Referencing the work of others in your academic writing is a powerful way to add weight to your argument. To attribute an idea to its author, or refer to someone else’s work, you insert a brief reference or citation into your writing.
Each source identified in your text also has a corresponding entry in the reference list, which you include at the end. This is a list of all sources cited in your writing.
Referencing is an important part of maintaining academic integrity.
A citation occurs at the point where you use a reference.
Paraphrasing and summarising are techniques we can use to incorporate the ideas of another person into our own writing. With paraphrasing we include all the ideas in detail; with summarising we include only the main point or “gist”.
Quoting is where you include the author's words exactly as written. Keep these to a minimum in your assignments
A reference list is more than just a list of books that you have read on a particular subject. The items included in this part of a written paper (assignment, thesis etc.) are all cited somewhere within the body of the paper.
So if you skim read three books about modern chocolate making, they do not automatically turn up in your references list.
However if you discuss the author of one books interpretation of the use of cocoa in modern chocolate making, then you cite that author in-text (within your assignment) and add the authors book to your references list.
EndNote is a reference management system that enables you to:
grab references from Library QuickSearch, journal databases, library catalogues, and other sources
use EndNote to insert a formatted reference list into your own documents
organise and manage your references (re-use a textbook reference, for example)
find references using one computer, insert your reference list later on another computer
To access EndNote Desktop (recommended for staff and researchers) see the EndNote subject guide
For lots of examples, instructions, and tips on citing and referencing visit the FedCite section of the Library homepage. Although it includes examples for a range of referencing styles, the specified style for the Master of Child and Family Health is APA 7th.
The study skills webpage has more detailed resources on referencing.
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