BS 6371:1983
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Recommendations for citation of unpublished documents
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29-04-1983
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Recommendations
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 General methods of citation
4 Methods of citation in the text
5 Location and arrangement of bibliographic references
6 Content of a bibliographic reference
7 Descriptive element
8 Location element
9 Other information
10 Documents resembling published works
Appendices
A Example references
B Bibliography
List of references
Concise guidance for authors and editors on methods of setting out references in books and journal articles. Applies to references to documents existing only as unique originals or in a very limited number of copies. Includes methods of making attribution within the text.
| Committee |
IDT/2/18
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 81/61833 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2010. (12/2009)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
14
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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This British Standard is concerned with the citation of unpublished documents, which may be public or private in origin, and may include legal, business and administrative records, correspondence and private papers, working papers, original compositions, transcripts or other copies, annotations in printed works, inscriptions, and documents in non-written forms.
NOTE 1 The punctuation given in the examples contained in this standard is illustrative and not prescriptive.
NOTE 2 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
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