essay outline（essay提綱）

先看幾個essay目錄范例：

Outline[*1]

Thesis:[*2] Because the polygraph has been proved reliable, even under the most controlled[*3] conditions, its use by private employers should be banned.[*4]

I. Introduction[*5]
II. Several Kinds of Cultural Difference that People May Come Across[*6] in advertisement Translation[*7]
III. The Advertisement Translation from the Aspect of Cross-Cultural Communication
A.[*8] The basic principle of advertising translation
B. Ways of advertising translation towards kinds of cross-cultural communication.
1. [*9]Literal translation
2. Free translation
3. Borrowing
4. Rhetoric
5. Cultural Transfer
IV. Conclusion

用A4紙打印，每頁頁邊距：上、下頁邊距均為2.54厘米；左、右頁邊距均為2.5厘米。

頁面下端居中打印頁碼，用小寫羅馬數字標i。

dissertation格式文件2
   
Abstract[*1]

Ethics is [*2]endowed with power and life through expressing the spirit of times. In this materialized world, traditional ethical instructions do not conform to the existent reality in the circumstances where a new communication situation, new contents of living and new existing modes of life are emerging. Due to this, exploring more adaptable moral principles becomes a[*3] needed task in the context of the prosperity of […] human beings to go out of sexual confusion, fulfilling their literary mission and becoming literary canon.[*4]

Key words:[*5] cross-cultural communication   cu[*6]ltural difference   advertisement translation

英、漢語內容提要只能分別寫一頁

以下的內容提要有問題
With the development of …world economy. This paper[*7] is to analyze the influence of cross-cultural communication … in the target country.

頁面下端居中打印頁碼，用小寫羅馬數字標ii。

 
內容提要[*8]

隨著[*9]我國經濟的迅速發展，廣告翻譯對于推動我國企業在經濟全球化環境下開拓國際市場具有重要而深遠的意義。在廣告的翻譯過程中會遇到很多種的跨文化現象，在這些差異中，宗教信仰，風俗習慣，歷史背景，價值 [……] 運用各種翻譯技巧去體現深層次的文化內涵。[*10]

關鍵詞：[*11]跨文化交際  文[*12]化差異  廣告翻譯

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 共空4行
[*1]I. Introduction[*2]
With the [*3]development ….
“ Advertisement”, means advertising and propaganda, namely, the activity that announces something to the public far and wild. American Marketing Association (AMA) defines advertisement as “the non-personal communication of information usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature about products, service or ideas by identified sponsors through the various media” (Zhao 10).[*4]
Adv

ertising is[*5] something that we are all exposed to. It is also something that is likely to affect most of us in a number of different spheres of our lives. Advertising takes many forms, but in most of them language is of crucial importance. […] but more often, and more importantly, to persuade and influence. Advertising, moreover, not only influences any human society in which it is widespread but also reflects certain aspect of society’s values and that society’s structure.（Torben and Kim 33）[*6]
Nowadays, advertisement plays a very important role in people’s daily life. When people turn on the TV and watch the programs they like, they may watch lots …
III. Advertisement Translation in the[*7] …
Advertisement is, a kind of persuasive and comprehensive artistic language that combined with literature, aesthetics, psychology, marketing sales, and rhetoric. It is not only important to respect the factors […] As Professor Jian Fangrui says, “后來主要問題逐漸成了如何巧妙的對付媒體 (more[*8] and more the chief problem is the tactful management of mass media—translated by this author)” (Jian 39).
A. The basic pri[*9]nciple of …
Famous translating theorist …
B. Different ways of advertisement translation
Cultural differences make the advertisement translation difficult and challenging. The quality of the translated text determines whether the product information …
1. Literal t[*10]ranslation
Literal Translation means that when conveying the meaning of original…

幾個要注意的問題：
1. 首頁開始要打頁碼，從阿拉伯數字1開始排列，下端、居中
2. 英文打印狀態，每一個標點后空一個格。
3. 如果句子以一個整句引文開頭，原句后的句號應根據具體情況改成其他恰當標點符號，如：
“He collects a winter store of bright summer moments,[*11]” wrote George Brandes about Wordsworth’s Way of writing poetry.
如果原句以問號、感嘆號收尾，引用時應保留原來的標點符號，并將其放在引號內，如：
“What did the President know and when did he know it?” became the great question of the Watergate hearings (40).

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  共空4行
[*1]I. Introduction[*2]
With the [*3]development ….
“Advertisement”, means advertising and propaganda, namely, the activity that announces something to the public far and wild. American Marketing Association (AMA) defines advertisement as “the non-personal communication of information usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature about products, service or ideas by identified sponsors through the various media” (Zhao 10).[*4]
Advertising is[*5] something that we are all exposed to. It is also something that is likely to affect most of us in a number of different spheres of our lives. Advertising takes many forms, but in most of them language is of crucial importance. […] but more often, and more importantly, to persuade and influence. Advertising, moreover, not only influences any human society in which it is widespread but also reflects certain aspect of society’s values and that society’s structure.（Torben and Kim 33）[*6]
Nowadays, advertisement plays a very important role in people’s daily life. When people turn on the TV and watch the programs they like, they may watch lots …
III. Advertisement Translation in the[*7] …
Advertisement is, a kind of persuasive and comprehensive artistic language that combined with literature, aesthetics, psychology, marketing sales, and rhetoric. It is not only important to respect the factors […] As Professor Jian Fangrui says, “后來主要問題逐漸成了如何巧妙的對付媒體 (more[*8] and more the chief problem is the tactful management of mass media—translated by this author)” (Jian 39).
A. The bas

ic pri[*9]nciple of …
Famous translating theorist …
B. Different ways of advertisement translation
Cultural differences make the advertisement translation difficult and challenging. The quality of the translated text determines whether the product information …
1. Literal t[*10]ranslation
Literal Translation means that when conveying the meaning of original…

幾個要注意的問題：
1. 首頁開始要打頁碼，從阿拉伯數字1開始排列，下端、居中
2. 英文打印狀態，每一個標點后空一個格。
3. 如果句子以一個整句引文開頭，原句后的句號應根據具體情況改成其他恰當標點符號，如：
“He collects a winter store of bright summer moments,[*11]” wrote George Brandes about Wordsworth’s Way of writing poetry.
如果原句以問號、感嘆號收尾，引用時應保留原來的標點符號，并將其放在引號內，如：
“What did the President know and when did he know it?” became the great question of the Watergate hearings (40).

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  Acknowledgements[*1]

In the course [*2]of writing this thesis, I received a magnificent amount of help and support, and I would like to take the opportunity to express my gratitude to all who have given me …

頁碼置于下方，居中，承續上一頁引用文獻后的阿拉伯數字。

 其實這里的dissertation提綱，也可以理解為廣義上的dissertation寫作提綱，包括整個dissertation創作過程所需要注意的寫作構成。下面具體講解。

一、dissertation各要素構成

第一、構成項目

　　畢業dissertation包括以下內容：

　　封面、內容提要與關鍵詞、目錄、正文、注釋、附錄、參考文獻。其中“附錄”視具體情況安排，其余為必備項目。如果需要，可以在正文前加“引言”，在參考文獻后加“后記”。

　　第二、各項目含義

　　（1）封面

　　封面由文頭、dissertation標題、作者、學校名稱、專業、年級、指導教師、日期等項內容組成。

　　（2）內容提要與關鍵詞

　　內容提要是dissertation內容的概括性描述，應忠實于原文，字數控制在300字以內。關鍵詞是從dissertation標題、內容提要或正文中提取的、能表現dissertation主題的、具有實質意義的詞語，通常不超過7個。

　　（3）目錄

　　列出dissertation正文的一二級標題名稱及對應頁碼，附錄、參考文獻、后記等對應的頁碼。

一、留學生dissertation主要類別：
為了探討和掌握dissertation的寫作規律和特點，需要對dissertation進行分類。由于dissertation本身的內容和性質不同，研究領域、對象、方法、表現方式不同，因此，dissertation就有不同的分類方法。
燕子期刊網提示按內容性質和研究方法的不同可以把dissertation分為理論性dissertation、實驗性dissertation、描述性dissertation和設計性dissertation。
另外還有一種綜合型的分類方法，即把dissertation分為專題型、論辯型、綜述型和綜合型四大類：
1．專題型dissertation。
這是分析前人研究成果的基礎上，以直接論述的形式發表見解，從正面提出某學科中某一學術問題的一種dissertation。
2．論辯型dissertation。
這是針對他人在某學科中某一學術問題的見解，憑借充分的論據，著重揭露其不足或錯誤之處，通過論辯形式來發表見解的一種dissertation。
3．綜述型dissertation。
這是在歸納、總結前人或今人對某學科中某一學術問題已有研究成果的基礎上，加以介紹或評論，從而發表自己見解的一種dissertation。
4．綜合型dissertation。
這是一種將綜述型和論辯型兩種形式有機結合起來寫成的一種dissertation。
簡單分類：
dissertation
a thesis; a dissertation; an essay; a paper
畢業dissertation
a graduation dissertation; a graduation thesis
博士dissertation
a doctoral dissertation
dissertation摘要
an abstract of a article; a synopsis of a thesis
dissertation答辯
(thesis) oral defense
學期dissertation
a term paper
學術dissertation
a thesis; a dissertation; a research paper; a scientific paper
專題dissertation
a monograph; a disquisition
專題dissertation集　　a symposium

歸納為：（essay 小dissertation，隨筆,
assignment課堂essay(上完一章節留下的essay）.
Coursework 課程essay ,
thesis proposal, 研究建議，課題建議
term paper 學年essay,
research paper小的研究dissertation,
book report讀書報告
dissertation （博士學位dissertation，大dissertation，專題dissertation））
 

二、留學生ESSAY格式：

Reference Harvard格式
(http://www.400190.com/Thesis_Tips/Reference/Literature_Review/)

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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
When to cite? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What should a reference citation look like within my text? . . . . . . 3
Reference citations for specific materials
A book by a single author / group of authors who have#p#分頁標題#e#
not written chapters separately (a monograph) . . . . . . 4
An anthology, or a book where different authors have written different chapters . 4
A thesis (print) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
An article in a journal, magazine or newspaper (print) . . . . . . 5
Conference papers or proceedings . . . . . . . . . 6
An exhibition catalogue . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Where there is no author . . . . . . . . . . 7
Committee reports . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Legal materials
Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
European Union materials . . . . . . . . . 10
Bills and Command papers . . . . . . . . . 11
Scottish Law Commission / Law Commission materials . . . . . 12
In electronic formats only . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figures, tables and illustrations . . . . . . . . . 12
Original artworks . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electronic resources
In fixed formats (e.g. on CD-ROM) . . . . . . . . 14
Online books . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
An electronic thesis . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Online journal articles . . . . . . . . . . 15
Webpages . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Films, videos, DVDs and broadcasts . . . . . . . . 16
Conversations, letters or emails (personal communications) . . . . . 18
Citing more than one source by the same author, and citing the
same source more than once . . . . . . . . . . 18
Secondary referencing . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Further information . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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HOW TO CITE REFERENCES USING THE HARVARD STYLE
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Why cite references?
• To acknowledge use of other people’s work. Even if you cite someone else’s work only in order to disagree with it, you have made use of their intellectual property and you must acknowledge it.
• To help readers of your work follow how your argument was assembled and what your influences are – to help them form their own opinions on your work.
If you use someone else’s work without acknowledgement you risk facing charges of
plagiarism, which could damage your progress through University. This Guide is designed to
help you apply good practice in acknowledging and citing your sources.
How do I cite?
There are different styles of reference prescribed by various organisations. Details about a particular style will normally be set out in a style sheet or style manual: these cover things like how quotations should be set out within your text as well as how your references and bibliography should look.
The Robert Gordon University has approved the use of either the Harvard style or the Vancouver style for undergraduate use: check with your tutor or School which of these you should use in your assignments. Whichever style your School requires should be applied consistently throughout your academic work.#p#分頁標題#e#
This Guide is based on the Harvard style as set out in British Standard recommendations for references to published materials (BS 1629) – see the “Further Information” section for details.
A guide to the Vancouver style is also available from the Library.
Common to all st yles is th e us e of reference cit ati ons and of a reference list and/or bibliogr aphy
Reference citations give information on other sources used in your text, at the point at which you use them. In the Harvard system, the reference citation consists of a note, in brackets, of the author’s name and the date of the work, which enables the reader to find the full details in the reference list at the end. If you are quoting directly from your source the reference will usually indicate the precise place to which you are referring (e.g. the page number).
The description of Glover’s education (McKay 1993) is based on several sources...
In the reference list, all the sources you have cited (except personal communications) are listed in alphabetical order by author, and if there is more than one item by a particular author they are listed in order of year of publication. A separate bibliography, which would include items you have consulted but not cited in the text, is not required in the Harvard style.
MCKAY, A., 1993. Scottish samurai - Thomas Blake Glover. Edinburgh: Canongate.
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WHEN TO CITE?
Every time you quote directly from someone’s work:
• make clear it’s a quotation (put it in quotation marks)
• cite the reference in the body of your text
• include the work it comes from in the reference list/bibliography.
Every time you refer indirectly to someone’s work (e.g. summarise their argument, or paraphrase
what they say):
• make clear what you’re saying comes from another source (e.g. “I do not agree with Lapping’s claim that...”)
• cite the reference in the body of your text
• include the work it comes from in the reference list/bibliography.
IMPORTANT NOTE: you should not rely too heavily on quotation and paraphrase of others’ work
in work of your own. Readers of your work will be looking for evidence of your own thoughts and conclusions, and your own answers to the questions set – not just a patchwork of the ideas of others.
Where you draw on the work of others it should be as evidence for or against your own conclusions, not as a substitute for showing that you have understood, and thought about, the resources you have looked at.
Indiana University have some useful guidance online on what is and what is not acceptable in quoting and paraphrasing – see the “Further Information” section for details.
WHAT SHOULD A REFEREN CE CITATION LOO K LIKE WITHIN MY TEXT?
In the Harvard style, the author’s name and the year of publication are placed in brackets at the point of reference. If the author’s name has occurred naturally in the text you can omit it from the brackets.#p#分頁標題#e#
If you are referencing a direct quotation you should also include the number(s) of the page(s) it is taken from in the brackets.
Gorbachev (1988 p. 84) describes his concept of economic reform as “of an all-embracing,
comprehensive character” and goes on to explain...
...and the “sombre, disturbing” aspects of Picasso’s art (Golding 1981 p. 63) are further
emphasised...
The description of Glover’s education (McKay 1993) is based on several sources...
Even a brief discussion of informed consent (McHaffie 2000) points up a number of related
issues...
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WHAT SHOULD A REFEREN CE LIST CON TAIN?
Referring to a book by a single author, or by a group of authors who have not written chapters
separately (a monograph)
• authors/editors – all of them. In the Harvard style the name is laid out as surname followed by initial(s).
o For organisations, it is usually best to put the name in full (e.g. Department of Health, not
DoH).
o The Harvard (British Standard) style as set out in BS 1629 requires the authors’ names
to be in capitals.
• year of publication
• full title, in italics
• edition of the work – only if there has been more than one edition. If there has, you must say
which one, as the page numbers and content may change between editions.
• volume number – if the book is in more than one volume
• place of publication (as given on title page – if there are several, use only the one relevant to the country in which this edition was published)
• publisher (NOT printer) – if the publisher’s name is abbreviated on the title page it can be
abbreviated in your reference (as in “HMSO”) but otherwise the name should be given in full.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SOCIAL SERVICES INSPECTORATE, 1991. Purchase of services:
practice guidance and practice material for Social Services Departments and other agencies.
London: HMSO.
GORBACHEV, M., 1987. Perestroika. expanded ed. London: Fontana/Collins.
MCKAY, A., 1993. Scottish samurai - Thomas Blake Glover. Edinburgh: Canongate.
Referring to a section in an anthology, or a book where different authors have written different
chapters
If you have used the whole book as background reading, you should refer to it as a whole:
• editor(s) of the volume, followed by “ed.” or “eds.”
• year of publication
• full title, in italics
• edition, if there has been more than one
• volume number, if there is more than one volume
• place of publication
• publisher.
STANGOS, N., ed. 1981. Concepts of modern art. revised ed. London: Thames and Hudson.
If you have cited a part of the book in your text, or if you have used only one part as background reading, you should refer to the part you have used. If you have cited more than one part in your text you should list them separately in the reference list:#p#分頁標題#e#
• author(s) of the part or chapter (surname followed by initial(s))
• year of publication
• title of the part or chapter
• “In:”, then details of the book. The book details are laid out as for a book citation except that the author name(s) will be given as initial(s) followed by surname. Note that this is different from the way authors’ names appear when they are at the beginning of the reference citation.
• first and last pages of the chapter or part, preceded by “pp.”.
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GOLDING, J., 1981. Cubism. In: N. STANGOS, ed. Concepts of modern art. revised ed. London:
Thames and Hudson. pp. 50–78
O’DONOVAN, K., 1994. Management issues. In: T. HANSON and J. DAY, eds. CD-ROM in
libraries: management issues. London: Bowker Saur. pp. 23–37
SMITH, R. 1981. Conceptual Art. In: N. STANGOS, ed. Concepts of modern art. revised ed.
London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 256–270
Referring to a thesis
There will be no publisher for a thesis, so you should indicate instead the degree for which it was submitted and the awarding institution. The date will be the year in which the final version was approved.
RENCKEN, D.W., 1991. A quantitative model for adaptive task allocation in human-computer
interfaces. Unpublished D. Phil thesis, University of Oxford.
A thesis which is available electronically is considered to be published – see the section below on electronic resources for details of how to cite it.
Referring to an article in a periodical (journal, magazine, newspaper etc.)
• author(s) of the article (surname followed by initial(s)). If there are more than three authors, list only the first one, followed by “et al.”
• year of publication
• article title
• periodical title, in italics. Give the full title for the sake of clarity, rather than using abbreviations.
• volume number, and part number in brackets
• first and last pages of the article, preceded by “pp.”.
HARRIS, S. and HYLAND, T., 1995. Basic skills and learning support in further education. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 19 (1), pp. 42–48
For newspapers and magazine-type periodicals with no volume number, give the date of the issue:
TOYNBEE, P., 1995. Our unhealthy obsession with medical drama. Radio Times, 12 October, p.
21
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Referring to conference papers or proceedings
If you are citing an individual paper from a volume of conference proceedings you should cite it as you would for a chapter in a book:
• author(s) of the paper, laid out as surname followed by initial(s)
• year of publication (note that this may not be the same as the year in which the conference was
held)
• title of the paper
• “In:”
• editor(s) of the volume, followed by “ed(s)”, laid out as initial(s) followed by surname#p#分頁標題#e#
• full title of the volume, in italics
• “Proceedings of ”, and details of the conference (what number it was, if part of a series; the body
whose conference it was) in italics
• date the conference was held
• place of publication
• publisher
• first and last pages of the paper, preceded by “pp.”.
DOUKAKIS, I., PROCTOR, T. and PROCTOR, S. 2003. Creativity and advertising. In: R.
BENNETT, ed. New challenges for corporate and marketing communications. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications. 7–8 April 2003.
London: London Metropolitan University. pp. 54–63
If you are citing the conference proceedings as a whole you should cite:
• editor(s) of the volume, followed by “ed(s)”
• year of publication
• full title, in italics
• “Proceedings of ”, and details of the conference (what number it was, if part of a series; the body whose conference it was) in italics
• date the conference was held
• place of publication
• publisher.
BENNETT, R., ed. 2003. New challenges for corporate and marketing communications.
Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications.
7–8 April 2003. London: London Metropolitan University.
Referring to exhibition catalogues
• artist or author – where the exhibition is of a single living artist’s work this will usually be the artist. Where there are a number of living artists involved it will usually be the gallery or sponsor.
If the catalogue explicitly states it was written by someone other than the artist (e.g. where the exhibition is a retrospective, or is historical) use the name of the person who wrote or edited it.
• publication date – the date the catalogue was published (this may be different from the date of the exhibition itself)
• title of the catalogue, including any details of where the exhibition took place
• exhibition dates, in the format e.g. “13 - 18 September 1989”
• place of publication of the catalogue (not the location of the exhibition)
• publisher.
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MCFADYEAN, J. 1989. Exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Catalogue of an exhibition at
Forum. 13 - 18 September 1989. London: The Scottish Gallery.
TATE GALLERY. 1987. Art from Europe. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Tate Gallery. 15 April
- 21 June 1987. London: Tate Gallery.
Where there is no author
For an unsigned article in a journal or newspaper (such as an editorial), the title of the periodical
should be given in place of the author:
European Journal of Cancer Care. 1999. Editorial. European Journal of Cancer Care, 8 (3),
p. 127
Other anonymous authors (for example of a poem or a cartoon) can be listed as “ANON.”#p#分頁標題#e#
Committees
Often a government committee report will be known informally by the name of the chairman/woman of the committee (e.g. “the Dearing Report”). When citing it you should give the full name of the committee as the author, but you may add “Chairman:” and the chairman/woman’s name in brackets after the title if this will help readers of your work to identify the report.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO HIGHER EDUCATION, 1997. Higher education in
the learning society. (Chairman: Sir Ron Dearing). London: The Stationery Office.
Referring to patents
• applicant / assignee (NOTE: the Harvard style does not give the inventor(s) if they are different to
the assignee. If the patent is assigned to the inventor’s company or university only the company
or university is cited.)
• year the patent was approved (applied for, if pending)
• title
• country / region (e.g. “European patent” for EP)
• patent number, without region abbreviation but with full date.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. 2004. SQUID detected NMR and MRI at ultralow fields. European
patent 1474707 2004-11-10.
REFERRING TO LE GAL MA TERIAL S
BS 1629 does not give full guidance on these but the following notes adapt accepted practice in other styles to the Harvard approach.
NOTE: in most instances we recommend that you do not use abbreviations in your citations (e.g. for
journal titles) as there is no single standard set of abbreviations and readers can be misled. In legal materials such as case reports and legislation, however, there are long-established conventions as to how some titles should be abbreviated, and these abbreviations may be used. There is a list of the most commonly-used legal abbreviations on the Library webpages at http://www.rgu.ac.uk/library/
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For legal materials such as cases which are available to you in print or electronic format, (for example, for a case report which is available both in the Library and on LexisNexis) you should cite it as if for the printed version. However if material is available to you online only you should cite the electronic version.
Scottish and English cases
i. Cases reported in law reports
The reference citation within your text should contain the case name and year. It is usual to put the case name in italics.
In the case of Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company (1893), however...
Where the whole case is cited the reference list should contain:
• the case name, in italics
• the year
• the case report series abbreviation
• number of the first page of the case (note: do not use "p.").
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company. 1893. 1 Q.B. 256
Where part of the case (either a quote or a point of law) is cited the reference list should#p#分頁標題#e#
contain:
• the case name, in italics
• the year
• the case report series abbreviation
• number of the first page of the case, followed by "at", followed by the number of the first page of
the part quoted (note: do not use "p.").
Lord Atkin stated in Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) that “you must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour”.
Donoghue v Stevenson. 1932. S.C. (H.L.) 31 at 44
ii. Neutral citations
New cases in the higher courts are now assigned a “neutral citation”. It contains the year, code for the court and the number of the case. Most of these cases will also be reported in a recognised law report series. Where a citation to such a series exists it should be given. However, if a case is very new and only a neutral citation is available it can be used. The neutral citation will begin U.K.H.L. for the House of Lords, U.K.P.C. for the Privy Council, E.W.C.A. for the Court of Appeal or E.W.H.C. for the High Court: for Scottish courts, H.C.J.T. for the High Court, H.C.J.A.C. for the Court of Criminal
Appeal, C.S.O.H for the Court of Session (Outer House) or C.S.I.H for the Court of Session (Inner House).
The recent case of Pinto v Brixton Prison Governor (2004) has highlighted...
Pinto v Brixton Prison Governor. 2004. E.W.H.C. 2986
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iii. Cases ONLY available in newspapers
Where a case has ONLY been reported in a newspaper, and no citation to a law report series or a
neutral citation exists, it can be cited as follows:
• case name (not in italics)
• year
• title of newspaper, in italics
• date, in the format dd month
• page number(s), preceded by "p." or "pp."
Webley v Department for Work and Pensions. 2005. The Independent. 13 January, p. 43
iv. Unreported cases
Occasionally details of a case not reported in any series of law reports, without a neutral citation (see above) and not available in any newspaper, may be available as a transcript or summary on Westlaw
UK or LexisNexis Professional, or in a textbook. Such a case should be cited as follows (name, court, date, unreported):
• case name, in italics
• court
• date of judgement, in the format dd month yyyy
• "(Unreported)".
Hawley v Luminar Leisure Plc. Court of Appeal Queen’s Bench Division. 10 January 2005.
(Unreported).
Legislation
Within your text, the reference citation should take the form of the name of the Act etc. and the year it was enacted. The year is treated as part of the Act’s title, to distinguish it from acts with same title enacted in other years, so there is no need to repeat it in brackets.
The provisions of the Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002 include...#p#分頁標題#e#
i. UK Parliament
Acts or Statutes:
• short title, in italics, including year of publication
• "c." followed by chapter number (note: this is not a section number within the Act but the Act's
own chapter number within the session of its enactment)
• if you are quoting a section, “s.” followed by the section number.
Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002. c. 33, s.4.
Statutory Instruments:
• title and year, in italics
• "S.I." followed by its number within the year of its enactment, in the format yyyy/(nnn)n.
The Milk Marketing Board (Dissolution) Order 2002. S.I. 2002/128.
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ii. Scottish Parliament
Acts or Statutes:
• short title and year, in italics
• "a.s.p." followed by the Act's number.
Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004. a.s.p. 11.
Statutory Instruments:
• title and year, in italics
• "S.S.I." followed by its number within the year of its enactment, in the format yyyy/(nnn)n.
The Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004. S.S.I. 2004/393.
European Union Materials
i. Cases
• "Case" followed by case number. (Note: after Nov 1989, cases are subdivided into C (Court of
Justice) and T (Court of First Instance) series.)
• case name, in italics
• year
• report series abbreviation
• number of the first page of the case.
Case 43/75. Defrenne v SABENA. 1976. E.C.R. 455.
Case C–97/98. Peter Jagerskiold v Torolf Gustafsson. 1999. E.C.R. I–7319.
ii. Legislation
In your text, these should be cited as “Council Directive Year/Legislation Number” or “Council
Regulation Year/Legislation Number”, as appropriate.
...however the information contained in Council Directive 2004/83 (2004) and Council Regulation
1612/68 (1968) suggests...
It is acceptable when citing EU directives, decisions and legislation in your reference list to give only
the following information, without giving a full Official Journal citation:
for Directives and Decisions (all in italics)
• institutional origin (e.g. "Council Directive")
• year / legislation number / institutional treaty
• "of" followed by the date it was passed
• "on" followed by the title.
for Regulations (all in italics)
• institutional origin (e.g. "Council Regulation")
• institutional treaty, in brackets
• year / legislation number
• "of" followed by the date it was passed
• "on" followed by the title.
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Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on Minimum Standards for the Qualification and Status of Third Country Nationals or Stateless Persons as Refugees or as Persons who Otherwise Need International Protection and the Content of the Protection Granted.#p#分頁標題#e#
Council Regulation (EC) 1612/68 of 1968 on Freedom of Movement for Workers within the
Community.
If you wish to include the Official Journal information it may be added in brackets at the end of the bibliography entry.
Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on Minimum Standards for the Qualification and Status of Third Country Nationals or Stateless Persons as Refugees or as Persons who Otherwise
Need International Protection and the Content of the Protection Granted. (OJ L304 2004; 30
September, p. 12)
Council Regulation (EC) 1612/68 on Freedom of Movement for Workers within the Community.
(OJ L257 1968; 19 October, p. 2)
Other (official and unofficial) papers and reports
i. Bills (U.K. Parliament)
• short title, in italics
• "H.C. Bill" (if House of Commons) or "H.L. Bill" (if Lords)
• parliamentary session, in brackets
• serial number.
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill. H.C. Bill (2004–05) 11.
ii. Bills (Scottish Parliament)
The leading authorities have yet to give examples, so we suggest the following, based on the format
for UK bills:
• short title, in italics
• "S.P. Bill"
• parliamentary session, in brackets
• serial number.
Fire (Scotland) Bill. S.P. Bill (2004–5) 24.
iii. Hansard (UK Parliamentary debates)
• "Hansard", in italics
• year
• "H.C." or "H.L." (depending on which House the debate took place in)
• "Vol." and volume number
• "col." and column number
• date of the debate, in brackets.
Hansard. 2004. H.C. Vol. 421, col. 1695. (27 May).
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iv. Command papers (UK Parliament)
• originating committee or Ministry, in capitals
• year
• title, in italics
• abbreviation and number of command paper.
HOME OFFICE, 2004. Legislation on identity cards : a consultation. Cm. 6178.
v. Scottish Law Commission / Law Commission (reports, discussion papers etc.)
• name of commission as author, in capitals
• year of publication
• title, with report number in brackets, all in italics
• place of publication
• publisher (NOT printer) – if the publisher’s name is abbreviated on the title page it can be
abbreviated in your reference (as in “HMSO”) but otherwise the name should be given in full.
SCOTTISH LAW COMMISSION, 2004. Report on insanity and diminished responsibility (Report
195). Edinburgh: The Stationery Office.
Legal material only available electronically
Treat this as for an electronic journal article:
• author(s) of the article
• year of publication
• article title
• periodical title, in italics#p#分頁標題#e#
• medium, in square brackets
• volume and issue number
• "Available from:" and the web address – if the web address for the individual article is very long,
you may use the “front page” address for the journal or full-text database
• "Accessed" and the accessed date, in square brackets.
LEWIS, T., 2004. Democracy, Free Speech and TV: the case of the BBC and the ProLife Alliance.
Web Journal of Current Legal Issues. [online] 5. Available from:
http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/2004/issue5/tlewis5.html [Accessed 17 January 2005]
Referri ng to figur es, tables and illustr ati ons
Where the figure or illustration is the author’s own work, or is not a substantial work in its own right
(e.g. if it is a family snapshot used in a biography) you should cite the author of the article or book as author, as in this example:
...Donnan’s graph (2000 p. 371 Fig. 30.4) shows that the majority of patients...
If the figures or plates are numbered it is best to give the number as well as the page number: in the example above, and in the one which follows, there are two illustrations on each page cited, so you must let your readers know which one you mean.
In his school photograph (Hiney 1998 facing p. 134 Pl. 2), Chandler appears...
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In the reference list, the larger work from which the illustration comes will appear:
DONNAN, P.T., 2000. Quantitative analysis (descriptive). In: D. CORMACK, The research process in nursing. 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science. pp. 365–382
HINEY, T., 1998. Raymond Chandler: a biography. London: Vintage.
However if the illustration is not by the author of the work in which it appears, and if it is a work in its own right (e.g. a painting), you may wish to cite it in its own right (for instance, if it is an example of the work of a painter you are writing about). In this case you should say in what type of medium the original is (e.g. Engraving, Photograph, Watercolour), and should give the place the original work can be found (e.g. the gallery it is in, for a painting) as well as the details of the publication in which
you saw it reproduced:
...while in Renoir’s painting of the Charpentiers (Renoir 1878) the figures are grouped
informally...
RENOIR, A., 1878. Madame Charpentier and her Children. Oil on canvas. New York: Metropolitan
Museum of Art. In: M.R. BROWN, ed. 2002. Picturing children. Aldershot: Ashgate.
IMPORTANT NOTE: the copyright laws restrict permission to “quote” illustrations, tables and
diagrams in your work more tightly than they restrict permission to quote small parts of text. If you wish to reproduce someone else’s illustrations(s) or table(s) in a work of your own (rather than just discussing and citing it) you may have to write to the author or publisher for permission. Check with your tutor/School about any material of this kind you want to reproduce.#p#分頁標題#e#
REFERRING TO ORIGINAL ARTWORKS
If you are citing a work of art itself (rather than an illustration of it), you should cite:
• artist(s)
• date – this should be the year in which the work was first exhibited (or the year in which it is thought to have been produced, if it was not exhibited in the artist’s lifetime). It is acceptable to give an approximate date, in the format e.g. “c. 1470”.
• title
• format e.g “Oil on canvas” or “Multimedia installation”
• place – this should be the town/city of the gallery etc in which it can be seen
• institution – this should be the gallery, cathedral etc where the artwork can be seen.
SARGENT, J.S. 1907. Lady Agnew of Lochnaw. Oil on canvas. Edinburgh: National Gallery of
Scotland.
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REFERRING TO MAP S
A map which is contained in a larger work (e.g. a journal article) should be cited as for any other illustration (see above). For a map which is published separately in its own right your should cite:
• cartographer (this may be a company or a corporate body such as the Ordnance Survey, the
British Geological Survey, etc)
• date of publication
• title
• scale, expressed as a ratio
• series, if it is part of a series
• place of publication
• publisher.
ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1990. Ballater, Glen Clova and surrounding area. 1: 50 000. Landranger.
Southampton: Ordnance Survey.
Referri ng to electr onic resourc es
Materials in electronic formats, even when posted free to the Internet, are still the intellectual property of the person or organisation who produced them, and you must acknowledge them as you would for printed materials.
Because online (Internet) resources can move or change rapidly, in a way that print resources cannot,
it is usual to give the date when you consulted them (the “accessed date”) as well as the other details.
For electronic resources in “fixed” formats such as CD-ROM or DVD this is not necessary.
Referring to electronic resources in “fixed” formats
• authors/editors
• year of publication – usually the release date of the disk etc.
• title – if you are using an article from within a larger resource, the article title should be cited as
for a print journal, followed by “In:” and the details of the larger resource (as for print materials,
above). Otherwise give the title of the CD-ROM (or other resource) as a whole.
• format – e.g. “CD-ROM”, in square brackets
• place of publication/production
• publisher
NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO HIGHER EDUCATION, 1997. Higher education in
the learning society. (Chairman: Sir Ron Dearing). [CD-ROM]. London: The Stationery Office.#p#分頁標題#e#
Referring to online books and journals
For online resources that are based on their print counterparts (online journals or books) it is fairly straightforward to identify authors, dates etc. and the only difference is that you add the format, the web address and “accessed date”.
For an online book by a single author/group of authors this will be:
• author(s)
• year of publication
• title in full
• medium e.g. “online” in square brackets
• edition of the work – only if there has been more than one edition
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• place of publication
• publisher
• “Available from:” and the web address
• “Accessed” and the accessed date in square brackets.
FRAZER, Sir J.G., 1922. The Golden Bough. [online] New York: Macmillan.
Available from: http://www.bartleby.com/196/168.html [Accessed 28 August 2003]
For a section or chapter in an edited work it will mirror the print format in the same way, with the
same additions.
For an electronic thesis the details are given as for a print thesis, except that the word “Unpublished”
is omitted and the medium, web address and accessed date are given in the same way as for an
electronic book.
SETTERSTEIN, L., 1999. Critical thinking and participation in health behaviors. [online] PhD
thesis, University of Wisconsin. Available from:
http://www.library.wisc.edu/databases/connect/dissertations.html [Accessed 26 October 2004]
For an article in an electronic journal it will be:
• author(s) of the article
• year of publication
• article title
• periodical title, in italics
• medium, in square brackets
• volume and issue number
• “Available from:” and the web address – if the web address for the individual article is very long,
you may use the “front page” address for the journal or full-text database
• “Accessed” and the accessed date in square brackets.
Martin and Pearce (2003) discuss a project which looks at institutional portals...
...and some artists draw attention to the symbolic significance of trees (Gsteu 2003)...
GSTEU, M., 2003. The tree: a symbol of life. PSA Journal. [online] 69(1). Available from:
http://www.ebscohost.com/ [Accessed 28 August 2003]
MARTIN, R. and PEARCE, L. Just a distraction?: external content in institutional portals. Ariadne.
[online] Issue 36. Available from:
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue36/justadist/ [Accessed 21 August 2003]
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Referring to webpages#p#分頁標題#e#
• author(s)/editor(s) – usually the person who posted the content you are citing. If the content is
unsigned you can use the name of the website, or of the organisation it belongs to.
• year of publication – if the author has not specifically dated the item you are citing, you could use
the “last updated” date of the page.
• title of the webpage
• format e.g. “online”, in square brackets
• place of publication if this can be determined
• publisher – if the website is hosted by a company or organisation you can use them as the
publisher. Otherwise the publisher may be the author. ISPs such as Freeserve are not normally
cited as publisher, except for material on their own company webpages.
• “Available from:” and the web address
• “Accessed” and the accessed date in square brackets.
in your text
Rick Hall (2003) summarises the controversy over the Atkins diet...
...recent lists of professional posts in the offshore industries (Institute of Petroleum 2003)
include...
in the reference list
HALL, R., 2003. Atkins diet controversy: low-carb diet gets thumbs down from medical group.
[online] New York: About Nutrition. Available from:
http://nutrition.about.com/library/weekly/aa030203a.htm [Accessed 29 August 2003]
INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM, 2003. Industry information: working offshore. [online] London:
Institute of Petroleum. Available from:
http://www.petroleum.co.uk/index.cfm?PageID=40 [Accessed 29 August 2003]
Referri ng to fi lms, vi deos, DVDs and broadcasts
In most cases, these will be collaborative efforts and they should be listed in the reference list under
their title (but see below for exceptions):
• title
• date – for films and videos this should be the year of release. For broadcasts it should be the year of first broadcast. If you are referring to a long-running series as a whole, there may not be
a date – but see below for individual episodes
• medium (e.g. Film, Video) in square brackets
• for films you can add “Directed by” and the director’s name if you wish to
• place of publication (normally the main offices of the studio or production company)
• publisher (normally the film, broadcasting, or production company).
...and Welles went on to direct Shakespeare (Macbeth 1948), though some critics complained...
...Kurosawa’s interpretation of the Macbeth story (Throne of Blood 1957) transposes it to mediaeval
Japan...
...while in the Archers (The Archers) the “Lady Macbeth” character who seeks to realise her
ambitions through her husband is Susan Carter...#p#分頁標題#e#
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The Archers. [Radio series]. London: BBC Radio 4.
Macbeth. 1948. [Film]. Directed by Orson Welles. USA: Republic Pictures.
Throne of Blood. 1957. [Film]. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Japan: Toho. [Video].
London: Argos Films/British Film Institute.
If a video, DVD or broadcast is clearly the intellectual work of a single person (e.g. an “opinion piece”
written, produced and presented by one broadcaster) they should be cited as the author. You can
also use this type of format for feature films if you wish to highlight the fact that they are the work of
a particular director.
KUROSAWA, A., director. Throne of Blood. 1957. [Film]. Japan: Toho. [Video]. London: Argos
Films/British Film Institute.
WILCOX, D. 2000. The battle for Docklands. [Video]. London: Desmond Wilcox Productions for
Docklands Development Corporation.
For individual episodes of a series you should give the number (if there is one) and the title (if there
is one) of the episode, and the date on which it was broadcast.
...when Susan’s husband resigns from his job (The Archers 2003) she is furious...
...in the very first episode of the series (Yes, Minister 1986), Jim Hacker is introduced to the
realities of politics...
The Archers. 2003. [Radio series]. London: BBC Radio 4. 20 August
Yes, Minister. 1986. Episode 1, The Ministerial Broadcast. [TV]. London: BBC2. 16 January
For an individual contribution within a broadcast (such as an interview within a larger programme)
you should reference the individual and then the broadcast in which their contribution appears.
...the Chancellor, however, stated in an interview (Brown 2002) that...
BROWN, G., 2002. Interview. In: Newsnight. [TV]. London: BBC2. 28 March
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Referri ng to convers ati ons, lett ers or emails
(pers onal communic ati ons)
British Standard 1629 does not give specific guidance on personal communications. The following
notes adapt accepted practice in other styles to the Harvard approach.
If you refer in your text to a letter or email you have received from someone, or a conversation you
have had with them, you should cite it as a personal communication in the text of your work only.
The reference citation should contain:
• the person’s name (if that does not appear in your text) laid out as surname followed by
initial(s)
• the words “personal communication” (for letters or emails you can add “by letter” or “by email” if
you wish)
• the date the communication took place (for emails or letters this will be the date on which it was
sent to you).
...Beryl Morris (personal communication. 12 August 2004) suggests training is often the first
activity to be cut in times of financial stringency...
...while “training is often the first thing to suffer when funds are tight” (MORRIS, B., personal#p#分頁標題#e#
communication. 12 August 2004)...
...while the HR Director of XCorp claims the company has never needed a Staff Development
policy (BLOGGS, J., personal communication by email. 13 August 2004)...
Emails posted to a bulletin board, weblog or similar rather than sent to you personally should be cited
as for other webpages (see the section on “Referring to electronic resources” for details).
Letters which have been published in a newspaper or periodical should be cited as for newpaper or
periodical articles. Letters which have been published in book form as part of a collection (for example,
the Collected Letters of a politician) should be cited as for a chapter within an edited book. Letters
which have been quoted in a book by another person (for example, in a biography) should be cited as
secondary references. See the relevant sections of this Guide for details of how to cite these.
Referri ng to more th an one sourc e by th e same auth or,
and referri ng more th an once to th e same sourc e
Referring to more than one source by the same author
In the Harvard style, the date is used to distinguish between different works by the same author. If
more than one work dates to the same year, letters of the alphabet are added.
While some countries have moved towards national strategies on cholesterol (Oliver 1993a),
problems with cholesterol-lowering approaches remain (Oliver 1993b). It has also been suggested
that some sectors of the population, such as young women, have been neglected in the study of
heart disease (Oliver 1978)...
In the reference list these will appear as:
OLIVER, M.F., 1978. Coronary heart disease in young women. Edinburgh: Churchill
Livingstone.
OLIVER, M.F., 1993a. National cholesterol policies. European Heart Journal, 14(5), pp. 581–3
OLIVER, M.F., 1993b. Lowering cholesterol for prevention of coronary heart disease – problems
and perspectives. Cardiovascular Drugs & Therapeutics, 7(5), pp. 785–8
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Referring to the same source more than once
Repeated citations of the same work do not make any difference to the way the citation appears in
the text. A second citation of the Oliver book in the example above, for instance, would still appear in
the text as (Oliver 1978), and if it referred to a direct quotation it would also include the relevant page
number. The work should appear once only in the reference list.
Referri ng to a sourc e which is referr ed to in anoth er sourc e
(secondary referenci ng)
It is best to quote from the original source, but sometimes you may have to quote a source as it is
quoted in another (secondary) work. Where this happens you must make clear in your text both the
source you are quoting and the secondary source you are quoting from. However it is the secondary
source (the one you have actually looked at) that appears in the reference list.#p#分頁標題#e#
Clark discusses Lewin’s work on “action research” in some detail (Clark 2000)...
Chandler, in a letter quoted by Hiney, claimed that most people could do without literature “far
more easily than they could do without coffee or whisky” (Hiney 1998 p.186)...
In these examples, it is Lewin and Chandler respectively who are being quoted, but the references
are to the works we quote them from (Clark and Hiney). Similarly it is Clark and Hiney who appear
in the reference list.
CLARK, J.E., 2000. Action research. In: D. CORMACK, The research process in nursing. 4th ed.
Oxford: Blackwell Science. pp. 183–196
HINEY, T., 1998. Raymond Chandler: a biography. London: Vintage.
When reading about Loftus’s (1974) research in Eysenck (1998) you would cite as follows:
in your text – report both original and secondary source
Participants in Loftus’s (1974) study reported that they had ... (cited in Eysenck 1998).
in the reference list – only report the secondary source
EYSENCK, M. 1998. Psychology: an integrated approach. Singapore: Longman Press.
Similarly, if you read about a study by Loftus (1960) in Roediger and McDermott (1995) you would
cite as follows:
in your text
A study by Loftus (1960 cited in Roediger & McDermott, 1995) showed that …
in the reference list
ROEDIGER, H.L. and McDERMOTT, K. B. 1994. Creating false memories, remembering words
not presented in lists. Journal of experimental psychology, 21, 803–804.
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Furth er informati on
on plagiarism and related issues
The Robert Gordon University’s Information for students on Academic Misconduct at
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/academicaffairs/committees/page.cfm?pge=7088
includes the University’s statement on plagiarism.
The Writing Tutorial Service at Indiana University has useful information on Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It at
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
on the Harvard style
http://www.400190.com/Thesis_Tips/British Standard recommendations for references to published materials. 1989. London: British
Standards Institution BS 1629:1989.
on other styles
A Guide to the Vancouver style is also available from the Library, and on the Library Webpages at
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/library/howto/page.cfm?pge=25531
For staff and researchers preparing papers for external publication, links to guides to other styles are
also available from the Library Webpages at
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/library/howto/page.cfm?pge=27218#p#分頁標題#e#
However, many journals have “in-house” styles which may differ from the major styles. It is usually
best to check the homepage of any journal to which you are thinking of submitting an article, as most
give details of their prescribed style under “Information for authors” or similar.
PUTTING TOGETHER YO UR REFEREN CES –
OB VIOUS BUT OFTEN -FORGOTTEN PO INTS
• Keep notes as you go along – keep a list of the works you look at as you look at them, on index
cards or a database or even on a piece of paper.
• If you write down a potentially useful quotation, write down the reference along with it.
• If you photocopy something to read later, make sure that all the information you will need for your
reference is on the photocopy – if it isn’t, write it on now.
• Never rely on memory for referencing. Check everything.
• Never leave referencing until the last minute. If the work you’re referring to is not your own
personal copy you may not get access to it again to check details.
• Make sure every source you cite is in the reference list.
• Make sure your reference list is in the right order (i.e. alphabetical by author, then by year of
publication if you cite more than one source by the same author).
• Make sure you are using your style consistently. If you have imported references from elsewhere
they may not conform to the required style – always check.
• Allow plenty of time for final checking.

(三) APA格式

APA格式

APA格式是一個為廣泛接受的研究dissertation撰寫格式，特別針對社會科學領域的研究，規范學術文獻的引用和參考文獻的撰寫方法，以及表格、圖表、注腳和附錄的編排方式。APA格式因采用哈佛大學文章引用的格式而廣為人知，其“作者和日期”的引用方式和“括號內引用法”相當著名。 　　
正式來說，APA格式指的就是美國心理學會（American Psychological Association）出版的《美國心理協會刊物準則》，目前已出版至第五版（ISBN 1-55798-791-2），總頁數超過400頁，而此協會是目前在美國具有權威性的心理學學者組織。APA格式起源于1929年，當時只有7頁，被刊登在《心理學期刊（Psychological Bulletin）》。 　　另一種相當有名的dissertation格式為MLA格式（The MLA Style Manual），主要被應用在人文學科，如文學、比較文學、文學批評和文化研究等。

格式
雖然有些作者對于APA格式其中的一些規范感到不妥，但APA格式仍備受推崇。期刊采用同一種格式能夠讓讀者有效率的瀏覽和搜集文獻資料，寫作時感到不確定的學者們發現這樣的格式手冊非常有幫助。譬如，手冊中的“非歧視語言”章節明文禁止作者針對女性和弱勢團體使用歧視的文字，不過使用APA格式的學術期刊有時也會為了讓文章更有條理而允許作者忽略此規定。#p#分頁標題#e#

標題
根據APA格式，標題是用來組織文章，使得其有層次架構。APA格式規定了文章內“標題”的特定格式（1到5級），此詳細內容可參閱《美國心理協會刊物手冊》第五版的第113頁，級數和格式如下： 　　第1級：置中大小寫標題（Centered Uppercase and Lowercase Heading） 　　第2級：置中、斜體、大小寫標題（Centered, Italicized, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading） 　　第3級：靠左對齊、斜體、大小寫標題（Flush Left, Italicized, Uppercase and Lowercase Side Heading） 　　第4級：縮排、斜體、小寫標題，最后加句號（Indented, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period） 　　第5級：置中大寫標題（CENTERED UPPERCASE HEADING） 　　根據APA格式，若文章標題有： 　　1個級數：使用第1級標題 　　2個級數：使用第1和第3級標題 　　3個級數：使用第1、第3、和第4級標題 　　4個級數：使用第1、第2、第3、和第4級標題 　　5個級數：使用第5、第1、第2、第3、和第4級標題 　　（按：2個級數以上以大標題→小標題方式使用） 　　注意： 　　目前并無六級以上的標題規定。 APA格式不允許“數字”和“單一字母”出現在標題之首。

文獻引用
文獻引用是在一篇文章的段落或文字之中“參考來源”的標注。APA格式使用哈佛大學文章引用格式，通常來說，一個引用包含了作者名和發表日期，以括號夾注（有時會再加上頁數），放在引用文字或句子之后。 　　詳細的引用或參考資料則放在位于文章最后的“參考文獻”或“Works Cited”部分。APA格式明確的定義“參考文獻”只放入文章內容引用的來源，所以有些文章才會有“參考文獻（Reference）”和“Bibliography”的分別。（Bibliography另外包含了作者背景知識的來源，不一定是直接被引用的文獻。） 　　單一作者 　　格式應為“（作者姓氏（非首字母），發表年份）”。若作者姓名在文章中已被提及，只需標出年份就好（若需要可加上頁數），仍需使用括號。多位作者以上同理。 　　A recent study found a possible genetic cause of alcoholism (Pauling, 2005). Pauling (2005) discovered a possible genetic cause of alcoholism. 　　兩位作者 　　作者姓氏必須以他們的名字在其發表文章內的順序來排序。若兩個作者都在括號內引用，名字中間需加上“＆”符號；若不在括號內則使用“and”。 　　A recent study found a possible genetic cause of alcoholism (Pauling & Liu, 2005). Pauling and Liu (2005) discovered a possible genetic cause of alcoholism. 　　3至5位作者 　　第一次引用時需列舉全部的作者，往后若引用相同的文獻，只需舉出最主要的作者，再加上“et al.”。但是，在參考文獻部分，全部作者的姓名皆須列舉出來。 　　A recent study found a possible genetic cause of alcoholism (Pauling, Liu, & Guo, 2005). Pauling, Liu, and Guo (2005) conducted a study that discovered a possible genetic cause of alcoholism. Pauling et al. (2005) discovered a possible genetic cause of alcoholism. A recent study found a possible genetic cause of alcoholism (Pauling et al., 2005). 　　6位作者以上 　　舉出第一位作者即可，格式應為“（作者 et al.，年份）”。在參考文獻部分，全部作者的姓名皆須列舉出來。 　　Pauling et al. (2005) discovered a possible genetic cause of alcoholism. 　　多篇文獻，同一作者 　　若一作者有多篇你想引用的文獻，只需用逗號來區隔作品的發表年份（最早到最晚依序排列）。若多篇文獻在同一年內發表，請在年份后面加上a、b、c……等標注。（按：abc的使用需與參考文獻部分有所對應，而這些文獻的編排以標題名稱的字母來決定。） 　　A recent study found a possible genetic cause of alcoholism (Pauling, 2004, 2005a, 2005b). Pauling (2004, 2005a, 2005b) conducted a study that discovered a possible genetic cause of alcoholism 　　多篇文獻，多位作者 　　根據上一個的規則，并且使用分號隔開。排序先依照作者姓氏的字母，接著是發表年份。 　　A recent study found a possible genetic cause of alcoholism (Alford, 1995; Pauling, 2004, 2005; Sirkis, 2003) 　　直接引述 　　格式與前述無不同，一樣為“（作者，年份，頁數）”。 　　When asked why his behavior had changed so dramatically, Max simply said "I think it's the reinforcement" (Pauling, 2004, p. 69).#p#分頁標題#e#

參考文獻清單
APA格式規定“參考文獻”部分的人名必須以姓氏的字母順序來排列，包括姓氏的前綴。譬如，Martin de Rijke應被改成“De Rijke, M.”；Saif Al Falasi則改成“Al-Falasi, Saif.”。（阿拉伯文名字通常在姓氏和前綴之間加上連字號“−”，所以姓氏和前綴自成一體。）
紙本文獻
單一作者著作的書籍： 　　Sheril, R. D. (1956). The terrifying future: Contemplating color television. San Diego: Halstead. 　　兩位作者以上合著的書籍： 　　Smith, J., & Peter, Q. (1992). Hairball: An intensive peek behind the surface of an enigma. Hamilton, ON: McMaster University Press. 　　文集中的文章： 　　Mcdonalds, A. (1993). Practical methods for the apprehension and sustained containment of supernatural entities. In G. L. Yeager (Ed.), Paranormal and occult studies: Case studies in application (pp. 42–64). London: OtherWorld Books. 　　期刊中的文章（非連續頁碼）： 　　Crackton, P. (1987). The Loonie: God's long-awaited gift to colourful pocket change? Canadian Change, 64(7), 34–37. 　　期刊中的文章（連續頁碼）： 　　Rottweiler, F. T., & Beauchemin, J. L. (1987). Detroit and Narnia: Two foes on the brink of destruction. Canadian/American Studies Journal, 54, 66–146. 　　月刊雜志中的文章： 　　Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. Time, 135, 28-31. 　　報紙中的文章： 　　Wrong, M. (2005, August 17). Misquotes are "Problematastic" says Mayor. Toronto Sol. p. 4. 　　政府官方文獻： 　　Revenue Canada. (2001). Advanced gouging: Manual for employees (MP 65–347/1124). Ottawa: Minister of Immigration and Revenue.
線上文獻
針對電子文獻、網站和線上文章，APA格式的網站上有訂定一些基本的規則，第一就是提供讀者詳細的文獻內容來源，第二為提供其有效的參考來源。 　　網絡文章的打印版本 　　Marlowe, P., Spade, S., & Chan, C. (2001). Detective work and the benefits of colour versus black and white [Electronic version]。Journal of Pointless Research, 11, 123–124. 　　電子期刊的文章（只有網絡版的期刊） 　　Blofeld, E. S. (1994, March 1). Expressing oneself through Persian cats and modern architecture. Felines & Felons, 4, Article 0046g. Retrieved October 3, 1999, from 網頁地址 　　電子短信（newsletter）的文章 　　Paradise, S., Moriarty, D., Marx, C., Lee, O. B., Hassel, E., et al. (1957, July). Portrayals of fictional characters in reality-based popular writing: Project update. Off the beaten path, 7(3). Retrieved October 3, 1999, from 網頁地址 　　單篇線上文獻（無作者及著作日期） 　　What I did today. (n.d.). Retrieved August 21, 2002, from 網頁地址 　　從大學課程或系上網站取得的文獻 　　Rogers, B. (2078). Faster-than-light travel: What we've learned in the first twenty years. Retrieved August 24, 2079, from Mars University, Institute for Martian Studies Web site: 網頁地址 　　從數據庫搜尋的期刊文章的電子復制版本（3至5位作者） 　　Costanza, G., Seinfeld, J., Benes, E., Kramer, C., & Peterman, J. (1993). Minutiæ and insignificant observations from the nineteen-nineties. Journal about Nothing, 52, 475–649. Retrieved October 31, 1999, from NoTHINGJournals database. 　　電子郵件或其他個人通訊（限定文字） 　　(A. Monterey, personal communication, September 28, 2001). 　　儲存于光碟的書籍 　　Nix, G. (2002). Lirael, Daughter of the Clayr [CD]。New York: Random House/Listening Library. 　　儲存于錄音帶的書籍 　　Nix, G. (2002). Lirael, Daughter of the Clayr [Cassette Recording No. 1999-1999-1999]。New York: Random House/Listening Library.#p#分頁標題#e#

(四) MLA格式
Modern Language Association簡介

　　MLA 是一種常用的引用格式,由于在外國,文章中即使是一小句也不可以隨便不加任何注釋的引用,所以MLA 格式很嚴緊,也有很多,,看看吧...
MLA引用格式
Modern Language Association為美國現代語言協會制定的dissertation指導格式，在一般書寫英語dissertation時應當使用MLA格式來保證學術著作的完整。
一． MLA引用格式
MLA.《研究dissertation作者手冊》（MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers），第4版
書
Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The History
of the Future. New York: Pocket Books, 1993.
期刊文章
Wilcox, Rhonda V. "Shifting Roles and Synthetic Women in Star
Trek: The Next Generation." Studies in Popular Culture 13.2 (1991):
53-65.
報紙與雜志文章
Di Rado, Alicia. "Trekking through College: Classes Explore Modern
Society Using the World of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times 15 Mar.
1995: A3.
百科全書文章
Sturgeon, Theodore. "Science Fiction." The Encyclopedia Americana.
Ed. Patricia Bayer, et al. Danbury, CT: Grolier Incorporated, 1995.
書中的文章與章節
James, Nancy E. "Two Sides of Paradise: The Eden Myth According to
Kirk and Spock." Spectrum of the Fantastic. Ed. Donald Palumbo.
Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1988. 219-223.
EKIC 文件
Fuss-Reineck, Marilyn. Sibling Communication in Star Trek: The Next
Generation: Conflicts between Brothers. Miami, FL: Speech
Communication Association; Springfield, VA: ERIC Document
Reproduction Service, 1993. ED364932.
網站 (see MLA's official site for more details)
Lynch, Tim. "DSN Trials and Tribble-ations Review." Psi Phi: Bradley's
Science Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley University. 8 Oct. 1997.
互聯網上的報紙與雜志文章
(see MLA's official site for more details)
Andreadis, Athena. "The Enterprise Finds Twin Earths Everywhere It Goes,
But Future Colonizers of Distant Planets Won't Be So Lucky."
Astronomy Jan. 1999: 64. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. B. Davis
Schwartz Memorial Library, Brookville, NY. 7 Feb. 1999.
注意：
·雙倍行距。
·第二行行首縮進5個字符（或半英寸）。
·如果沒有作者，從文章名開始
·縮寫全部月份名稱，除了May Jane和July。
·如果百科全書未按字母順序排列文章，將其視為一般書籍文章。
·網站：包括網頁名稱，網站全名及其建立者（此往往與網站名稱相同）。此外，還包括#p#分頁標題#e#
文章創建及存在的日期（日、月、年）及你見到此文的日期。
·互聯網雜志文章：包括提供數據庫服務的公司極其網址；文章的完整日期（日、月、年）及你見到的日期；還有為你提供網絡服務的圖書館或組織機構。如果引用的是期刊而不
 是雜志的話，還應有期刊的日期、卷冊等。