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  • BS 5605:1990

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    Recommendations for citing and referencing published material

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-11-1990

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    Foreword
    Recommendations
    1. Scope
    2. Definitions
    3. Methods of citation in the text
    4. Location and arrangement of reference lists
    5. Elements of a reference
    ANNEX
    A Bibliography
    List of references

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    Guidance for authors and editors on the principles to be followed.

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    This British Standard makes recommendations for authors and editors on the preferred methods of citing and referencing published documents and provides a summary of the main principles to be followed. It applies to all the different kinds of work that might be cited.

    NOTE 1 Further information about references to published material is given in BS 1629 and to unpublished material in BS 6371.

    NOTE 2 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

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    Committee IDT/2/18
    Development Note Supersedes 89/95802 DC and BS 5605(1978) (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2010. (12/2009)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO 9:1995 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters — Slavic and non-Slavic languages
    ISO 11940:1998 Information and documentation Transliteration of Thai
    BS 6371:1983 Recommendations for citation of unpublished documents
    ISO 9984:1996 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Georgian characters into Latin characters
    BS 4280:1968 Transliteration of Arabic characters
    ISO 259-2:1994 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters — Part 2: Simplified transliteration
    ISO 259:1984 Documentation — Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters
    ISO 233-2:1993 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters — Part 2: Arabic language — Simplified transliteration
    BS 2979:1958 Transliteration of Cyrillic and Greek characters
    BS 5261-1:1975 Copy preparation and proof correction Recommendations for preparation of typescript copy for printing
    ISO 9985:1996 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Armenian characters into Latin characters
    BS 4812:1972 Specification for the romanization of Japanese
    ISO 3602:1989 Documentation — Romanization of Japanese (kana script)
    ISO 843:1997 Information and documentation Conversion of Greek characters into Latin characters
    ISO 233-3:1999 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters — Part 3: Persian language — Simplified transliteration
    ISO 7098:2015 Information and documentation Romanization of Chinese
    ISO 233:1984 Documentation — Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters
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