Referencing Guidence
Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University
Referencing Guidance
Valid from October 2012 (Issue 1, R1)
The Department of Social Sciences uses the American Psychological Association
(APA) referencing style in all student work assessed by the Department. You must use the 6th version of the APA referencing style guide in all your Social Sciences coursework essays, reports, dissertations and other written work you submit to the
Department. Social Sciences include all four undergraduate programmes
(Communication & Media Studies, Criminology & Social Policy, Social Psychology, and Sociology), as well as all our departmental postgraduate programmes at MA level. The APA style is widely used in the social sciences. This departmental referencing guidance includes basic information about the APA style guide. For more information, see the APA website at http://www.apastyle.org/index.aspx
Frequently asked questions about the APA are available at: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx A tutorial on the basics of the APA style is available at: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx An excellent writing resource which gives you detailed information about the APA style is the Purdue Online Writing Lab at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Another quick but comprehensive style guide to the APA citation style can be found at the Concordia University website at http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/apa.php?print=1 Relating your own academic work to existing scholarship and acknowledging your sources is an important part of scholarly writing. Use this referencing guidance to make your academic written work well-sourced and professional. You may be penalised if you don 't (see sections 2 & 3).
This referencing guidance has 3 sections:
1) How to refer to sources you have used
2) Information on how to avoid plagiarism
3) Information on academic misconduct procedures
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Section 1: How to refer to sources you
Referencing Guidance
Valid from October 2012 (Issue 1, R1)
The Department of Social Sciences uses the American Psychological Association
(APA) referencing style in all student work assessed by the Department. You must use the 6th version of the APA referencing style guide in all your Social Sciences coursework essays, reports, dissertations and other written work you submit to the
Department. Social Sciences include all four undergraduate programmes
(Communication & Media Studies, Criminology & Social Policy, Social Psychology, and Sociology), as well as all our departmental postgraduate programmes at MA level. The APA style is widely used in the social sciences. This departmental referencing guidance includes basic information about the APA style guide. For more information, see the APA website at http://www.apastyle.org/index.aspx
Frequently asked questions about the APA are available at: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx A tutorial on the basics of the APA style is available at: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx An excellent writing resource which gives you detailed information about the APA style is the Purdue Online Writing Lab at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Another quick but comprehensive style guide to the APA citation style can be found at the Concordia University website at http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/apa.php?print=1 Relating your own academic work to existing scholarship and acknowledging your sources is an important part of scholarly writing. Use this referencing guidance to make your academic written work well-sourced and professional. You may be penalised if you don 't (see sections 2 & 3).
This referencing guidance has 3 sections:
1) How to refer to sources you have used
2) Information on how to avoid plagiarism
3) Information on academic misconduct procedures
1
Section 1: How to refer to sources you
References: 2003), or at least use (Brown et al, 2003), but be sure to list them all in your reference list. cite as Ellemers, N., Spears, R. & Doosje, D. (2002). In the reference section you don 't refer to the website, but to the actual paper, which is Ellemers, N., Spears, R. and Doosje, D. (2002). Self and society. Annual Review of Psychology, 53, 161-186. http://www.lboro.ac.uk/students/welcome/handbook/examsandassessment/plagiaris m/ [last accessed June 13, 2012] Limits of Citizenship: Migrants and Postnational Membership in Europe (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994), p