4th Session - Basic Referencing Presentation

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sing the Harvard

Referencing System

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What is referencing?When you write an assignment

at university, you are required to

refer to the work of otherauthors. Each time you do so, it

is necessary to identify theirwork by making reference to it

—both in the text of your


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Why sho!d yo

reference?

eferences enhance your writing and assist your reader by$

% showing the breadth of your research

% strengthening your academic argument

% showing the reader the source of your information

% allowing the reader to consult your sources independently

% allowing the reader to verify your data.(f you don!t reference correctly you may commit plagiarism, which is

seen as academic misconduct and carries penalties


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Which referencing

system sho!d yo se?There are a number of different referencing systems used in academic writing.

% author)date systems commonly known as *arvard and #+# merican +sychological

#ssociation'

% footnoting or endnoting systems commonly used in *istory and aw.

(t is important that you use the referencing system required by your lecturer for an assignment

and maintain consistency in using that system.

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Ta"ing

notesTaking clear notes during your reading will

make referencing much easier and quicker.

• -ake a note of$ author title date publisher details andchapter details page numbers if relevant.

• (f it is online, note the web address and the date and time

you accessed it.

• -ake clear distinction between any direct quotes you write

down and information written in your own words so you don!t

accidently plagiarise when you come to write you

assignment

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Citing in yor te#t

• The first part of a *arvard reference is the in)text citation where you

acknowledge the sources you read.

• /se &author, date' and page numbers if applicable.

• 0onsider the flow of your writing when choosing how to include the

citation.

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• /se quotation marks 1t! and page number&s' to indicate a directquote.

• 2hort quotes can be included in your own sentence$

• onger quotes should be indented and in a separate paragraph$

• #void overusing quotations.

$otation

s

Continuing professional development allows people to ‘build on their knowledge

and skills to develop their level of competence’ (Alsop, 2000, p.!".

#vidence suggests that the popularit$ for alternative medicine is growing.

‘%t is estimated that a third of the population havetried the remedies of complementar$ medicine or

visited its practitioners’ (&imond, 200!, p.')".

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Para%hrasin

g

• +resenting an idea or argument in your own words.

• Ensure it is significantly altered from the original to avoid

issues of plagiarism (just changing a couple of words is not enough!).

• +araphrases relate to specific sections of a work, so it isgood practice to include the page number as you would do

with a direct quotation.

#ffectivel$ preparing patients b$ dealing with *uestions, setting

goals and making the patient feel involved in their care cansignificantl$ reduce postoperative an+iet$ and ma$ have a positive

impact on their subse*uent recover$ (ees, 20-0".

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Smmarisin

g• # brief outline of the main points of a work without going into

specific details.

• 3enerally summaries relate to a whole work, or to a large

section, so are much less specific than paraphrasing.

• #s a summary potentially covers most or all of a work, it

does not require page numbers to be given as they are for

direct quotations and paraphrasing.

A recent stud$ b$ ampson (200/" demonstrated that moderate

alcohol consumption ma$ reduce the risk of dementia in later life.

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Secondary

References

• Where the passage you are referring to is the authors ownreference to another work.

• "ou are relying on their accurate and unbiased reproduction

of that work, so it is much better to locate the source and

read and reference it directly in you own work.

• (f you cannot locate the original, secondary reference it by$

A stud$ concluded that mari1uana users felt less confident than

cocaine users about being able to stop taking the drug. (3udne$

et al, -//) cited in 3utcher, 4ineka 5 6oole$, 20-0, p.!-2".

3utcher, 7. 8., 4ineka, . 5 6oole$, 7. 4. (20-0"

Abnormal 9s$cholog$ (-!th ed". 3oston, 9arson

#ducation %nc.

(n your end list$

eference the item

you have read.

(n the body of

your text cite

both works

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The End

&ist

Bibliographies and Reference

Lists

4ibliography$

ists all thematerial youhave read,

whethercited in yourassignment

or not.

eference

ist$

ists only thematerial youhave cited

directly inyour

assignment.

Where both

are requested$

eference listgives all itemsdirectly cited.

4ibliographycontains anyother reading.

• #t the end of your work include a list of references.

• ist in alphabetical order by author, do not separate into

different types of work.

• The following slides show how to reference correctly.

• #lwa s check our ro ramme module handbooks to see which form of

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