the huge list with the phrase “Edited (last name and initials of the main author)”.
- Title.
- Information about the publication if the book (monograph, textbook) was reprinted.
- The city in which the source used was published.
- The name of the publisher.
- The year in which the source was published.
- The total number of pages.
In the list, the entry will be indicated as follows:
Nikolaenko G.V. Audit teaching methodology : Textbook. - 2nd ed., Ext. - Moscow: Higher. school, 2009 .-- 452s.
You should also repeat all punctuation marks exactly.
Making a list of sources used
Be sure to ask the supervisor exactly how to place the sources in the list, since there are several options.
- Alphabetical. The most common way to write a list. All sources are indicated alphabetically, depending on the name of the author or name.
- Chronological. Often used when writing works on historical subjects. All sources indicate in chronological order by date of publication.
- By sections. You can group sources by type. For example, regulations, documents, books, monographs, articles in magazines, electronic sources. Within each group, the list of sources used is formed in alphabetical order.
- In the order of mention in the text. This option is suitable for small jobs. Each source is assigned the number that is equal to the number of links to it in the text. If a link in the text to a specific source is indicated several times, then only the first mention is taken into account.
Each new source of information must be written with a paragraph. The number is indicated in Arabic numerals, followed by a period.
If you include an Internet resource in the list of sources used, be sure to indicate the full name and author of the article or book that you are using. Also in square brackets write that it is an electronic resource. Well, and in the conclusion, specify the link. An example of an electronic source record looks like this:
Vlasenko V. Accounting of fixed assets: [Electronic resource]. 2010-2011. URL: http://textbook.vlasenkovaccount.ru. (Date of treatment: 04/18/2013).
Do not use pages as the Internet resource whose address or content may change. It is not recommended to make links to forums, blogs and articles whose content is regularly edited (for example, Wikipedia data).