A DOI is a digital object Identifier, which is a unique string of numbers, letters, and symbols that identifies a document or article and provides it with a permanent web address. An example is https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2021.1883996. Because it is a permanent...
Referencing styles – What are they?
Referencing styles have usually been created by an organisation that specialises in a certain tyle of information, and the styles specify: how to arrange items in a reference list, eg in alphabetical or numerical order how to arrange and punctuate the author, title,...
Bibliography or reference list – What is the difference?
Reference list A reference list is a list of the books and other items referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix. It can be in alphabetical or numerical order, and should give the author, title, date and source of the referenced items in enough...
A live bibliography – What is it and should editors make one?
What is a live bibliography? A live bibliography or reference list has live hyperlinks (usually blue and underlined. If you click on it, the live link should take you to the web address where the reference is found). Web addresses can be DOIs or URLs. Should editors...
Country names and government publications – How do I reference them?
First check your style guide and follow that if you can. If the country has changed its name, list its publications under their names as they appear in the source (including any spelling mistakes! But put a [sic] after those) then have a 'see' or ‘see also’...
Latin abbreviations – Should I use italics?
The useful information below comes from a [PEGforum] et al. thread started on 2023-07-27, and a [PEGforum] Use of italics for Latin abbreviations thread that started on 2023-07-28. Question Please tell me if ‟et al.” should be italicised in English. Answer 1 Here is...