BS 5605:1990

This standard BS 5605:1990 Recommendations for citing and referencing published material is classified in these ICS categories:

• 01.140.10 Writing and transliteration

This British Standard makes recommendations for authors and editors on the preferred methods of citing and referencing published documents and provides a summary of the main principles to be followed. It applies to all the different kinds of work that might be cited.

NOTE 1 Further information about references to published material is given in BS 1629 and to unpublished material in BS 6371.

NOTE 2 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

Guidance for authors and editors on the principles to be followed.