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It is a method used to demonstrate to your readers that you have conducted a thorough and appropriate literature search, and reading. Equally, referencing is an acknowledgement that you have used the ideas and written material belonging to other authors in your own work. | It is a method used to demonstrate to your readers that you have conducted a thorough and appropriate literature search, and reading. Equally, referencing is an acknowledgement that you have used the ideas and written material belonging to other authors in your own work. | ||
== Why do I need to reference my work?<ref name="Staffs" /> == | == Why do I need to reference my work?<ref name="Staffs" /> == | ||
#To avoid plagiarism, a form of academic theft.<br> | #To avoid plagiarism, a form of academic theft.<br> | ||
#Referencing your work correctly ensures that you give appropriate credit to the sources and authors that you have used to complete your assignment.<br> | #Referencing your work correctly ensures that you give appropriate credit to the sources and authors that you have used to complete your assignment.<br> | ||
#Referencing the sources that you have used for your assignment demonstrates that you have undertaken wide-ranging research in order to create your work.<br> | #Referencing the sources that you have used for your assignment demonstrates that you have undertaken wide-ranging research in order to create your work.<br> | ||
#Referencing your work enables the reader to consult for themselves the same materials that you used.<br> | #Referencing your work enables the reader to consult for themselves the same materials that you used.<br> | ||
== What should I reference? == | |||
You should include a reference for all the sources of information that you use when writing or creating a piece of your own work. | |||
'''There are two parts to referencing: including citations in your work and providing a list of references.''' | '''There are two parts to referencing: including citations in your work and providing a list of references.''' | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 1 December 2015
What is referencing?[edit | edit source]
Referencing is a system used in the academic community to indicate where ideas, theories, quotes, facts and any other evidence and information used to undertake an assignment, can be found[1].
It is a method used to demonstrate to your readers that you have conducted a thorough and appropriate literature search, and reading. Equally, referencing is an acknowledgement that you have used the ideas and written material belonging to other authors in your own work.
Why do I need to reference my work?[1][edit | edit source]
- To avoid plagiarism, a form of academic theft.
- Referencing your work correctly ensures that you give appropriate credit to the sources and authors that you have used to complete your assignment.
- Referencing the sources that you have used for your assignment demonstrates that you have undertaken wide-ranging research in order to create your work.
- Referencing your work enables the reader to consult for themselves the same materials that you used.
What should I reference?[edit | edit source]
You should include a reference for all the sources of information that you use when writing or creating a piece of your own work.
There are two parts to referencing: including citations in your work and providing a list of references.
Citations[edit | edit source]
Citations in the text of your assignment should be made following the in-text guidelines given in the examples on the following pages.
Reference List[edit | edit source]
A complete list of all the citations used in your text will need to be provided at the end of your assignment. This is called your reference list or bibliography and needs to be presented in alphabetical author/originator order.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Academic Skills Tutors/Librarians, Information Services. Information Services Academic Skills Know-how: Harvard Referencing Quick Guide. https://www.staffs.ac.uk/assets/harvard_quick_guide_tcm44-47797.pdf [accessed 1 December 2015]
