| Type | In-Text Citation | Reference List |
| Book – single author |
According to Trott (2017, p. 59) innovation has …. |
Trott, P. (2017) Innovation management and new product development. 6th edn. Harlow: Pearson Education. |
| Book – two to three authors |
The duties of project managers have expanded from an operational to a more strategic level (Larson and Gray, 2014, p. 26).
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Larson, E. W. and Gray, C. F. (2014) Project management :the managerial process. 6th edn. New York: McGraw-Hill. |
| Book – four or more authors |
Slack et al. (2015, p.6) explains that large business have used operations and process management principles … |
Slack, N., Brandon-Jones, A., Johnston, R. and Betts, A. (2015) Operations and process management :principles and practice for strategic impact. 4th edn. Harlow: Pearson Education. |
| Book – editor |
... global warming is a result of the release of greenhouse gases in developed countries (Lechner and Boli, 2012, p.4). |
Lechner, F. J. and Boli, J. (eds.) (2012) The globalization reader. 4th edn. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
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| Book – chapter in an edited book |
Hamad (2018, p.21) discusses the idea that ... |
Hamad, F. (2018) ‘Approaches to information architecture’, in Urquhart, C. and Hamad, F. Tbaishat, D. and Yeoman, A . (eds.) Information systems :process and practice. London: Facet Publishing , pp. 9-31. |
| Book – multiple works by same author (published in different years) |
Laudon and Traver (2017, 2018) explain that... . |
Laudon, K. C. and Traver, C. G. (2017) E-commerce 2017 : business, technology, society. 13th edn. Harlow, Essex : Pearson Education. Laudon, K. C. and Traver, C. G. (2018) E-commerce 2018 : business, technology, society. 14th edn. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education. |
| Book – multiple works by same author (published in same year) |
The view proposed by Godfrey (2013a, 2013b)... |
Godfrey, J. (2013a) How to use your reading in your essays. 2th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Godfrey, J. (2013b) The student phrase book :vocabulary for writing at university. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. |
| Book – no identifiable author | Debenture is defined as... (Dictionary of Business Terms, 2008, p. 40). | Dictionary of Business Terms (2008) Wokingham: Kaplan Publishing. |
| eBook – from an eBook reader. (no page numbers) | 1. According to Stiglitz (2013, loc. 1956) the..
2. Smith (2012, cha. 5, sec. 4, para. 9) stated… 3. Jones (2011, no pagination) warned that… |
Stiglitz, J. (2013). The price of inequality. [Name of e-book reader] London: Penguin.
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| eBook – from Dawsonera.com (DBS eBook collection) |
The principles of good accounting practice, as set out by Dyson (2017, p. 19) ... |
Dyson, J.R. (2017) Accounting for non-accounting students. 9th edn. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education. Dawsonera [Online]. Available at: https://www.dawsonera.com/abstract/9781292129044 (Accessed: 16 November 2018). |
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