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You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)

Format for in-text citation

[#]

OR

Author Surname and Author Surname [#]

OR

Author Surname et al. [#]

In-text citation example

Information prominent:

Ethics in engineering  as discussed in [2]

Author prominent:

According to Moriarty [2]

Format for reference list

Elements, punctuation and capitalisation

[2] A. A. Author, Title, xth ed. City of Publisher, State, Country: Abbrev. of Publisher, year, ch. x, sec. x, pp. xxx–xxx. [Online]. Available: http://www.web.com

Reference list example

[2] G. Moriarty, The Engineering Project: Its Nature, Ethics, and Promise, University Park, PA, United States: Penn State University Press, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780271034928

Reference list style notes

  • You only need to include information regarding chapters, sections, pages if you are citing a specific part of a work.
  • Names
    • In text citations: If there are more than three authors, use the primary author followed by et al.
    • In the reference list: If there are more than six names listed, use the primary author followed by et al.

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