PRACTICAL REFERENCING
A BOOK BY ONE AUTHOR
Indirect referencing:
In-text: Moyo (2010) asserts that…
Direct referencing:
Moyo (2010, 5) asserts that “…”
End-text referencing:
Moyo, M. (2010) Communication Skills, Gweru: Mambo Press.
A BOOK BY TWO AUTHORS
In-text:
Indirect:
Moyo and Dube (2005) says that…
Direct:
Moyo and Dube (2005, 50) says that“…”
End text: Moyo, M. and Dube, S. (2005)
Communication Skills, Gweru: Mambo Press.
A BOOK BY THREE OR MORE AUTHORS
Indirect: According to Moyo, Dube and Nyoni (1995 ….
Direct: According to Moyo, Dube and Nyoni (1995:75) “…”
In the subsequent quotations the authors would be cited as,
Moyo et al (1995).
et al. means and others
End-text: Moyo, M., Dube, S. and Nyoni, T. (1995) Communication
Skills, Gweru: Mambo Press.
EDITED BOOK
In-text: Indirect: As evidenced in Dube (1990)…
Direct :Dube (1990, 105) asserts that “…”
End-text:Dube, L. (1990) (ed) Communication Skills, Gweru: Mambo Press.
CHAPTER IN AN EDITED BOOK
In-text: Moyo (2015) is of the view that…
Moyo (2015, 70) “…”
End-text:Moyo, M. (2015) “Reading” in S. M. Dube, Communication Skills,
Gweru: Mambo Press.
NO-DATE ARTICLE
In-text: Moyo (n.d) …
Moyo (n.d, 100) “…”
End-text: Moyo, M. (n.d) Communication Skills, Gweru: Mambo Press.
UNKNOWN AUTHOR
In-text: According to College Bound Series (2010) …
According to College Bound Series, (2010, 80) “…”
End-text:Anon (2010) College Bound Series, Gweru: Mambo Press.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
In-text: Huni (2016) asserts that …
Huni (2016, 4) “…”
End-text: Huni, M. (2016) “ZANU PF Manifesto”, The Herald, 21/06/16, pg
5.
The News Reporter (2016) “ZANU PF Manifesto”, The Herald 21/06/16, pg
5.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
In-text: As asserted by Hove (2015) …
As asserted by Hove (2015, 4) “…”
End-text:Hove, B. (2015) “Reading”,In Communication Skills Journal, Vol 6,
Issue No. 5, pp 10-15 6(5) 10-15
ONLINE JOURNAL ARTICLE
End text :
Hove, B. (2015) “Reading”, In Communication Skills Journal, 6(5)10-15, [Link]
[Link] (accessed 28/08/16).
ONLINE ARTICLE
End text
Hover, B. (2010) “Reading”, [Link] accessed 20/01/16.
INTERVIEW
End text
Brown, G. (2008) Interview, In Today’s Programme, Radio, BBC Radio 4, 18/05/08 08:
10hrs.
VIDEO/ FILM BROADCAST
1. Neria (1990) Film, Directed by Godwin Mawuru, Zimbabwe: Pakare Paye.
2. Mungoshi, D. (1998) Videotape error diagnosis, ZBCEdunet insight profile.
TV/RADIO BROADCAST
Dyslexic Children (1990), TV Channel 4, 29/07, 19:00hrs.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Gibson, E. J. (1977) “The performance concept in building”, In Proceedings of the
7th Triennal Congress, Edinburgh(Place of Conference), September 1977, London:
Construction Research International, 129-136.
PUBLISHED REPORTS
Zimbabwe (1990) Report of the commission of inquiry into poverty (The
Mangwaya Commission), Harare: Government Printers.
THESIS
Mugomba, M. (2010) Sociolinguistics ,(Unpublished PHD Thesis), Department of
Education, Midlands State University.
Mendely
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