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Example reference formats for different source types

Poem, short story or play in an anthology examples

Format: in text citation

“Sweet, I blame you not, for mine the fault was…” (Author, year, page)

Format: reference

Author’s surname, initials. (Year) Title of poem. In: Editor’s/compiler’s Surname, initials (ed.) Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, page.

Example: in text citation

“Sweet, I blame you not, for mine the fault was…”  (Wilde, 2000, p.410).

Example: reference

Wilde, O. (2000) Flower of Love. In: Brown, A. (ed.) An Anthology of Great English Literature. London: New Ideas, p.410.