Referencing How to guide What is referencing A

Referencing How to guide

What is referencing? • A way to acknowledge other people’s work that you have used in your essay. • It shows readers of your essay that your essay is based on knowledge and informed by appropriate reading. - This is a key part of good academic practice.

What if you don’t reference? • If you fail to show the sources in your essay you may be accused of plagiarism. • Plagiarism: Using the work of other people to gain some form of benefit, without formally acknowledging that the work came from someone else.

Inside your essay • You only need the surname of the author and the year E. g. According to Johnson (2020) students who reference their work often receive better grades than those who don’t. • More than one author? E. g. Similarly (Beattie, Hawkton & Morris, 2020) have also highlighted this…

Using a direct quotation? • Quoting the author – Use a single quotation mark ‘ - According to Hawkton (2020) ‘students just love writing essays’ • Quoting direct speech – Use double quotation mark “ - Hawkton (2020) also interviewed students who said that “referencing became much easier the more you do it. ”

Bibliography • Books Who (when). What. Where Bell, Judith (2010). Doing your research project. York: Open University Press • Website For webpages include the web address & date visited Carlisle College (2020). Welcome to Carlisle College [internet] Available at: http: //www. carlislecollege. ac. uk/ [Accessed: 10/01/2020].