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An alphabetical list of references is placed at the end of your assignment. This list gives the full publication details of each source you cited in your assignment so that your reader can consult the same sources that you have used. Use this information as a guide: 1. Reference list or bibliography? 2. Analysis of reference list examples 3. Capitalisation styles in reference entries 4. Formatting the reference list 5. Example reference list 1. Reference list or bibliography? A REFERENCE LIST is a list of all the sources that you have used as in-text references in your assignment. A BIBLIOGRAPHY is a wider list of reading that includes both in-text references and other sources which may have informed your thinking on the topic, but may not have been placed as an in-text reference in your assignment. Make sure you know whether a reference list or bibliography is required for the unit you are studying. 2. Analysis of reference list examples When you write your reference list, you need to analyse the patterns of each reference type. Some basic details that you need to look for are authors/no authors, dates/no dates, titles, editions and publishers, pages, DOIs or /URLs, depending on the type of reference you need