Thesis (online)
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
[#]
In-text citation example
As shown by [8]…
OR
Martin [5] and Barton and Farley [16]…
OR
Zellwinger et al. [48]…
Format for reference list
Elements, punctuation and capitalization
[#] A. A. Author, “Dissertation/Thesis title,” Type and level of award, Abbrev. Of Dept, Abbrev. Of Univ., City, State if necessary, Country, Year. [Online]. Available: URL
Reference list example
[15] W.T.A. Mohammed, “Spatial pendulum tuned mass damper with two tuning frequencies,” Ph.D. thesis, Sch. Of Engineering, Univ. of Dayton, Dayton, OH, U.S.A., 2022. [Online]. Available: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=dayton1670286050034768&disposition=inline
Style notes
- [#] Place the number in brackets (e.g. [1], [4] – [9], [27]… etc. Cites sources: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 27).
- Citations are numbered in the order they appear in the source.
- The source retains the same number as the first citation.
- The number appears on the line, in square brackets, inside the punctuation [#].
- Use et al when three or more names (i.e. authors or editors) are given for a reference cited in the text.
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