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What information you need: author/date/page numbers
Placing Citations
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Author published more than one source in same year
Dates
Inserting Pictures and Tables (Figures)
More than one source cited
Abbreviating organisation names
Source cited or quoted in another source (citing second hand)
Chapter author of an edited book
Legislation - UK Statutes (Acts of Parliament)
Personal communications e.g interviews, photographs
Unpublished sources e.g lectures
Scriptural citations(e.g. Bible or Koran/Qur'an)
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