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September 2011
Factsheet 4
Creating a Bibliography and Citing References
This factsheet can be made available in alternative formats. Please make your request at the Library Help desk, telephone 01642 342100 or email libraryhelp@tees.ac.uk
It is important whenever you carry out a piece of research for an essay, project or an assignment to include details of any sources of information you have used. Whenever you quote from or paraphrase work written by another author, you must acknowledge that you have done so. This factsheet will help you to reference and cite your work correctly. The process is made up of two parts: 1. Citation: the acknowledgement in your text, giving brief details of the work (e.g. Jones, 2008, p.10). The reader should be able to identify or locate the work from these details in your reference list or bibliography. 2. Reference list: the list of references at the end of your work. These should include the full information for your citations so that readers can then easily identify and locate each piece of work that you have used. It is important that these references are consistent, correct and complete. Why do we need to cite references? To acknowledge debts to other writers. To demonstrate the body of knowledge upon which your research is based. To show how widely you have researched your topic and on what authority you have based your arguments or conclusions. To enable all those who read your work to locate your sources easily. To avoid being accused of plagiarism i.e. passing off someone else‟s work as your own.
When should you cite sources? Cite sources when you quote directly from another text. Cite sources from which you paraphrase or summarize facts or ideas. Cite sources for ideas or information that could be regarded as common knowledge but which you think your reader might still find unfamiliar. (Common knowledge is facts that are generally considered as known) Cite sources that add relevant information to the particular
Factsheet 4
Creating a Bibliography and Citing References
This factsheet can be made available in alternative formats. Please make your request at the Library Help desk, telephone 01642 342100 or email libraryhelp@tees.ac.uk
It is important whenever you carry out a piece of research for an essay, project or an assignment to include details of any sources of information you have used. Whenever you quote from or paraphrase work written by another author, you must acknowledge that you have done so. This factsheet will help you to reference and cite your work correctly. The process is made up of two parts: 1. Citation: the acknowledgement in your text, giving brief details of the work (e.g. Jones, 2008, p.10). The reader should be able to identify or locate the work from these details in your reference list or bibliography. 2. Reference list: the list of references at the end of your work. These should include the full information for your citations so that readers can then easily identify and locate each piece of work that you have used. It is important that these references are consistent, correct and complete. Why do we need to cite references? To acknowledge debts to other writers. To demonstrate the body of knowledge upon which your research is based. To show how widely you have researched your topic and on what authority you have based your arguments or conclusions. To enable all those who read your work to locate your sources easily. To avoid being accused of plagiarism i.e. passing off someone else‟s work as your own.
When should you cite sources? Cite sources when you quote directly from another text. Cite sources from which you paraphrase or summarize facts or ideas. Cite sources for ideas or information that could be regarded as common knowledge but which you think your reader might still find unfamiliar. (Common knowledge is facts that are generally considered as known) Cite sources that add relevant information to the particular
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