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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. City: Publisher, Year Published.

Example:

Tabbner's Nursing Care Theory And Practice. 6th ed. Churchill Livingstone, 2013.

In-text citation

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

Template

Author Forename Author Surname, Title (City: Publisher, Year Published).

Example

the act of utilising the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery Tabbner's Nursing Care Theory And Practice, 6th ed. (Churchill Livingstone, 2013).

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. City: Publisher.

Example:

Lakin, Patricia. Steve Jobs.

In-text citation

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

Template

(Author Surname Year Published)

Example

They Felt they were developing ground-breaking technology and didn't want their project to get shelved (Lakin)

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