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REFRENCING

Referencing

Referencing means systematically showing what information or ideas you are quoting or paraphrasing, and where they come from.

Why Reference?

Referencing is necessary to

Authenticate your research with evidence from literature

Acknowledge the original author

to enable readers follow-up the source

avoid plagiarism,

WHAT MUST I REFERENCE?

All work done by other researchers

Other writers' words

DIFFERENT REFERENCING SYSTEMS

APA Referencing Harvard Referencing Oxford-Cambridge Referencing MLA AMA

APA (American Psychological Association) Style: This system is primarily used by those writing in the social sciences.

Basic components of Referencing

1) In text referencing (citation)

2) End list Referencing

In-text Reference

An in-text reference to show that a piece of information, idea, quotation, etc. It is always designed to be short because it is interrupting the text.

Example:

Much of this research has demonstrated that there is relationships between HR practices and firm profitability (Allen, 1996).

Author Name Year

End list ReferencingAn End list reference to show the detailed information of source. It includes following contents

Example: Allen, N. J. and Meyer, J. P. (1996) ‘Affective, continuance and normative commitment

and turnover’, Academy of Management Journal, 37: 670-87.

Contents Example

Author Name Allen, N. J. & Meyer, J. P. (1996)

Year 1996

Title Affective, continuance and normative commitment and turnover

Journal Academy of Management Journal

Volume no 37

Page no 670-87

Examples

Source In-text Example End-List Example

Article Wharton (1996) Wharton, N. (1996). Health and safety in outdoor activity centers. Journal of Adventure Education and outdoor Leadership, 12(4), 8-9

Book Comfort (1997, p. 58) Comfort, A. (1997). A good age. London: Mitchell Beazley.

Website Dawson & Smith, (2002) Dawson, J., Smith, L., (2002). Retrieved october 31, 2002, from http://studytrekk.lis.curtin.edu.au/

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