Recommendations for citing and referencing published material

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-11-1990

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
Foreword
Recommendations
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Methods of citation in the text
4. Location and arrangement of reference lists
5. Elements of a reference
ANNEX
A Bibliography
List of references

Guidance for authors and editors on the principles to be followed.

This British Standard makes recommendations for authors and editors on the preferred methods of citing and referencing published documents and provides a summary of the main principles to be followed. It applies to all the different kinds of work that might be cited.

NOTE 1 Further information about references to published material is given in BS 1629 and to unpublished material in BS 6371.

NOTE 2 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

Committee	IDT/2/18
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes 89/95802 DC and BS 5605(1978) (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2010. (12/2009)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	12
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	BS 5605:1978

ISO 9:1995	Information and documentation — Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters — Slavic and non-Slavic languages
ISO 11940:1998	Information and documentation Transliteration of Thai
BS 6371:1983	Recommendations for citation of unpublished documents
ISO 9984:1996	Information and documentation — Transliteration of Georgian characters into Latin characters
BS 4280:1968	Transliteration of Arabic characters
ISO 259-2:1994	Information and documentation — Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters — Part 2: Simplified transliteration
ISO 259:1984	Documentation — Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters
ISO 233-2:1993	Information and documentation — Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters — Part 2: Arabic language — Simplified transliteration
BS 2979:1958	Transliteration of Cyrillic and Greek characters
BS 5261-1:1975	Copy preparation and proof correction Recommendations for preparation of typescript copy for printing
ISO 9985:1996	Information and documentation — Transliteration of Armenian characters into Latin characters
BS 4812:1972	Specification for the romanization of Japanese
ISO 3602:1989	Documentation — Romanization of Japanese (kana script)
ISO 843:1997	Information and documentation Conversion of Greek characters into Latin characters
ISO 233-3:1999	Information and documentation — Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters — Part 3: Persian language — Simplified transliteration
ISO 7098:2015	Information and documentation Romanization of Chinese
ISO 233:1984	Documentation — Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters

View more information

$247.06

Including GST where applicable

Product format

I agree to the DRM document license rules apply against the PDF selection made.

Please confirm that you agree to the document license rules for this document.

I agree to the document license rules .

Please confirm that you agree to the document license rules for this document.

Access your standards online with a subscription

Features

Simple online access to standards, technical information and regulations.
Critical updates of standards and customisable alerts and notifications.
Multi-user online standards collection: secure, flexible and cost effective.

Learn more on subscription solutions

Get in touch with us

BS 5605:1990

Recommendations for citing and referencing published material

Table of Contents

Abstract

Scope

General Product Information

Standards Referencing This Book

Category

Subcategory