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What is Referencing?
When you research a topic for an assignment you may use ideas or information from a number of sources, including books, articles from journals or newspapers and websites to support your own work.
Referencing is a way of showing what sources you have used, giving credit to the original authors.
When you research a topic for an assignment you may use ideas or information from a number of sources, including books, articles from journals or newspapers and websites to support your own work.
Referencing is a way of showing what sources you have used, giving credit to the original authors.
"When in doubt, go to the library!"
- Hermione Granger
Why Do We Reference?
- To avoid plagiarism by giving credit to the original source of an idea, piece of information or resource.
- To support your work with the authoritative work of another author.
- To demonstrate your knowledge and familiarity with a topic that you have researched.
- To help readers of your work to find the original source of information or ideas that you have used.
What Do We Reference?
- Any quoted text - use quotation marks when directly using someone else's words.
- Any idea or information paraphrased or summarised from a source which is not common knowledge.
How Do We Reference?
As you do your research, keep a list of all the sources that you use. Keeping a record of these details will help you to find the source again if you need to refer to it, and will also form the basis of your reference list.
Alternatively, you can add your found websites to your browser Favourites or use a social bookmarking tool like Diigo.
Information needed for your Bibliography or Reference List
- Book = Author. (Date of Publication). Title of Book, Place of Publication: Publisher.
Eg. Burns, M. (2013). Kite Making. Sydney, NSW: Random House.
- Journal Article = Author. (Date of Publication). Title of Article, Title of Journal, Volume(Issue No), Page numbers.
Eg. Hay, L., & Todd, R. (2010). School libraries 21C: The conversation begins. Scan, 29(1), 30-42.
- Website = Author (if available). (Date of publication) , Title of article, Retrieved from URL
Eg. Costello, C. (2015). Referencing, Virtual Library. Retrieved from
http://www.virtuallibrary.info/referencing.html
- To avoid plagiarism by giving credit to the original source of an idea, piece of information or resource.
- To support your work with the authoritative work of another author.
- To demonstrate your knowledge and familiarity with a topic that you have researched.
- To help readers of your work to find the original source of information or ideas that you have used.
What Do We Reference?
- Any quoted text - use quotation marks when directly using someone else's words.
- Any idea or information paraphrased or summarised from a source which is not common knowledge.
How Do We Reference?
As you do your research, keep a list of all the sources that you use. Keeping a record of these details will help you to find the source again if you need to refer to it, and will also form the basis of your reference list.
Alternatively, you can add your found websites to your browser Favourites or use a social bookmarking tool like Diigo.
Information needed for your Bibliography or Reference List
- Book = Author. (Date of Publication). Title of Book, Place of Publication: Publisher.
Eg. Burns, M. (2013). Kite Making. Sydney, NSW: Random House.
- Journal Article = Author. (Date of Publication). Title of Article, Title of Journal, Volume(Issue No), Page numbers.
Eg. Hay, L., & Todd, R. (2010). School libraries 21C: The conversation begins. Scan, 29(1), 30-42.
- Website = Author (if available). (Date of publication) , Title of article, Retrieved from URL
Eg. Costello, C. (2015). Referencing, Virtual Library. Retrieved from
http://www.virtuallibrary.info/referencing.html
Note: It is a requirement that all students in NSW complete HSC All My Own Work before they can enroll in any Year 11 Preliminary courses.
In Text Citation
In your senior years of high school your teacher may require you to include In Text Citations.
Using in-text citation with APA style
APA in-text citation style uses the author's last name and the year of publication, for example: (Field, 2005).
For direct quotations, include the page number as well, for example: (Field, 2005, p. 14). For sources such as websites and e-books that have no page numbers, use a paragraph number.
Within the text of your paper, include an in-text citation when you refer to, summarise, paraphrase, or quote from another source.
For every in-text citation in your paper, there must be a corresponding entry in your reference list.
Examples of In Text Citations
In your senior years of high school your teacher may require you to include In Text Citations.
Using in-text citation with APA style
APA in-text citation style uses the author's last name and the year of publication, for example: (Field, 2005).
For direct quotations, include the page number as well, for example: (Field, 2005, p. 14). For sources such as websites and e-books that have no page numbers, use a paragraph number.
Within the text of your paper, include an in-text citation when you refer to, summarise, paraphrase, or quote from another source.
For every in-text citation in your paper, there must be a corresponding entry in your reference list.
Examples of In Text Citations
Citing Websites
Cite websites in text as you would any other source, using the author and date if known. If the author is not known, use the title and the date as the in-text citation (for long titles just use the first few words). Your in-text citation should lead your reader to the corresponding entry in the reference list. For sources with no date use n.d. (for no date) in place of the year: (Smith, n.d.)
Cite websites in text as you would any other source, using the author and date if known. If the author is not known, use the title and the date as the in-text citation (for long titles just use the first few words). Your in-text citation should lead your reader to the corresponding entry in the reference list. For sources with no date use n.d. (for no date) in place of the year: (Smith, n.d.)
Sound too complicated?
Then citethisforme.com is your friend!
Cite This For Me
Citethisforme is a handy online tool that takes the pain out of referencing and In Text citation.
You can easily cite:
- a webpage by simply copying an pasting the URL into the Website tab
- a book by searching using title and author's last name
It will even collect and collate a downloadable Bibliography for you!
Then citethisforme.com is your friend!
Cite This For Me
Citethisforme is a handy online tool that takes the pain out of referencing and In Text citation.
You can easily cite:
- a webpage by simply copying an pasting the URL into the Website tab
- a book by searching using title and author's last name
It will even collect and collate a downloadable Bibliography for you!
Using Harvard Referencing
Note: APA is now the preferred referencing style for most Australian universities.
Note: APA is now the preferred referencing style for most Australian universities.
Footnotes
Some teachers might require you to add footnotes to your paper. Footnotes are references that occur at the end of each individual page within your paper.
Microsoft Word makes it incredibly easy to add these to your paper. You can add footnotes in the Footnotes section in the References tab.
See how in the short video below
Some teachers might require you to add footnotes to your paper. Footnotes are references that occur at the end of each individual page within your paper.
Microsoft Word makes it incredibly easy to add these to your paper. You can add footnotes in the Footnotes section in the References tab.
See how in the short video below
For more advanced users see:
How to use Microsoft Word's works cited tools: Sources, footnotes, and more
How to use Microsoft Word's works cited tools: Sources, footnotes, and more
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Reference List
Cite This For Me. (2014). Cite This For Me: Automatic bibliography generator. [online] Available at: https://www.citethisforme.com/cite/website/autocite
Cite.auckland.ac.nz. (2014). Referencite - Why do you need to reference?. [online] Available at: http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/index.php?p=why_reference
Learnonline.canberra.edu.au. (2014). Referencing: Why do we have to 'reference' at university?. [online] Available at: http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=180722
Newcastle.edu.au. (2014). Building A Strong Foundation For University Life | Referencing - What Is Referencing?. [online] Available at: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/library/foundation-portal/referencing-whatis.html
Rosemary Clerehan, T. (2014). Why do we reference. [online] Monash.edu.au. Available at: http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/writing/general/reference/index.xml
Skillsyouneed.com. (2014). Academic Referencing - How to Cite & Reference | SkillsYouNeed. [online] Available at: http://www.skillsyouneed.com/write/academic-referencing.html
www2.gsa.ac.uk. (2014). Why Reference?. [online] Available at: http://www2.gsa.ac.uk/library/infosmart/infosmart-cite/infosmart_06.htm
Cite This For Me. (2014). Cite This For Me: Automatic bibliography generator. [online] Available at: https://www.citethisforme.com/cite/website/autocite
Cite.auckland.ac.nz. (2014). Referencite - Why do you need to reference?. [online] Available at: http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/index.php?p=why_reference
Learnonline.canberra.edu.au. (2014). Referencing: Why do we have to 'reference' at university?. [online] Available at: http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=180722
Newcastle.edu.au. (2014). Building A Strong Foundation For University Life | Referencing - What Is Referencing?. [online] Available at: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/library/foundation-portal/referencing-whatis.html
Rosemary Clerehan, T. (2014). Why do we reference. [online] Monash.edu.au. Available at: http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/writing/general/reference/index.xml
Skillsyouneed.com. (2014). Academic Referencing - How to Cite & Reference | SkillsYouNeed. [online] Available at: http://www.skillsyouneed.com/write/academic-referencing.html
www2.gsa.ac.uk. (2014). Why Reference?. [online] Available at: http://www2.gsa.ac.uk/library/infosmart/infosmart-cite/infosmart_06.htm
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