Referencing

Citing your sources

In-text reference

Reference list

Reading skills and note-making

Research skills

Assignment writing

Dissertations and final year projects

STOPSIGN

You must check with your school as to which referencing style you are required to use.

The main styles used in the University of Greenwich are Harvard, Harvard APA and British Standard (Numeric - also known as footnoting).

Below are some useful resources to help you reference correctly.

Harvard Guide

This is a brief guide to the Harvard system of referencing used in many parts of the university. It covers how to reference:

How to do in-text references and reference lists
How to paraphrase and quote
How to reference books...
Chapters from edited books
Journal articles
Electronic journal articles
Web sites
Newspaper articles
Government publications and more

Download the guide.

Harvard APA and OSCALA online interactive referencing guides

These interactive referencing tools are provided by the the University of Portsmouth. Please ensure that you know exactly which referencing system you are required to use in your assignments!

Harvard APA. This is a version of Harvard devised by the American Psychologist Association and may be used by students doing psychology courses (check first!). This is not the same as the Harvard system in general use.
OSCALA - this is a legal referencing system

Referencing checklist

When using sources to make notes of material be included in an assignment, it is important to record the information for an in-text citation and the reference list entry. This will save a lot of work later on, when you may find yourself trying to find the information you need. You can carry this checklist with you as a reminder. It covers the six most common sources and can be used in conjuction with all the the main referencing styles:

Books
Chapters from books
Journal articles
Electronic journal articles
Websites
Newspaper articles

Download the checklist.

Progression in information skills

The Library offers an online course designed to help you develop your Information Skills. There is a very useful section on Bibliographic Citation (referencing) and Avoiding Plagiarism with a quiz to test your skills.

Find this course by logging on to the Portal and going to the My Learning section. Access is via the link in the Information Skills Training channel.

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