what is reference example

Synonyms: Noun

• authority,
• source

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The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the APA’s official citation guide and provides a more detailed explanation of how to use APA style. The manual is unfortunately not available online, but reference copies are available in all 17 University of Maryland libraries.
The APA Style Guide to Electronic References (2012) focuses solely on the citing of electronic resources and includes a wide variety of citation examples.

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Appendices contain material that is too detailed to include in the main report, such as long mathematical derivations or calculations, detailed technical drawings, or tables of raw data. The content should be summarised and referred to at the appropriate point in the the body of the report. The conventions for appendices are as follows:

Remember that if you are studying modules in different departments or schools, they may each prefer a different referencing style.
This page includes brief details of each style of referencing used by different departments at Reading. You should always check your course handbook to see which is their preferred style.

References:

http://libguides.umgc.edu/apa-examples
http://www.monash.edu/rlo/assignment-samples/engineering/eng-writing-technical-reports/references-and-appendices
http://libguides.reading.ac.uk/citing-references/referencingstyles
http://www.wur.nl/en/article/How-do-I-cite-a-source-I-found-in-another-source.htm