Report Guide: E) List of references
Reference system changed at the beginning of 2025
TAMK has switched to a reference system based on APA 7 style. Students who started their studies in January 2025 will follow the new guidelines. Those who started before 2025 can follow the old guidelines, copied in pdf format.
For students who started before 2025
For students who started in 2025 or later
Purpose and layout of list of references
The list of references offers the reader the chance to see what kind of source material the author has used: how new and in what format the sources are. The reader also sees where to find more information and can check if the material exists. The reference in text has to begin with the same word as in the list of references in order for the reader to find the information.
The list of references includes only the sources referred to in the text. Other thesis-related sources the author has read during the thesis process are not included in the list of references.
All references are alphabetised according to the family name of the author. Publications of the same author are ordered from the oldest to the newest. If several works or articles written by the same author in the same year are used, they are alphabetised according to the title, and a, b, c are placed after the year without a space character. If the author has one or more co-authors, the publications written alone are placed before the works or articles written with co-authors.
If there is both a printed and electronic version of the source, the references will be listed according to the version used. If an electronic source has been used, the reference date and web address are included in the list of references. When an electronic source has a persistent identifier (e. g. DOI, URN), that should be used instead of the web address.