Research help: Referencing

Information or ideas from other people's work used in the writing of your essays or reports must be acknowledged. The method you choose to use must be consistent throughout your document. Several methods have been developed over the years to record details of the sources you have used for your work.

Well-known methods include Harvard (also known as the author-date system), American Psychology Association (APA) and Oxford (documentary-note). This document gives links to resources on these methods. Other methods not covered here include Chicago, MLA and Vancouver.

Different methods are generally favoured by different subject disciplines. Always contact your teacher before using a bibliographic style as they may have a preferred method.

Try this interactive reference to create your references in APA or Harvard style.

This eBook covers all main forms of referencing.

Using the reference tab in Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365

This short video clip demonstrates how to use the references tab in Microsoft Word - provided by Rosny College.

The following websites by Microsoft provide step by step instructions for using the reference tab in Word.

Annotated bibliographies

An annotated bibliography provides a brief account of the available research on a given topic. It is a list of research sources that includes concise descriptions and evaluations of each source.

Try this great guide from the University of New South Wales - it contains links to more information and other examples.

Try step 5 of the interactive tutorial

 

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