How to write a list of sources

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How to write a list of sources
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Why do I have to write a list of sources?

• The reader must be able to find the sources you
  have used.
• In the list of sources you include every source
  you have referred to in the text.
• You only write in the list of sources the sources
  you have actually referred to!

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The list of sources

• is in alphabetical order!
• can be divided according to the type of source if
  you have a lot of sources
• e.g. Books
• Articles
• Internet sources
• Interviews

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How do I actually write the list of sources? (p.
7, 14-15)

• The basic principle is this
• Authors surname, authors first name (or
  initials) year. Name of the e.g. book in italics.
  Publishing place publisher.
• Kivekäs Pauli 2003. My Life at Sea. Turku
  Sydväst Publishing.

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Is it really that easy?

• Yes and no no because you have different
  kinds of sources...
• e.g. articles and Internet sources

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If you use an article from e.g. a journal or
book, this is what you do

• Authors surname, first name year. Name of the
  article (in quotation marks if you want to). In
  Authors/Editors name (if its a book) if you
  can find an author or editor . Name of the
  journal/book in italics. Publisher publishing
  place, p. x-x.
• (på svenska I, suomeksi Teoksessa)

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• Toivonen, Jarmo 2005. Management Level Studies
  at Sydväst Maritime. In Sydväst Maritime 192
  Years of Maritime Training. Turku Sydväst
  Publishing, p. 12-15.

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If you have an Internet source

• Authors surname, first name year (if you can
  find a year...). Title of the text in italics.
  Collected xx.xx.200x. Available at the Internet
  address
• Miinalainen, Janne. My English Assignments.
  Collected 6.9.2005. Available at
  http//maritime.sydvast.fi/miinalainen/english.ht
  m

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What if...

• ... there is no author?
• Then you start your entry in the list of sources
  with the name of the e.g. book.
• Kodin suuri tietosanakirja. 1979. Helsinki WSOY.

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• When you have Internet sources, it is quite usual
  that you cannot find an author. In that case,
  begin the entry with the authority/organization
  responsible for the site or if you cannot find
  one, with the title of the text.
• Finnish Maritime Administration. Rules for Winter
  Navigation. Instructions to the industry, ship
  owners and charterers. Collected 6.9.2005.
  Avalaible at http//www.fma.fi/e/functions/winter
  _navigation/pelisaannot_en.pdf
• The Most Terrible Hurricanes. Collected 6.9.2005.
  Available at http//www.terriblehurricanes.com

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• Of course, if you cannot find the author or who
  is responsible for the Internet site nor any
  sensible title, do you really want to use that
  source...?

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So this is what you should remember

• The list of sources is in alphabetical order
• Everything is pretty easy if you can find the
  name of the author
• Be careful with Internet sources if you cannot
  find who has written the text/is responsible for
  the site, do not use it
• Start writing your list of sources immediately
  when you find a source/use a source!!!