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Reference List or Bibliography Formats for the UoA Engineering (Numbered) Style:

These should be included at the end of the document. References are detailed and should be prefaced by the corresponding number that appears within the text. This style is slightly different from the numbered style in Endnote software.

A  number is inserted in square brackets after the sentence containing the quotation or idea you wish to reference. A reference/bibliography list containing all necessary citation information is inserted at the end of the document. References should be clearly numbered and the number should correspond to the number in square brackets to which it refers. Your word processing software may offer functions that do this automatically. 

Numbers in square brackets in Text:

• This argument was first put forward in the early 19th century [1].

• The argument was first put forward by Hulme [1].

• Hulme stated that this argument was first propounded 'early in the 19th century' [1].

Various formats should be used depending upon the type of source. Some examples are shown below.

• Books

• Book Chapters

• Journal Articles

• Online Resources

Books:

Note: If the book is edited, place Ed.(s) in round brackets ( ). after the initials of the editor(s).

Example: 

4. Cassedy, E.S. (2000) Prospects for Sustainable Energy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

8. Erdélyi, A. (Ed.) (1955) Higher Transcendental Functions. Vol. 3. McGraw-Hill, New York.

Book Chapters:

Note:  If the book is edited, place Ed.(s) in round brackets ( ). after the initials of the editor(s).

Example:

20. Thomas, C.J.R. (1993) 'The polymerase chain reaction'. In: Methods in Plant Biochemistry, Vol. 10: Molecular Biology. Bryant, J. (Ed.)  Academic Press, London, pages 117-140.

Journal Articles:

Example:

2. Rippon, P. J. and Stallard, G. M. (1999) Iteration of a class of hyperbolic meromorphic functions. Proc. Amer. Math. Sco. 127(11), 3151-3258.

Online Resources:

Example: 

8. Siano, D. The algorithmic beauty of the trebuchet. (2001, September 24 - last update). [Online]. Available: http://members.home.net/dimona/ [2002, January 23]

Example: (No author or date):

2. Sports Wheelchairs. [Online]. Available: www.mobilityproducts.com/sprt-whl.htm [2002, March 1]

Acknowledgements:

The following sources were used in the compilation of this page:

Silyn-Roberts, H. (2002) Writing for science: a practical handbook for science, engineering and technology students. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, Auckland, pages 101-113.

Silyn-Roberts, H.(2000) Writing for science and engineering: Papers, presentations and reports. 1st ed. Butterworth Heinemann, Auckland, pages 167-188.