# Lists of references

In addition to providing in-text references, every essay must contain an alphabetical **List of References** at the end which gathers together **all the sources that were referenced in the body of the text** (not all the works consulted). This is slightly less straightforward than in-text referencing, as different source materials require slightly different conventions. Therefore it is important that you are clear what sort of publication you are referencing in order to choose the right information and format.

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Note that a List of References is not the same as a **bibliography**. The latter lists all the materials an author has read in preparation of their work. The former lists only those materials that are referenced in the preceding text. In linguistics, we want you to provide **Lists of References**, NOT bibliographies.
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In the Appendix, we have provided a summary of the following conventions. You may wish to keep copies of these summaries close by when you’re working on your essays.
