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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'. Publication Title, Year Published. http://Website URL.

Example:

Welsh, John W. 'The Good Samaritan: Forgotten Symbols'. The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, 2007. https://www.lds.org/ensign/2007/02/the-good-samaritan-forgotten-symbols?lang=eng.

In-text citation

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

Template

Author Forename Author Surname, 'Title', Publication Title, Year Published, http://Website-Url.

Example

as the devil and his satanic forces, evil spirits, or false teachers. John W. Welsh, 'The Good Samaritan: Forgotten Symbols', The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, 2007, https://www.lds.org/ensign/2007/02/the-good-samaritan-forgotten-symbols?lang=eng.

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'. Publication Title. http://Website URL.

Example:

Kumuyi, and William. 2007. 'Axioms Of Effective Leadership'.

In-text citation

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

Template

(Author Surname Year Published)

Example

"why people whole heartedly do the request of  a leader" (Kumuyi and William 2007)

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