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i.e.

N. Author, Title of Book(place of publication: publisher, and date).

N. Author, ‘Title of Chapter ’, in Title of Book, ed. X. Editor and Y.

Editor (place of publication: publisher, and date), pp. ••–••.

N. Author, ‘Title of Article’, Title of Periodical, vol. 2, no. 1 (date),

pp. ••–••.

Of course, if you are compiling a reference list and you’re using end-

notes, you will also have to include the page reference to locate the

passage or quotation you have used.

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Practice exercise 21

Compiling a reference list

Arrange the following list of sources into a reference list, using the

method of citation we have just outlined.

Once you’ve completed it, compare your list with the answer given

below.

List of sources

1 Author: R. E. Robinson and J. Gallagher

Title: Africa and the Victorians: The Official Mind of British

Imperialism

Publisher: Macmillan

Date and place of publication: 1962, London

2 Author: Peter Singer, ed.

Title: Ethics

Publisher: OUP

Date and place of publication: 1994, Oxford

3 Author: Charles Darwin

Title: The Origin of Species

Publisher: John Murray

Date and place of publication: 1859, London

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