BS 6371:1983

This standard BS 6371:1983 Recommendations for citation of unpublished documents is classified in these ICS categories:

• 01.140.20 Information sciences

This British Standard is concerned with the citation of unpublished documents, which may be public or private in origin, and may include legal, business and administrative records, correspondence and private papers, working papers, original compositions, transcripts or other copies, annotations in printed works, inscriptions, and documents in non-written forms.

NOTE 1 The punctuation given in the examples contained in this standard is illustrative and not prescriptive.

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

Concise guidance for authors and editors on methods of setting out references in books and journal articles. Applies to references to documents existing only as unique originals or in a very limited number of copies. Includes methods of making attribution within the text.