How to draw up a list of used sources

If you are a student, a student or a graduate student, you will surely come across quite often with writing various scientific articles, abstracts, final works at the end of the year, diplomas. At the end of any work, it is necessary to indicate the list of sources used. On how to properly issue it, read in our article.

The list of sources used is a description of all books, journals, scientific works, dissertations, monographs and electronic resources that were read and analyzed at the time of writing. In some cases, attention is paid to the list of literature, because it gives an idea of the fundamental nature of research in scientific work.

The list of sources used should not include any literature that is not referenced in the text. Be careful when creating the list, because this is an important part of your work.

Bibliographic data

When using literature, you must enter all the data in the list of sources used. Registration in this case has clear requirements. All information about the source is given in the following order:

• Author or authors of the literary source. If there are many authors, only the first three are indicated, or you can replace the huge list with the phrase "Edited (name and initials of the main author)".
• Name.
• Information about the publication, if the book (monograph, textbook) was reprinted again.
• The city in which the source used was published.
• The name of the publishing house.
• The year in which the source was published.
• The total number of pages.

In the list, the entry will be marked as follows:

Nikolaenko G.V. Methods of teaching the audit: Textbook. - 2 nd ed., Ext. - Moscow: Higher Education. Pcs., 2009. - 452s.

Also it is necessary to repeat exactly all punctuation marks.

Registration of the list of used sources

Be sure to ask the supervisor how exactly to place the sources in the list, since there are several options.

• Alphabetical. The most common variant of writing a list. All sources are listed in alphabetical order, depending on the author's name or title.
• Chronological. It is often used when writing works on historical topics. All sources are indicated in chronological order by the date of publication.
• By sections. You can group sources by type. For example, normative acts, documents, books, monographs, articles in magazines, electronic sources. Within each group, the list of sources used is formed in alphabetical order.
• In order of mention in the text. This option is suitable for small jobs. Each source is assigned the same number as the reference number in the text. If the link in the text to a particular source is indicated several times, only the first mention is taken into account.

Each new source of information must be written from the paragraph. The number is denoted by Arabic numerals, after which the dot is placed.

If you include an Internet resource in the list of used sources, be sure to include the full title and author, article or book you are using. Also, in square brackets, write down that this is an electronic resource. Well, and in the conclusion specify the link. An example of a record about an electronic source looks like this:

Vlasenko V. Accounting of fixed assets: [Electronic resource]. 2010-2011. URL: http://textbook.vlasenkovaccount.ru. (Date of circulation: April 18, 2013).

Do not use as an Internet resource pages, the address or content of which may vary. It is not recommended to link to forums, blogs and articles whose content is regularly edited (for example, Wikipedia data).