Written by a seasoned professional, this long-awaited book is ideal for students and academics at all levels, lecturers, supervisors and promoters, researchers-- in fact, anyone involved in writing or editing academic texts. The focus of the book is the Harvard method (author-date method), but the APA method and the running footnotes method have also been included. The aim is to assist users to achieve greater uniformity and consistency of style in bibliographies and reference techniques within various publications-- from assignments, dissertations and theses to articles for scholarly journals and books. The bibliographic treatment of all types of sources has been extended to include printed as well as electronic and Internet sources. The purpose of the book is not to prescribe rigid instructions, but to provide a set of solid and easy-to-use guidelines. The principles guiding all referencing are simplicity, uniformity, and clarity. With its wide range of selected examples, this is a user-friendly and indispensable book.
Focusing on the Harvard method, APA method, and running footnotes, Burger (U. of South Africa, Pretoria) shows students and academics at all levels (mainly those at the U. of South Africa) bibliographic style and reference techniques for writing and editing academic texts like assignments, dissertations, theses, and articles. The book is based on the eighth revision of Reference Techniques (1992) and includes examples from it, but incorporates electronic resources and other style methods. The augmented Harvard method has been omitted. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Written by a seasoned professional, this revised edition is ideal for students and academics involved in writing or editing academic texts. The focus of the book is the Harvard referencing method (author-date method), but the APA method and the running footnotes method are also examined. The book will help the reader achieve greater uniformity and consistency of style in bibliographies and reference techniques within various publications, from assignments, dissertations, and theses to articles for scholarly journals and books. The bibliographic treatment of all types of sources have been extended to include printed as well as electronic and Internet sources. The purpose of the book is not to prescribe rigid instructions, but to provide a set of solid and easy-to-use guidelines. The principles that guide all referencing are: simplicity, uniformity, and clarity. With its wide range of selected examples, this is a user-friendly and indispensable book for authors and editors, at all levels, in diverse subject areas.
