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The following are the rules for preparing an appendix bibliography in APA 7th (American Psychological Association) style.

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BOOK
Last name, N., Last name, N., & Last name, N. (year). Title of book (issue number, designation of volume or part). Publisher.

Examples of descriptions:

Niezgodziński, T., & Niezgodziński, M. E. (2010). Wytrzymałość materiałów (16 th ed.). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

Knothe, K., & Stichel, S. (2017). Rail vehicle dynamics. Springer.


BOOK online
Last name, N., Last name, N., & Last name, N. (year). Book title (issue number, volume or part number). Publisher. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Niezgodziński, T., & Niezgodziński, M. E. (2010). Wytrzymałość materiałów. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. https://libra.ibuk.pl/reader/wytrzymalosc-materialow-tadeusz-niezgodzinski-michal-1889.

Knothe, K., & Stichel, S. (2017). Rail vehicle dynamics. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-45376-7.


BOOK CHAPTER
Last name, N. (year). Title of chapter. In N. Last name & N. Last name (eds.), Title of book (volume or part number, page range of the chapter). Publisher.

Examples of descriptions:

Zwoliński, Ł. (2021). Bezpieczeństwo w logistyce transportu. In A. Walaszczyk & M. Koszewska (eds.), Zarządzanie przedsiębiorstwem wobec współczesnych wyzwań technologicznych, społecznych i środowiskowych (p. 161–173). Wydawnictwo Politechniki Łódzkiej.

Ogin, S. L., & Potluri, P. (2016). Textile-reinforced composite materials. In A. R. Horrocks & C. A. Subhash (eds.), Handbook of technical textiles: technical textile applications (2nd ed., p. 1–26). Elsevier Science & Technology.


CHAPTER IN THE BOOK online
Last name, N. (year). Title of chapter. In N. Last name & N. Last name (eds.), Book title (volume or part number, page range of the chapter). Publisher. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Zwoliński, Ł. (2021). Bezpieczeństwo w logistyce transportu. In A. Walaszczyk & M. Koszewska (eds.), Zarządzanie przedsiębiorstwem wobec współczesnych wyzwań technologicznych, społecznych i środowiskowych (p. 161–173). Wydawnictwo Politechniki Łódzkiej. https://doi.org//10.34658/9788366287822.11.

Ogin, S. L., & Potluri, P. (2016). Textile-reinforced composite materials. In A. R. Horrocks & C. A. Subhash (eds.), Handbook of technical textiles: technical textile applications (2nd ed., p. 1–26). Elsevier Science & Technology. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/plodzasp/detail.action?docID=4443185.


JOURNAL ARTICLE
Last name, N., Last name, N., & Last name, N. (year). Title of article. Title of journal, Volume(number), page range.

Examples of descriptions:

Pawlak, M. (2017). Powszechne towarzystwa emerytalne: od narodzin do schyłku organizacji. Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Łódzkiej. Organizacja i Zarządzanie, 1214(67), 137–152.

Kosler, H., Pavlovčič, U., Jezeršek, M., & Možina, J. (2016). Adaptive robotic deburring of die-cast parts with position and orientation measurements using a 3D laser-triangulation sensor. Strojniški Vestnik: Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 62(4), 207–213.


ARTICLE IN A JOURNAL online
Last name, N., Last name, N., & Last name, N. (year). Title of article. Title of journal, Volume(number), page range. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Pawlak, M. (2017). Powszechne towarzystwa emerytalne: od narodzin do schyłku organizacji. Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Łódzkiej. Organizacja i Zarządzanie, 1214(67), 137–152. https://doi.org//10.34658/oiz.2017.67.137-152.

Kosler, H., Pavlovčič, U., Jezeršek, M., & Možina, J. (2016). Adaptive robotic deburring of die-cast parts with position and orientation measurements using a 3D laser-triangulation sensor. Strojniški Vestnik: Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 62(4), 207–213. https://doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2015.3227.


STANDARD
Creator/causing institution. (year). Title of standard (Standard number). Publisher, if different from causal institution.

Examples of descriptions:

Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny. (2017). Systemy zarządzania jakością: podstawy i terminologia (PN-EN ISO 9000:2015-10/Ap1:2017-07).

International Organization for Standarization. (2011). Box pallets: principal requirements and test methods (ISO 13194:2011).


STANDARD online
Creator/causal institution. (year). Title of standard (Standard number). Publisher, if different from causal institution. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny. (2017). Systemy zarządzania jakością: podstawy i terminologia (PN-EN ISO 9000:2015-10/Ap1:2017-07). https://wiedza.pkn.pl/FlowPaper/common/simple_document.jsp?normNumber=5628050.

IEEE Standards Association. (2017). IEEE standard for the electrical protection of communication facilities serving electric supply locations through the use of on-grid isolation equipment (IEEE Std 487.1-2014). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEESTD.2014.6949595.


PATENT DESCRIPTION online
Last Name, N., Last Name, N., & Last Name, N. (year). Title of patent description (Patent designation – country, number). Name of patent office. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Dymarski, C., Dymarski, P., & Żywicki, J. (2019). Sposób instalowania w morzu platformy pływającej typu TLP pod elektrownie wiatrowe (Patent Nr PL 232649 B1). Urząd Patentowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. https://ewyszukiwarka.pue.uprp.gov.pl/search/pwp-details/P.421562.

Sreshta, A. M., & Stork, A. R. (2022). Solar light with port (Patent No. US 2022/0397250 A1). Patent and Trademark Office. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/97/da/8d/00a202f4d5279d/US20220397250A1.pdf.


LEGAL ACT online
Creator/causing institution. (year). Title of the legal act (publication reference). Publisher, if different from the causal institution. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Minister Klimatu i Środowiska. (2022). Rozporządzenie Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 10 stycznia 2022 r. w sprawie procesów rynku energii (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 234). https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20220000234.

European Parliament, Council of the European Union. (2019). Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (PE/78/2019/REV/1). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019L1937&from=EN.


ENTRY IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Entry. (year). In N. Last name & N. Last name (eds.), Title of encyclopedia (volume or part number, page range of the chapter). Publisher.

Examples of descriptions:

Toksykoza pyłkowa. (2013). In J. Wilde (eds.), Encyklopedia pszczelarska (p. 322). Powszechne Wydawnictwo Rolnicze i Leśne.

Aircraft Energy Use. (2007). In B. L. Capehart (eds.), Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology (vol. 1, p. 24–30). CRC Press.


AUTHOR’S ENTRY IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Last name, N., Last name, N., & Last name, N. (year). Entry. In N. Last name & N. Last name (eds.), Title of encyclopedia (volume or part number, page range of the chapter). Publisher, if different from the causative institution.

Examples of descriptions:

Baugh, G. (2012). Dzianiny interlokowe. In Encyklopedia materiałów odzieżowych (p. 152). Wydawnictwo Arkady.

Mariner, M. C. (2019). Optical character recognition (OCR). In P. A. Laplante (ed.), Encyclopedia of Image Processing (p. 486–493). Taylor & Francis Group.


ENTRY IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA online
Entry. (year/date). In Title of encyclopedia. Publisher (do not specify for Wikipedia). url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Chemia supramolekularna. (14 September 2023). In Wikipediahttps://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemia_supramolekularna.

Supramolecular chemistry. (25 November 2023). In Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supramolecular_chemistry.


AUTHOR’S ENTRY IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA online
Last name, N., Last name, N., & Last name, N. (year/date). Entry. In N. Last name & N. Last name (eds.), Title of encyclopedia (volume or part number, page range of the chapter). Publisher. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Zielosko, K. (17 December 2023). Analiza ryzyka. In Encyklopedia Zarządzania. Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny. https://mfiles.pl/pl/index.php/Analiza_ryzyka.

Kaswan, V., Choudhary, M., Kumar, P., Kaswan, S., & Bajya, P. (2019). Green production strategies. In P. Ferranti, E. M. Berry, & J. R. Anderson (eds.), Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability (vol. 1, p. 492–500). Elsevier. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.22292-0.


PAPER IN CONFERENCE MATERIALS published as a book
Last name, N., Last name, N., & Last name, N. (year). Title of the paper. In N. Last name & N. Last name (eds.), Title of conference materials (volume or part number, page range of the chapter). Publisher.

Examples of descriptions:

Bałazy, A., & Podgórski, A. (2007). Verification of the classical theory of aerosol depth filtration. In R. Petrus, J. Jeżowski, & K. Kaczmarski (eds.), XIX Ogólnopolska Konferencja Inżynierii Chemicznej i Procesowej: materiały konferencyjne: referaty plenarne (vol. 1, p. 27–30). Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Rzeszowskiej.

Rao, J. S., & Jadvani, H. M. (1983). Free and forced vibration of turbine blades. In D. J. Ewins & A. V. Srinivasan (eds.), Vibrations of Bladed Disk Assemblies. The Ninth Biennal Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise of the Design and Production Engineering Technical Conferences Dearborn, Michigan, September 11-14 (p. 11–24). ASME.


PAPER IN CONFERENCE MATERIALS published in an online journal
Last name, N., Last name, N., & Last name, N. (year). Title of article (Title of conference materials, if different from the title of journal). Title of journal, Volume(number), page range. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Moszczak, P., & Heinrich, P. (2021). Technologia szybkiej wymiany nawierzchni z betonu cementowego przy pomocy płyt prefabrykowanych (Nowoczesne Technologie w Projektowaniu, Budowie i Eksploatacji Infrastruktury Drogowej Miast, Metropolii i Regionów NOVDROG 2021, 11.03.2021; Kraków, Polska). Zeszyty Naukowo-Techniczne Stowarzyszenia Inżynierów i Techników Komunikacji w Krakowie. Seria: Materiały Konferencyjne No.1 (122), 15–25. https://yadda.icm.edu.pl/baztech/element/bwmeta1.element.baztech-bccaef0a-d0d6-4cf3-9e93-2c6b3d693e4a/c/moszczak_technologia_1_122_2021.pdf.

Wong, J. C., & Salahuddin, S. (2019). Negative capacitance transistors. Proceedings of the IEEE, 107(1), 49–62. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2018.2884518.


REPORT online
Creator/causing institution. (year). Title of report. Publisher, if different from the causative institution. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Forum Odpowiedzialnego Biznesu. (2023). Odpowiedzialny biznes w Polsce. Dobre praktyki. Raport 2022https://odpowiedzialnybiznes.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FOB_Raport2022.pdf.

Lennert, M., Pfaff, N., Raj, G., Sonar, M., & Raj, H. (2023). New fundamentals for a boundaryless world. Global human capital trends report. Deloitte Insightshttps://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/glob175985_global-human-capital-trends-2023/GLOB175985_HUMAN-CAPITAL-TRENDS-2023.pdf.


ARTICLE ON THE WEBSITE
Creator/causing institution. (year/date). Title of article. Name of the site/portal. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Niemiec, D. (5 January 2023). (Bio)druk 3D receptą na kryzys w transplantologii? Platforma Przemysłu Przyszłości. https://przemyslprzyszlosci.gov.pl/biodruk-3d-recepta-na-kryzys-w-transplantologii.

Donlon, M. (14 March 2023). New fluid pumping discovery may reduce fluid transport costs. GlobalSpechttps://insights.globalspec.com/article/20043/new-fluid-pumping-discovery-may-reduce-fluid-transport-costs.


COMPANY CATALOGUE online
Creator/causing institution. (year). Title of catalogue. Publisher, if different from the causative institution. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Sandvik Coromant. (2012). Poradnik obróbki skrawaniem: toczenie - frezowanie - wiercenie - wytaczanie - systemy narzędziowehttp://www.katalogi-narzedziowe.pl/katalog/poradnik-obrobki-skrawaniem-sandvik-coromant.

JULIA UTENSILI S.p.A. (2022). Catalogo HSS: HSS catalogue: HSS kataloghttp://www.rdipolska.pl/katalogi/Katalog-Julia-HSS.pdf.


PRODUCT CATALOGUE SHEET online
Creator/causing institution. (year). Title of document. Publisher, if different from the causative institution. url/doi.

Example of description:

Leshan Radio Company, Ltd. (b.d.). 1N4001 thru 1N4008 General Purpose Plastic Rectifiers Reverse Voltage 50 to 1200V Forward Current 1.0A. Downloaded 15 March 2024 from https://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/507771/LRC/1N4007.html.


RESEARCH DATA online
Last name, N., Last name, N., & Last name, N. (year). Title of research dataset [dataset]. Publisher/Publication platform. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Jaszczak, M. (2022). MINIATURA4, 2020/04/X/ST5/00429, NCN, Dwufazowe dozymetry 3D imitujące płuca do zastosowania w radioterapii (Lung mimicking two-phase 3D dosimeters to use in radiotherapy) [dataset]. Repozytorium Otwartych Danych Badawczych. https://doi.org/10.34658/RDB.V0SXVU.

Ddiba, D., Andersson, K., Rosemarin, A., Schulte-Herbrüggen, H., & Dickin, S. (2021). Data for: The circular economy potential of urban organic waste streams in low - and middle-income countries [dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.4465809.


COMPUTER PROGRAMME online
Creator/causing institution. (year). Title [computer programme]. Publisher, if different from the causative institution. url.

Example of description:

TechSmith Corporation. (2023). Camtasia 2023 (Version 2023.0.0) [computer programme]. https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html.


MAP
Creator/causing institution. (year). Title
 [map]. Publisher, if different from the causative institution.

Examples of descriptions:

Państwowe Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych im. Eugeniusza Romera. (1987). Ośrodki kultu religijnego w Polsce: mapa w skali 1:750000 [map].

Casa Editrice Bonechi: Studio Bellandi - Giovannini - Mariani. (1995). Pompei [map].


MAP online
Creator/causing institution. (year). Title
 [map]. Publisher, if different from the causative institution. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

OpenStreetMap. (2024). Kraków: Wawel [map]. Downloaded 15 March 2024 from https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/50.05475/19.93423.

Streetmap EU Ltd. (2024). Hyde Park [map]. Downloaded15 March 2024 from https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map?x=527500&y=180500&z=120&sv=hyde+park&st=3&tl=Map+of+Hyde+Park,+City+of+Westminster&searchp=ids&mapp=map.


VIDEO online
Creator/Producent/causing institution. (year). Title [film/video]. Publisher/Publication platform. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Prokop, M. (2019). Nanostrukturyzacja [film]. OPEN AGH. https://open.agh.edu.pl/zasob/nanostrukturyzacja/.

West Valley College. (2016). Zero-waste fashion design with Holly McQuillan [video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebjOdiis_ac.


GRAPHIC OBJECT online (the bibliographic description is added to the appendix bibliography only if the graphic object is characterised, analysed in the text of the work under preparation; in other cases, the list of graphic materials is an index separate from the appendix bibliography)

Creator/Producer/causing institution. (year). Title [graphic/art object]. Publisher/Publication platform/Service. url/doi.

Examples of descriptions:

Kohn, J., & Kohn, J. (1895). Child’s cradle (model 1573) [art object]. MoMA. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/2334?classifications=any&date_begin=Pre-1850&date_end=1900&direction=fwd&include_uncataloged_works=1&page=2&q=design&utf8=%E2%9C%93&with_images=1.

Scott, L. (1932). Woman’s Gown or Jacket [art object]. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. https://jstor.org/stable/community.21021980.


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