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Biosciences: Referencing

Managing your References

Book iconWhen you are asked to write an assessment at University, your lecturer will expect that you cite your research within your writing and produce a reference list at the end of the piece of work.  They will ask you to reference material following one specific style (e.g. Harvard, APA etc.) which determines the formatting.

You will quickly start consulting a number of different sources of information. It's important to manage your sources carefully from the start and know that you are referencing them correctly. This page offers some handy hints and advice on how to manage your references and citations.

Learning Development Centre

Referencing is the practice of acknowledging and describing other pieces of work that you have read or used whilst completing your own work.

The Learning Development Centre (LDC) can help you with referencing and academic writing. You can book an appointment with them, join one of their session or consult their learning material on Blackboard.

 

Useful books on referencing

Cite Them Right Online

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Your guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism

Cite Them Right Online is an interactive eBook that will help you reference a wide range of sources, including: books, films, journals, web resources, images, tweets, and much, much more.

You will need to:

1. First, select the referencing style required for the assignment (e.g. Harvard)

2. Then select the type of resource you want to reference (.e.g a journal article)

Th site will provide a template that you can fill in with the relevant information to create correct citations and references.

Referencing sources from Library Search

1. Find the item (e.g. book or article) you require in Library Search.

2. Click on the 'cite' button to the right of the title.

 

3. Select the citation style required for the assignment e.g. Harvard and copy the citation into your work. 

 

Alternatively, if you are using a citation management software such as EndNote, you can export it by selecting an option to the left.