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Information Services and Systems Welcome! [email protected] www.swansea.ac.uk/iss Your Librarians are: Rebecca Kelleher Sam Oakley Michele Davies Marie Bevan
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Information Services and Systems
Welcome!
Your Librarians are:Rebecca KelleherSam OakleyMichele DaviesMarie Bevan
Information Services and Systems
Referencing – ARGH!!
• What do you think when someone mentions referencing?
• What problems do you encounter?
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What are we doing today?
• Exercise 1 – looking for mistakes• The answers and discussion• Exercise 2 – quality sources• The answers and discussion
Referencing is: using the correct format and using quality academic sources
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Full APA 6th Referencing Guide
• Found on the ‘Libraries’ web page under ‘Quick Links’
• and in Blackboard.• Table of Contents is hyperlinked to jump to
examples.• Read the document very carefully.
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The Basics
• Find an author, date and title• Other necessary details – publisher, URL,
pages, volume etc. • Adopt a consistent approach and format
accordingly• Take your information from the title page of a
book or cover for a report
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Referencing Exercise 1
• Find the mistakes in the reference list you are given.
• You can access a copy in Blackboard• Answers and brief discussion will follow.• 15 minutes!
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The Answers!
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Should I use this?
• Is the source you are using GOOD QUALITY?• Avoid websites with no author/corporate
author details.• Is the information out-of-date/old?• Blogs/personal websites – look for links to a
article that informed that post, read it and reference it instead of the blog. (Same goes for Wikipedia!!)
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Referencing Exercise 2
• Work in pairs or small groups.• Decide how good each source is and rank
them from best (1) to worst (8).• What would you use in your
assignments/dissertation? Why?• How can we determine QUALITY?• You have 10 minutes! Go!!
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The Answers!
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EndNote – Software to help
• You can use EndNote online to help with referencing.
• Takes a little time to learn. Workbook available in Blackboard.
• But, it can save you lots of time when writing up.
• Remember - it’s only as good as the information entered in the fields.
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You should now be able to:
• Use the full APA 6th referencing guide to get the format of your references right
AND
• Evaluate your references to make sure you are using quality academic sources
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Need help? Just ask!
Appointments & questions – email [email protected]
Guides, links and tutorials on Blackboard subject support for School of Management
