Information System and Library Services Referencing Your Work
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND LIBRARY SERVICES REFERENCING YOUR WORK
WELCOME
CONTENTS
AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF YOUR ACADEMIC WRITING IS TO INCLUDE REFERENCES TO THE THEORIES, INFORMATION, CONCEPTS AND/OR MATERIALS YOU HAVE USED. THIS BOOKLET EXPLAINS HOW TO REFERENCE CORRECTLY WITH EASY TO FOLLOW EXAMPLES.
PAGE 2 1. WHAT IS REFERENCING? 2. WHY SHOULD I INCLUDE REFERENCES IN MY WORK? 3 3. WHAT IS PLAGIARISM? 4. HOW DO I REFERENCE MY WORK? 4 5. WHAT DO I NEED TO INCLUDE IN A REFERENCE? 6. REFERENCING USING THE HARVARD SYSTEM 5 7. CITING REFERENCES IN THE TEXT 7.1. Citing the author 7.2. Using direct quotes 7.3. Citing more than one author 7.4. Citing three or more authors 7.5. Citing a chapter or section 6 7.6. Citing a work without an author 7.7. Citing several works by the same author written in the same year 7.8. Citing secondary sources 7 7.9. Citing online sources 8 8. WRITING A BIBLIOGRAPHY OR LIST OF REFERENCES 8.1. Printed books 8.1.1. Reference to a book with one author 8.1.2. Reference to a book with two authors 8.1.3. Reference to a book with three or more authors 8.1.4. Reference to a chapter or section 9 8.2. Electronic books (e-books) 8.3. Print journals and newspapers 10 8.4. Electronic journals (e-journals) and newspapers 8.4.1. E-journal articles accessed via full text database 11 8.4.2. E-journal articles accessed via a website on the open Internet 8.5. Reports 8.6. Conference papers 12 8.7. Legal sources 8.8. Websites, web pages and PDF documents 13 8.8.1 What if I can’t find the author or date for a website? 8.9. Online images 8.10. DVDs and videocassettes 14 9. OTHER INFORMATION
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1. WHAT IS REFERENCING?
2. WHY SHOULD I INCLUDE REFERENCES IN MY WORK?
3. WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
4. HOW DO I REFERENCE MY WORK?
If you are using direct quotations, ideas/ theories or information from other people’s work in your academic writing, you need to acknowledge the source. This is known as ‘referencing’ or ‘citing’.
You should include
WELCOME
CONTENTS
AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF YOUR ACADEMIC WRITING IS TO INCLUDE REFERENCES TO THE THEORIES, INFORMATION, CONCEPTS AND/OR MATERIALS YOU HAVE USED. THIS BOOKLET EXPLAINS HOW TO REFERENCE CORRECTLY WITH EASY TO FOLLOW EXAMPLES.
PAGE 2 1. WHAT IS REFERENCING? 2. WHY SHOULD I INCLUDE REFERENCES IN MY WORK? 3 3. WHAT IS PLAGIARISM? 4. HOW DO I REFERENCE MY WORK? 4 5. WHAT DO I NEED TO INCLUDE IN A REFERENCE? 6. REFERENCING USING THE HARVARD SYSTEM 5 7. CITING REFERENCES IN THE TEXT 7.1. Citing the author 7.2. Using direct quotes 7.3. Citing more than one author 7.4. Citing three or more authors 7.5. Citing a chapter or section 6 7.6. Citing a work without an author 7.7. Citing several works by the same author written in the same year 7.8. Citing secondary sources 7 7.9. Citing online sources 8 8. WRITING A BIBLIOGRAPHY OR LIST OF REFERENCES 8.1. Printed books 8.1.1. Reference to a book with one author 8.1.2. Reference to a book with two authors 8.1.3. Reference to a book with three or more authors 8.1.4. Reference to a chapter or section 9 8.2. Electronic books (e-books) 8.3. Print journals and newspapers 10 8.4. Electronic journals (e-journals) and newspapers 8.4.1. E-journal articles accessed via full text database 11 8.4.2. E-journal articles accessed via a website on the open Internet 8.5. Reports 8.6. Conference papers 12 8.7. Legal sources 8.8. Websites, web pages and PDF documents 13 8.8.1 What if I can’t find the author or date for a website? 8.9. Online images 8.10. DVDs and videocassettes 14 9. OTHER INFORMATION
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1. WHAT IS REFERENCING?
2. WHY SHOULD I INCLUDE REFERENCES IN MY WORK?
3. WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
4. HOW DO I REFERENCE MY WORK?
If you are using direct quotations, ideas/ theories or information from other people’s work in your academic writing, you need to acknowledge the source. This is known as ‘referencing’ or ‘citing’.
You should include