Problems with references?Problems with references?

Libby TilleyLibby Tilley

English Faculty LibrarianEnglish Faculty Librarian

Aims of the sessionAims of the session

Key issues about referencing Key issues about referencing Locating appropriate Locating appropriate

guidanceguidance Software solutions to helpSoftware solutions to help Surgery – get help with Surgery – get help with

specific problems.specific problems.

Key issuesKey issues Why reference?Why reference?

Academic credibilityAcademic credibility Respect for legal aspects of Respect for legal aspects of

published works (copyright)published works (copyright)

What’s important?What’s important? ConsistencyConsistency AccuracyAccuracy OrganisationOrganisation

English Faculty guidelines

The Poems and Letters of Andrew Marvell, ed. H.M. Margoliouth, 3rd edn, rev. Pierre Legouis with the collaboration of E.E. Duncan-Jones, 2 vols (Oxford, 1971).

(edited work)

1. Primary sources: example

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1. Faulkner, William. Light in August. 1952 (London: Penguin Books)

2. Faulkner, William, Light in August (London, 1952, repr. 1960; first published 1933).

3. William Faulkner. Light in August (London, 1952, repr. 1960;)

4. Faulkner, W. Light in August. London (1952, repr. 1960; first published 1933).

Choose the correct format for a reference for this primary sourcein a bibliography

English Faculty guidelines

Article in a journal:Hillyer, Richard, ‘In More than

Name Only: Jonson’s “To Sir Horace Vere”’, Modern Language Review, 85 (1990), 1-11.

Article/Essay in book:Brogan, Jacqueline, ‘Stevens and

the feminine’, in The Cambridge Companion to Wallace Stevens, ed. John Serio (Cambridge, 2007), pp. 180-192.

2. Secondary sources: examples

Choose the correct format for a reference for this journal article

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1. Braswell, M. F. ‘Chaucer’s “Court Baron”: Law and The Canterbury Tales’. Studies in the Age of Chaucer. 16, 1994, 29-44.

2. Braswell, Mary Flowers, ‘Chaucer’s “Court Baron”: Law and The Canterbury Tales’, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, vol. 16, pages 29-44.

3. Braswell, Mary Flowers (1994), ‘Chaucer’s “Court Baron”: Law and The Canterbury Tales’, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, 16, pp. 29-44.

4. Braswell, Mary Flowers, ‘Chaucer’s “Court Baron”: Law and The Canterbury Tales’, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, 16 (1994), 29-44.

Tricky issuesTricky issues

Know what the guidelines sayKnow what the guidelines say Primary and Secondary sourcesPrimary and Secondary sources FootnotesFootnotes Referencing specific resourcesReferencing specific resources

Lecture/seminar/course/conferenceLecture/seminar/course/conference Online sourcesOnline sources ManuscriptsManuscripts

Guidance to helpGuidance to help ASNC website: Dissertation ASNC website: Dissertation

section - stylesheetsection - stylesheet English website: Information English website: Information

for Part I/II Undergraduatesfor Part I/II Undergraduates, , Guidance on DissertationsGuidance on Dissertations

Style guides to help you:Style guides to help you: MHRA style guide latest edition free on the web MHRA style guide latest edition free on the web MHRA print style guide in the Library B 41MHRA print style guide in the Library B 41 MLA style guide – available in the Library B 41MLA style guide – available in the Library B 41 Chicago style guide – covers almost anythingChicago style guide – covers almost anything

Software solutions to helpSoftware solutions to help

Keeps track of your bibliographic Keeps track of your bibliographic informationinformation

May fit well with your online May fit well with your online searching of catalogues and searching of catalogues and databasesdatabases

Main features of softwareMain features of softwareStores data securely, creates consistently styled Stores data securely, creates consistently styled bibliographies, can cite-while-you-writebibliographies, can cite-while-you-write

Endnote – web versionEndnote – web version

http://www.endnoteweb.com/

From EndnoteWeb you can search external catalogues and databases

When a reference is found it is quickly

copied into your

‘Library’

Manual entry is possible

You can create a bibliography

by just selecting the ‘Library’ you want and the

style you want it to be in

25 minutes to search for these references, add them into EndnoteWeb and create a bibliography

Errors:

Punctuation

Redundant information

Information omitted

ZoteroZotero

Only available via Firefox Browser

Search catalogue for book

Zotero recognizes a search result on a catalogue

Click on the ‘folder’ icon,

and select the item you want to download to

your Zotero ‘Library’

To create a bibliography

….select a bibliographic

style, and save the

document

15 minutes to search for these references, add them into Zotero and create a bibliography

Errors:

Punctuation

Inaccurate information

Information lacking

Problems with using Problems with using softwaresoftware

Styles - never ‘quite right’Styles - never ‘quite right’ Time to learn variesTime to learn varies Back up your workBack up your work

The KEY ISSUE!The KEY ISSUE!Input (Input (may be inaccuratemay be inaccurate) + ) + Application of style (Application of style (rarely quite rightrarely quite right) =) =

Output (generally inaccurate)Output (generally inaccurate)

ALWAYS CHECK ALWAYS CHECK EVERYTHING!!EVERYTHING!!

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