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‐ 4 ‐If the table is reproduced in its entirety, place thecitation as a footnote. Be particularly careful to notethe original source of data, as well as the authorshipof the document. Full details should be included inthe reference list.In this example, a table is reproduced from page 267of a book written by Robert Amazon, which is the 4thedition and published by FT Prentice Hall of Harlow,England in 2005. The title of the book is Managementin the media: decision makers.If you wish to reproduce the table in your own work,replicate the table.Add a footnote at the bottom of thepage in your own work acknowledging the source ofthe reproduced table.If you wish to quote from a table in the above book inyour essay:If you wish to reference the book in the reference listor bibliography:*National Statistics Office 1985 cited inAmazon, 2005, p.267...historical figures demonstrate that only tenpercent of households had televisions in SouthAfrica by the 1970s (South African Statistics1985 cited in Amazon, 2006, p. 338).Green, R., 2006. Management of forest fire. 4thed. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall.OpenJournals Publishing, a proud division of AOSIS (Pty) Ltd | Postnet Suite #55, Private Bag X22, Tygervalley,7536 | Tel: +27 (0)21 975 4684 | Fax: +27 (0)21 975 3448 | This work is licensed under a Creative CommonsAttribution‐Noncommercial‐No Derivative Works 2.5 South Africa LicenseUpdated: 17‐09‐2008
‐ 5 ‐COMPILING THE REFERENCE LIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHYAll items should be listed alphabetically by author or authorship, regardless of the format, i.e. whetherbooks, websites or journal articles etc. Where there are several works from one author or source theyshould by listed together but in date order with the earliest work listed first.2.1 BooksUse the title page, not the book cover, for thereference details.The required elements for a book reference are:Author, Initials. Year. Title of book. Edition (ifapplicable). Place of publication: Publisher.Please noteAuthor: Surname with capital first letter and followed by acomma.Initials: In capitals with full‐stop after eachYear: Publication year (not printing or impression) followed byfull stop.Title: Full title of book/thesis/dissertation in italics withcapitalisation of first word and proper nouns only, followed by afull stop unless there is a sub‐title.Sub‐title: Follows a colon at end of full title; no capitalisationunless proper nouns, followed by a full stop.Edition: Only include this if not first edition and use numberfollowed by abbreviation ‘ed.’, followed by a full stop.Place of publication: Town or city, followed by colon. If theremay be confusion with UK place names for USA towns includethe State in abbreviated form, e.g. Chester, CT.Publisher: Company name followed by full stop.De Villiers, S. 2008. Testing the waterconcentrations. 3rd ed. Cape Town: Universityof Cape Town.Theron, Johan P. 2008. Business and theorganisation. 6th ed. South Africa, CT:University of Cape Town.2.2 Books with more than four authorsFor books where there are more than four authors,use the first author only with surname and initialsfollowed by ‘et al.’.NB: Please italicise ‘et al.’The required elements for a reference are:Author, Initials. Year. Title of book. Edition (onlyinclude this if not the first edition). Place: Publisher.Retief, F. et al. 1990. A history of the world. CapeTown: University of Cape Town.2.3 Edited booksFor edited books give the editor(s) surname(s) andinitials, followed by (ed.) or (eds.)The required elements for a reference are:Author, Initials. Year. Title of book. Edition (onlyinclude this if not the first edition). Place: PublisherRetief, F. (ed.) 1990. A history of the world. CapeTown: University of Cape Town.Theron, L.T. & Mans, K.K. (eds.) 1990. Theactive interview. Cape Town: University ofCape Town.Scholtz, Pieter. (ed.) 2006. Corporate socialOpenJournals Publishing, a proud division of AOSIS (Pty) Ltd | Postnet Suite #55, Private Bag X22, Tygervalley,7536 | Tel: +27 (0)21 975 4684 | Fax: +27 (0)21 975 3448 | This work is licensed under a Creative CommonsAttribution‐Noncommercial‐No Derivative Works 2.5 South Africa LicenseUpdated: 17‐09‐2008
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