The entries in the reference list act as a full record of the sources you cited in your text. In other words, the in-text citation and the reference list entries must relate to each other.
In the in-text tab, we used three sources of information: Phillips, 2003; UNICEF, 2009: Singh, Mathews and Pfeffer, 2010.
This is what the Reference List for these sources of information looks like:
Phillips, P. (2003). Population trends 1900-1999. New York: Puttnam & Sons Inc.
Singh, R., Mathews, T., & Pfeffer, M. (2010). Contrasting trends in Southern European population trends. Journal of Population Studies, 7, 44 - 99.
UNICEF. (2009). Population trends Southern Europe. Retrieved on 25 July 2014 from http://www.unicef.org/ptse2009/report_full text. htm
Analysis:
The reference list is given in one alphabetic order (of the first-named author). A book with one author has been referenced. A website of an organization has been referenced. A journal article, with three authors, has been referenced.
Some tips
The reference list is given in one alphabetic order (or the first-named author).
The basic order is:
Author's surname
comma
initial of first name
full stop/period
space
open brackets
Year of publication
close brackets
full stop
space
Title (in italic print)
full stop
space
Location or place of publication (usually a major city)
full stop
space
Publisher
full stop
For a website, you need to add the date which you accessed the website. This is a requirement of the IB.
The first name in the in-text citation must match the first name/word used in the Reference List.
A citation generator (e.g. EasyBib) will do most of the work for you. It will be helpful though to know how the style works, as you're responsible for checking your text, which includes the reference list.
