It's important to reference, format figues and tables and write abbreviations in the correct way - it's all part of scientific writing.
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You may wish to consider using a reference management software package to help organize your references and to insert them into your work and create a bibliography. This can save you a great deal of time if you are working with large numbers of references. The University supports both Endnote and Mendeley. You can find more details from the links below together with lots of help and guidance.
Managing references using Mendeley