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What is referencing?

Watch this 4 minute video and try and answer the question - why is referencing important and what are the two aspects of referencing that you need to be able to do??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEmFXzgYiZc&feature=youtu.be





Why is referencing important?- It shows your tutor where you have sourced your

ideas and information- It means you are not plagiarising- It shows (when you paraphrase) that you

understand what you have read- It shows that you have done some research- You get marks for it


What is Referencing?

There are 2 aspects of referencing:

-In-text referencing- Reference list


In-text citationsEither:Hannum, Schmitz and Keen (2002, p. 107)

argue that although chocolate cravings are very common…

Or:Although chocolate cravings… affect women

disproportionately (Hannum, Schmitz & Keen, 2002, p. 107).


In-text citations - FAQs

What happens when there is no author?If there is no author, use the

company/organisation name eg. (Ministry of Health, 2009, p. 15)

If there is no company, use title of webpage eg. (“Pet”, 2009, p. 18)



What happens when there is no date?

Write “n.d.” (= no date)

(Smith, n.d., p. 18).



What happens if it is a website with no page numbers?If it doesn’t have page numbers, use paragraphs

eg. (Smith, 2009, para. 4)

What if there are heaps of paragraphs and I can’t count that high?If the webpage is very long but has sections, cite the

section heading and the number of the paragraph you used:

eg. (Cadbury, 2010, London Chocolate Houses section, para. 3)



What if I’m not sure what the name of the website is?With websites, it’s often not clear what the

proper title is, so just try to be as accurate as you can with what is on the page


Reference listList items alphabetically according to

author’s surnameUse the hanging indent (see next slide)Double spaceTitle the reference list page: References


Reference List


Reference list: page numbers refer to the 2013 APA guideBooks (p. 12)Chapters in edited books (p. 13)Websites (p. 32)Journal articles in electronic format (p. 25)

Reference ListBook (p. 12):Author’s surname, Author’s first initial. (Year of

publication). Title in italics: Subtitle (# edition). City of publication, State of publication for US, Country of publication for outside US: Publisher.

Website (p. 32):Author’s surname, Author’s first initial OR

Company/Organisation that owns website. (Year that website was last updated). Title of webpage in italics. Date that you retrieved information from website, website name (if different from author), then state full address of website

References

Diabetes New Zealand. (2008). Medication for people with Type 2 diabetes. Retrieved August 6, 2008, from

http://www.diabetes.org.nz/living_with _diabetes /type _2 _diabetes/medication

Elkin, M., Perry, A., & Potter, P. (2007). Nursing interventions and clinical skills (4th ed.). St Louis, MO:

Mosby Elsevier.

Kambil, A. (2008). What is your recession playbook? The Journal of Business Strategy, 29(5), 50- 52. doi:

10.1108/02756660810902341

Sepion, B. (2009). Communicating with children and young people. In L. Childs, L. Coles, & B. Marjoram

(Eds.), Essential skills clusters for nurses: Theory for practice (pp. 19-28). Chichester, United

Kingdom: Blackwell.

Wells, J. (2010). Ponzis and pyramids. The CPA Journal, 80(2), 6- (4 pages). Retrieved from ProQuest

database.

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