References list

General rules for preparing the references list in comply with Harvard system and examples of literature citations in the text

References list includes only these literature positions that have been cited in the text.

All positions in the references list are ordered according to the alphabetical order; there is no need to number consecutive positions in the references list (short statistics may be included in the introduction to the thesis).

All positions of the references list written by one author are ordered according to date of publishing, for example:

Smith J., 2001, Title, …
Smith J., 2005a, Title, ….
Smith J., 2005b, Title, ….
Smith J., 2013, Title., ….

If a few positions in the references list have the same author, but some have additional co-author, firs go positions assigned to one author and after positions assigned to two or more authors, for example:
Smith J., 2013, Title, …
Smith T., Davies T., 2003, Title, ….

Book references - required elements:

author's family name,
author's name abbreviation,
year of publishing,
Title. Subtitle (cursive writing; First Letter of All Words Apart from Conjunctions and Prepositions Are Written in Capital Letters)
Publishing House Name,
Place of publishing.

For example:

One author
Smith J., 2013, Financial Management, Cengage Learning, London.
Cited as: [Smith 2013].
Two authors:
Smith T., Davies T., 2003, Financial Management, Cengage Learning, London.
Cited as: [Smith, Davies 2003].
Three authors:
Smith T., Davies T., Pisarek W., 2003, Financial Management, Cengage Learning, London.
Cited as: [Smith, Davies, Pisarek 2003] or [Smith et al. 2003].

Book having editor (collective authors) - required elements:

Editor's family name,
Editor's name abbreviation,
Year of publishing,
Title. Subtitle (cursive writing; First Letter of All Words Apart from Conjunctions and Prepositions Are Written in Capital Letters)
Publishing House,
Place of publishing.

For example:

One editor:
Smith J. (edit.), 2013, Financial Management, Cengage Learning, London.
Cited as: [Smith (edit.) 2013].
Two editors:
Herzlinger R.E., Nitterhouse D.L.(eds.), 1994, Financial Management, Cengage Learning, London.
Cited as: [Herzlinger, Nitterhouse (edit.) 1994].
Three editors:
Smith T., Davies T., Pisarek W. (edit.), 2003, Financial Management, Cengage Learning, London.
Cited as: [Smith, Davies, Pisarek (edit.) 2003] or [Smith et al. (edit.) 2003].

A chapter/paper in a book having editor or more authors - required elements

Author's family name,
Author's name abbreviation,
Year of publishing,
Chapter Title /paper title (cursive writing, All small letters apart from the first word)
[in:]
Editor's family name,
Editor's name abbreviation,
Book's Title. Subtitle (cursive writing; First Letter of All Words Apart from Conjunctions and Prepositions Are Written in Capital Letters)
Publishing House,
Place of publishing,
pages.

For example:

One author:
Smith J., 2013, Financial statements, [w:] Davies T. (edit.), Financial Management, Cengage Learning, London, s. 34-56.
Cited as: [Smith 2013].
Two authors:
Smith J., Pisarek W., 2013, Financial statements, [w:] Davies T. (red.), Financial Management, Cengage Learning, London, s. 65-85.
Cited as: [Smith, Pisarek 2013].

Publications published by organizations, government, companies (no authors identification) - required elements:

Institution name (full name or abbreviations),
Year of publishing,
Title. Subtitle (cursive writing; First Letter of All Words Apart from Conjunctions and Prepositions Are Written in Capital Letters)
Publishing house,
Place of publishing.

For example:

EEA, 2010, Europe Environment - State and Perspectives. Synthesis, Kopenhaga.
Cited as: [EEA 2010].
The World Bank, 2012, Inclusive Green Growth: The Pathway to Sustainable Development, DC, Washington.
Cited as: [The World Bank 2012].
The World Economic Forum, 2013, The Green Investment Report, Geneva.
Cited as: [The World Economic Forum 2013].
OECD, 2010, The Statement on Sustainable Growth, http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org (12.02.2013).
Cited as: [OECD 2010].

Papers in journals - required elements:

Author's family name
Author's name abbreviation,
Year of publishing
Title. Subtitle (cursive writing; First letter of all words apart from the first word are written in small letters)
Journal title,
Journal no.,
pages.

For example:

One author:
Kołodko G., 2010, Economics in the crisis, The Economist, no 1, p. 23-30.
Cited as: [Kołodko 2010].
Two authors:
Davies J., Pietrzyk E., 2013, Success in management, Wroclaw University of Economics Research Papers, no 250, p. 150-165
Cited as: [Davies, Pietrzyk 2013].
Three authors:
Gray R., Owen D., Sopher M.J., 1998, Setting up a control system for your organization, Nonprofit World, vol. 16, no. 3, s. 65-76
Cited as: [Gray, Owen, Sopher 1998] or [Gray et al. 1998].

Articles in newspapers/magazines - requires elements:

Author's family name
Author's name abbreviation,
Year of publishing,
Title. Subtitle (cursive writing; First Letter of All Words Apart from Conjunctions and Prepositions Are Written in Capital Letters)
Magazine title,
Date of publishing,
Pages numbers.

For example:

Dobrański G., 2013, Fundamentals of sustainable growth, Success, 15th of November, p. 16.
Cited as: [Dobrański 2013].

Electronic sources (books, papers, statements, etc.) - required elements:

All previously required for relevant type of publication and additionally
Address on the Web Network
(date of access).

For example:

Kubiak Z., 2013, Sustainable Growth Strategy, http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org (12.02.2013).
Cited as: [Kubiak 2013].

Law and acts - required elements:

For example:

Act passed on 17th of December 2004 r. on VAT Taxes, Dz.U., nr 14, poz. 114 ze zm.
Cited as: [Act passed on 17th of December 2004].

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