4.3.11 Guidelines for creating literary references

When citing literature in the reference documentation, adhere to the following guidelines:

  • All sources shall be primary sources. Sources like Wikipedia are not allowed.

  • OSI uses APA style references from the American Psychological Association.

  • In the text, sources are cited using numbers in brackets.

  • In the references list, the number in brackets is resolved to a full citation.

  • Titles shall be written in italic, using <em>title</em>.

  • If the list contains more than one entry, add \n at the end of the line to create a line break within the list.

  • Author names shall be written as <surname>, <initial(s)>.

  • Editor names shall be written as <initial(s)> <surname>.

  • Page numbers are optional and may be used with long texts or for referencing specific sections.

Templates

Use the following templates for creating properly styled references:

Compilation
<author1>, <author2>, <author3> & <author4>. (<year>). Contribution in a compilation title. <em><Compilation Title></em>. <edition>. <page(s)>. <publisher>. <location>. <doi>. <page(s)>.
Book
<author1>, <author2> & <author3>. (<year>). <em><book (monograph) title></em>. <edition>. <publisher>. <doi>. <page(s)>.
Chapter in a book
<author1> & <author2>. (<year>). <book chapter title>. In <editor1> & <editor2> (Eds.), <em><book title></em> (<page(s)>). <publisher>. <doi>. <page(s)>.
Article in a journal
<author1> & <author2>. (<year>). <journal article title>. <em><journal title></em>. <page(s)>. <location>. <doi>. <page(s)>.
Phd thesis
<author>. (<year>). <em><Phd thesis title></em>. Phd. thesis. <location>. <university>. <doi or url>. <page(s)>.
Online article
<author>. (<year>, <month> <day>). <em><internet article title></em>. Retrieved <month> <day>, <year>, from <url>.
Standard
<standarding organisation>. (<year>). <em><title of the standard></em>. (<standard identifier>). <location>.
Patent
<author>. (<year>). <em><patent title and id></em>. <location>. <organisation>.

More sample templates are available at https://apastyle.apa.org.

Example

    // [...]
    // \par References:
    // [1] DIN Deutsches Institut fuer Normung e. V. (1982). <em>DIN 5031-3 Strahlungsphysik im optischen Bereich und Lichttechnik - Groessen, Formelzeichen und Einheiten der Lichttechnik</em>. (DIN 5031-3:1982-03). Berlin, Germany. \n
    // [2] Rapp, C. (2017). Grundlagen der Physik. In <em>Hydraulik fuer Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler</em> (pp.23-36). Springer Vieweg. Wiesbaden, Germany. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18619-7_3. p. 105.
    //
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}