You should provide an in-text reference for a technical drawing that you reproduce in your work – and when you refer to a piece you have seen in its original format but not reproduced in your work.
If you have reproduced the technical drawing, the citation would normally be given after the caption/title of the technical drawing. Include the page number(s) if coming from a printed source.
In-text reference example – technical drawing reproduced in your work
Drawing 1: Elevator shaft (Watt 2019).
In-text reference example - technical drawing not reproduced in your work
The drawing shows the main structure (Watt 2019)...
Watt (2019) display the main structure in their drawing.
CREATOR/ARTIST, Year. Title of work or alphanumeric sequence [technical drawing]. Place of publication: Publisher
Reference list example - technical drawing viewed in original form
WATT, J., 2019. Elevator shaft construction [technical drawing]. London: Publishing House
Electronic images are usually found on websites or in a database. Follow the example for referencing a website.
You may need to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.
Include the details of all two creators/artists in both the in-text citations and the full reference list.
Only the first creator/artist surname is reversed in the full reference list entry.
If you have reproduced the technical drawing, the citation would normally be given after the caption/title of the drawing. Include the page number(s) if coming from a printed source.
In-text reference example – technical drawing piece reproduced in your work
Drawing 1: Elevator shaft (Dossi and Dossi 2019).
In-text reference example - technical drawing piece not reproduced in your work
The drawing shows the main structure (Dossi and Dossi 2019)...
Dossi and Dossi (2019) display the main structure in their drawing.
CREATOR/ARTIST SURNAME, Initial. and Initial. CREATOR/ARTIST SURNAME, Year. Title of work or alphanumeric sequence [technical drawing]. Place of Publication: Publisher.
The format for adding two creators/artists is shown below. You then need to follow the format for the rest of this reference type as shown in the 'Standard reference' tab:
DOSSI, B. and D. DOSSI, 2019. [Add full reference details for the source type after the creators/artist].
Reference list format - technical drawing reproduced from electronic source
Electronic images are usually found on websites or in a database. Follow the example for referencing a website.
You may need to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.
Include the details of all three creators/artists in both the in-text citations and the full reference list.
Only the first creator/artist surname is reversed in the full reference list entry.
If you have reproduced the technical drawing, the citation would normally be given after the caption/title of the drawing. Include the page number(s) if coming from a printed source.
In-text reference example – technical drawing piece reproduced in your work
Drawing 1: Elevator shaft (Rosa, Harris and Weyers 2019).
In-text reference example - technical drawing piece not reproduced in your work
The drawing shows the main structure (Rosa, Harris and Weyers 2019)...
Rosa, Harris and Weyers (2019) display the main structure in their drawing.
CREATOR/ARTIST SURNAME, Initial., Initial. CREATOR/ARTIST SURNAME and Initial. CREATOR/ARTIST SURNAME, Year. Title of work or alphanumeric sequence [technical drawing]. Place of Publication: Publisher.
The format for adding three creators/artists to a full reference is shown below.
ROSA, L., P. HARRIS and T. WEYERS, 2019. [Add full reference details for the source type after the creators/artist].
Reference list format - technical drawing reproduced from electronic source
Electronic images are usually found on websites or in a database. Follow the example for referencing a website.
You may need to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.
If your source has four or more authors, just include the first author in both the in-text citation and full reference list entry. You will need to add et al. after the first author to indicate there were multiple additional authors.
If you have reproduced the technical drawing, the citation would normally be given after the caption/title of the drawing. Include the page number(s) if coming from a printed source.
Drawing 1: Elevator shaft (Svoen et al. 2019).
The drawing shows the main structure (Svoen et al. 2019)...
Svoen et al. (2019) display the main structure in their drawing.
CREATOR/ARTIST SURNAME, Initial. et al., Year of publication. Title of work or alphanumeric sequence [technical drawing]. Place of Publication: Publisher.
The format for adding four or more authors to a full reference is shown below.
SVOEN, L. et al., 2019. [Add full reference details for the source type after the author following the format above]
Reference list format - technical drawing reproduced from electronic source
Electronic images are usually found on websites or in a database. Follow the example for referencing a website.
You may need to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.
A source may sometimes have a corporate author rather than an individual or several people named as author. A corporate author is an organisation or company, for example, that created the information source.
Add a corporate author by including the full name both in your in-text citation and in your full reference list.
If you have reproduced the technical drawing, the citation would normally be given after the caption/title of the drawing. Include the page number(s) if coming from a printed source.
In-text reference example – technical drawing piece reproduced in your work
Drawing 1: Main structure (Arup 2017).
Arup (2017) display the main structure in their drawing.
The drawing shows the main structure … (Arup 2017).
Reference list format – technical drawing piece viewed in original form
CORPORATE AUTHOR, Year of publication. Title of work or alphanumeric sequence [technical drawing]. Place of Publication: Publisher.
Reference list example - technical drawing piece viewed in original form
The format for adding a corporate author to a full reference is shown below.
ARUP, 2017. [Add full reference details for the source type after the author following the format above]
You may need to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.
Reference list format - technical drawing reproduced from electronic source
Electronic images are usually found on websites or in a database. Follow the example for referencing a website.
You may need to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.