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Referencing Support for Studnets

Remember, references should always be correct, complete and consistent.

Your school or university faculty may recommend a particular referencing system or may provide specific guidelines on its interpretation. Follow this advice. It is not unusual for a student to be required to us more than one referencing system in the same educational institution. Once you have determined the style to follow, use it consistently in your paper and bibliography.

There are many well-known citation styles like:

Chicago/Turabian

American Chemical Society (ACS)

American Medical Association (AMA)

American Psychological Association (APA)

American Sociological Association (ASA)

Harvard Style

Legal Style

Modern Language Association (MLA)

With more sources becoming available through the Internet, you may need some help with citing:

Internet Sources

The National University of Singapore has an excellent site on all of the above citation styles.

http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/s/citation.html

Here are some examples of the referencing requirements of different faculties from the University of Auckland

Faculty/Subject Guide to Referencing: http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/instruct/ref/ref.htm

Faculty Recommended Referencing Styles
Arts	Harvard, Chicago, MLA, APA, University of Auckland Style
Business and Economics	APA See Also : The Business of Writing: Written Communication Skills for Business Students (Voyager Record).
Creative Arts and Industries	Harvard
Education	APA
Engineering	Harvard, Chicago, UoA Engineering Numbered Style
Law	See Faculty of Law Research and Writing Guide (PDF, 4.9MB)
Medical and Health Sciences	See Auckland School of Medicine, Vancouver, APA (PDF, 88KB)
Science	Harvard, ACS, APA See also: Scientific style and format : the CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers (Voyager Record).
Theology	Chicago or APA

Sites that provide information to help you organise your referencing for essays and assignments.

References - The Harvard System.

http://www.uwe.ac.uk/library/resources/general/info_study_skills/harvard2.htm

Citation in the text of your work.

Citation in the text of your work.

Secondary referencing. Using quotations.

Creating Bibliographic References.

Creating Bibliographic references.
Book or report.
Contributions in a book.
Journal article.
Newspaper Article.
Conference paper.
Act.
Command paper.
Thesis.
Film, video or television broadcast.
Illustration.
Market Survey Report Published Music.
Patent.
E-mail discussion list.
Personal Communication.
Website.
CD-Rom.
Foreign language publication.

References - MLA Method.

http://www.uwe.ac.uk/library/resources/general/info_study_skills/mla1.htm#websites

Background information.
Citations in the text of your work.
Bibliographic references. Books
Editions of books
Crital essays in edited collections Journal articles
Websites
Further information

APA referencing guide

Marguerite Cullity & Ann Majkut

The most widely used referencing is the American Psychological Association (APA) style. This chapter from the ACU Study Guide explains:

The main points about APA referencing
How to cite a source in your work
How to format sources for the list of references: selected examples
How to construct a reference list

American Chemical Society (ACS).

http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/Reference_Lists.pdf#search=%22referencing%20acs%22

http://pubs.acs.org/books/references.shtml

Citing Electronic Information in History Papers by Maurice Crouse- 4 August 2006 http://history.memphis.edu/mcrouse/elcite.html

Department of History, The University of Memphis- <mcrouse@memphis.edu>

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Examples of citing Internet sources - http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/s/citeonli.html

Citation in the text of your work.
Citation in the text of your work.	Secondary referencing.	Using quotations.
Creating Bibliographic References.
Creating Bibliographic references. Book or report. Contributions in a book. Journal article. Newspaper Article. Conference paper.	Act. Command paper. Thesis. Film, video or television broadcast. Illustration. Market Survey Report	Published Music. Patent. E-mail discussion list. Personal Communication. Website. CD-Rom. Foreign language publication.