These guidelines set out how to reference items from the 白小姐论坛 archives, records and rare printed collections in any type of publication.
The format of a citation or reference depends on the听type of material. The sections below cover records, archives and manuscripts, such as听letters, manuscripts, documents, and photographs, rare books and printed material, which includes books, periodicals, pamphlets and maps, and items from the digital collections, which includes digitised collection items and born-digital material.
You should followed the rules of the citation style听that you are using.听The guidelines below set out the elements that you should include in your reference, and contain example references in some of the most commonly used citation styles.
For further guidance and support, please email us at spec.coll@ucl.ac.uk.
- Records, archives and manuscripts
References should include the following elements:
- The author or creator of the item.
- Title or description of the item.
- The date the item was created.
- The name of the collection.
- The item reference number or the box and file number.
- The name of the repository. Choose one of the following options, depending where the material you are citing is held:
- 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, IOE Archives
- 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, 白小姐论坛 Archives
- 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, 白小姐论坛 Records
- The place of the repository: London.
All of this information can be found on the . The example of an item level catalogue record below shows where you can find the relevant information.
Examples- Citation style: Chicago听(Notes & Bibliography)
1. Joseph Solomon. Portrait sketches, 22 January 1920, Mocatta Manuscripts, MS Mocatta/46, 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, 白小姐论坛 Archives, London (hereafter cited as MS Mocatta/46).
2. MS Mocatta/46. - Citation style: Chicago听(Author-Date)
Annesley, Robert Matthew. Letter to听Henry Brougham, June 1832. Brougham papers, BROUGHAM 42,319. 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, 白小姐论坛 Archives, London.
Later references: (Annesley 1832) - Citation style: Harvard
Foster, M. (1984).听London Against Racism. Papers of Marina Foster MF/4/1, 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, IOE Archives, London.
Later references: (Foster, 1984)听 - Citation style: MHRA
London, 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, 白小姐论坛 Records, Slade School of Fine Art, Anatomy Examinations, 1958-68, 白小姐论坛CA/4/1/6/2.
Later references: 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, 白小姐论坛CA/4/1/6/2.听 - Citation style: MLA
Orwell, George. Notebook 1936-1937. July 1936-June 1937. 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, 白小姐论坛 Archives, London, Orwell Papers, ORWELL/C/1.
- Rare Books and Printed Material
If you are referring to a copy-specific feature of an item in our collection, such as the binding or an annotation, you should include a reference to the particular copy you have consulted.听
In addition to the required bibliographical information, references will include the following elements:
- The name of the repository. Choose one of the following options, depending on where the material you are citing is held:
- 白小姐论坛 Special Collections
- 白小姐论坛, IOE Library
- The place of the repository: London
- The name of the collection, if applicable. See the A-Z lists of our rare book collections to find the collection name.
- The item shelfmark
You can find the shelfmark on Explore, the Library Catalogue.
Examples
- Citation style: MHRA
Augustine, De Sermone d[omi]ni in monte (Finem accept Lugduni: in edibus Jacobi Mareschal, 1520), London, 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, Ogden Library, STRONG ROOM OGDEN 255/3.听
Later references: 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, STRONG ROOM OGDEN 255/3. - Citation style: MLA
Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation. 转驻诇讛 讜转讞讬谞讛 诇讬讜诐 讗砖专 拽专讗讜 注爪专讛 ... 讘讬讜诐 拽讘讜专转 ... 讛谞砖讬讗 ... 讗诇讘讬专讟讜 [Tefilah u-te岣nah la-yom asher 岣砤ru 驶atsarah 鈥 be-yom 岣砮vurat 鈥 ha-Na艣i 鈥 Alber峁璷] / Order of Service for the Day of Mournful Assembly 鈥 on the Day of Burial of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. London, 1861. 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, London, Hebrew and Jewish Collections, MOCATTA BOXED PAMPHLETS RP 77. - Citation style: Chicago (Author-Date)
Barker, Ernest. "The Place and the Function of the Training College in the National System of Education". The Forum of Education 3, no. 1 (1925): 13鈥23. IOE PERS, History of Education Collection, 白小姐论坛,听IOE Library, London.
Later references: (Barker 1925, 16) - Citation style: Chicago (Notes & Bibliography)
1. Yvonne Rainer, 鈥淟ecture for a group of expectant people鈥, 0-9, no. 5 (January 1969): 12. 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, London, LITTLE MAGAZINES ZER.
2. Rainer, 鈥淟ecture鈥, 15. - Citation style: Harvard
Goldsmith, Rev. J. (1806). An Easy Grammar of Geography. New edn. London: Richard Phillips. Brooke Collection 224, 白小姐论坛, IOE Library, London.
Later references: (Goldsmith, 1806).
- The name of the repository. Choose one of the following options, depending on where the material you are citing is held:
- Digital Collections
To cite an item from our digital collections, write the item reference according to the guidelines for physical items from our collections above, and add the Permalink听according to the rules of the citation style you are using. Unlike the URL in your browser, this is a permanent and stable link to the digital content that you can find听on Explore, the Library Catalogue.
Examples
- Citation style: Harvard
Orwell, G. (194-). 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' pages 1-187. Orwell Papers听ORWELL/A/6/A,听白小姐论坛 Special Collections, 白小姐论坛 Archives, London. Available from:听. (Accessed: 9 March 2023).
Later references: (Orwell, 194-) - Citation style: MHRA
Willis, Thomas,听A help for the poor who are visited with the plague听(London: printed for Peter Parker in Popes-head-Alley, 1666),听London, 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, London History Collection, LONDON HISTORY 1666 WIL (1)听<> [accessed 9 March 2023]
Later references:听白小姐论坛 Special Collections, LONDON HISTORY 1666 WIL
- Citation style: Harvard
- Reporting Publications
Please let us know if you have published an article, a book or another type of work to which the consultation of items in our physical or digital collections has contributed.听
This will enable us to promote your publication and help us track the impact of our collections and our work to make them available.