Referencing styles are established systems of referencing with consistent rules. Referencing style requirements cover the two elements of a referencing system: in-text citations (such as author-date citations, or footnotes), and reference lists or bibliographies.

There is a wide range of referencing styles, each with different origins and features. Some disciplines have adopted a particular referencing style, while other disciplines may use a range of them.

As there is no single referencing standard or style that historical or archaeological writings should comply to, and having in mind that referencing style is generally considered to be a matter of personal preference, HAEMUS leaves this issue to the discretion of the authors. That said, use of the APA Style Guide is encouraged; however, authors can freely follow the Chicago, Turabian, Harvard or MLA referencing style, as long as the usage is consistent and several styles are not mixed within the submission.

Regardless of the referencing style authors chose to follow, special care should be taken that all bibliographical references using non-Latin scripts should be followed by a translation into the language of the article and set in square brackets, as for example:

– Ѓорѓиев, В. (2003). Слобода или смрт. Македонското револуционерно движење во Солунскиот вилает (1893-1903), Скопје, стр. 93-124 [Gjorgiev, V. (2003) Freedom or Death. The Macedonian Revolutionary Movement in the Salonica Vilayet (1893-1903), Skopje, pp. 93-124].

– Британски дипломатически документи по българския национален въпрос, т. I, (1878-1893, София, 1993, 289 [British Diplomatic Documents Concer¬ning the Bulgarian National Issue, vol. I, (1878-1893, Sofia, 1993, 289].

– Баришић, Ф. et al. (1995). Византиски извори за историју народа Југославије, Београд. [Barišić, F. et al. (1995). Byzantine Sources on the History of the Peoples of Yugoslavia, Belgrade].

Please find detailed explanations and guidelines on various referencing styles on the following external links:

APA Style Guide
Chicago Manual of Style
The MLA Style Manual
The MHRA Style Guide