. Guidelines for citing references:

Referencing text and quotes:
The references may be cited in the body text of the report in one of the following two ways
. Using numbers in square brackets e.g. [3] sequentially given in the order of citation of the text. Correspondingly, the references are listed at the end of the report serially in the same order they appear in the report.
. Using name of the author and the year of publication both enclosed within parentheses. In case more than one paper by the same author in the same year is cited, distinguish them using letters a, b etc. If there are more than two authors, use the word "et al." after the name of the first author. If there are two authors, you must give both names. In any case in the list of references given at the end of the report, names of ALL authors should appear. Correspondingly, the references are arranged alphabetically (according to the name of the first author) at the end of the report.

1.While listing the references at the end of the report, you must give all the information about the references such as author's name, title of the paper or book, name of the journal, volume number, issue number, page numbers and year of publication in that order. When listing a book, you must mention the edition, publisher's name and the place of publication also. Please carefully note the format of the list of references given below

- Looney, L. A., Monaghan, J. M., O'Reilly, P. and Talpin, D. M. R., "The Turning of an Al/SiCp Metal Matrix Composite", J Mater Proc Technol, 33, pp. 453-468, 1992. Lonchner, R. H. and Martar, J. E., Design for Quality

- An Introduction to the Best of Taguchi and Western Methods of Statistical Experimental Designs', Chapman and Hall, New York, 1990.


Referencing Internet sites:
While citing reference to an internet site, after mentioning the name of the site ( full web url), mention the date on which you have accessed it.

Referencing pictures or photos:
While citing reference to pictures or photographs, mention the title of the pictureand then give full credits to who has taken the picture/photo as well as from where it was sourced.

Referencing figures or tables:
1. If figures or tables are taken from a reference then the reference must be cited within the text, as well as, after the caption in the figure or table.

2. Numbers given to Figures, Tables and Equations should clearly indicate the chapter they belong to e.g. in Chapter 4 figures should be numbered as Fig. 4.1, Fig. 4.2, etc.; tables as Table 4.1, Table 4.2, etc; equations as (4.1), (4.2), etc.

3. Title of figures should be placed at the bottom of the figure whereas those of tables should be placed at the top.

4. Use equation editors of word processing packages for writing equations.

5. S. I. units must be used. If you are copying data from a reference, convert the units when necessary.

6. If you have to add figures from the literature ensure that they are clear and sufficiently large.


(credits to Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay for the above text)