How to draw up a list of references and sources

Any scientific work, be it a term paper, diploma, dissertation or article, should contain a list of used literature and sources. Despite the fact that each educational institution has its own nuances, we present the most common rules for the design of this list.

Instruction manual

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The list of used literature must necessarily include all sources that you used in your work. These are articles from magazines and newspapers, and monographs, and textbooks, and even fiction. The list must include both those sources that you quoted in the text of the scientific work, and those that you consulted when writing.

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Initially, the used literature is grouped by type of document. The first group consists of normative acts (codes, laws, orders of departments, government orders and presidential decrees) and standards, the second - monographs (books and textbooks), the third - articles, the fourth - Internet sources.

There are also other types of documents that can be used in scientific work and included in the list of sources: video recording, sound recording, material, maps, notes, manuscript, etc.

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In each group, the sources are arranged in alphabetical order. Separately grouped sources whose names contain the letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, separately - Latin.

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When making a source in the list of used literature, it is necessary to indicate not only the name of the monograph, but also the complete list of authors who worked on it, the publisher, the number of pages and year of publication.

When an article is added to the list, the title and number of the journal, as well as the page from which the article begins, and the total number of pages it takes, are mandatory.

For regulations, the full name of the document, its number and date of adoption are indicated.

If the information is taken from an Internet source, in the list of used literature it is necessary to indicate not only the name and address of the site, but also the full address of the Internet page from where the information was taken.

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Requirements for the design of the list of used literature and sources are always indicated in the methodological recommendations issued by the educational institution.