Bryan Fitzpatrick – Link Specialist

… referencing and bibliographies? Referencing is identifying sources of information in written work. References appear throughout an assignment. A bibliographies is a lists of all the sources consulted for an assignment. Bibliographies appear at the end.

To help with bibliographies & referencing always try to:  Keep a note of any source of information you look at when researching/writing  Take a note of specific pages where quotes or information was found  Know what facts to record… (much more on this later!)

What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism is to “take the work or an idea of someone else and pass it off as one’s own” (The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1999). In a college context this would mean including any information, work or ideas produced by another in your assignments without properly acknowledging the original source.

When you refer to another person’s work during your assignments you need to reference; failure to do so is plagiarism. You should reference when you:  Use a direct quote  Mention someone’s work or ideas

 This case shows (Black, 1990) that the law needs to be changed.  Black(1990) demonstrates that the law needs to be changed.  "Delegation is an essential element and skill of management" (Mullins, 1999, p.12).  Field (1996) is correct in stating that “…the language of consumerism may jar practitioners” (p. 148).

A bibliography is a list of all the sources of information used when writing an assignment not just the sources that were referenced. Bibliographies are ordered alphabetically by the authors’ names. Different types of source such as books, websites or magazines are listed together.

Chalkley, Martin. (1998) Proscribing and prescribing drugs. Economic Review. Vol. 15(4) Chisnall, Peter (1995) Strategic Business Marketing. 3rd ed. London. Prentice Hall. Hunterian Museum. (8.2.02) Miles, R. and Snow, C. (1984) Organisational fit. In: Pugh, D. ed. Organization Theory: Selected Readings. 3rd ed. London. Penguin. Seenan, Gerard. (13 August 1998) Hospital suspends consultant after patient's death. The Guardian.

Name of author(s) - surname followed by forename (or initial). Year the book was published - the year is placed in brackets. Title of the book - written in italics or underlined. The edition - only if it is not the first edition. Place of publication The Publisher Example Chisnall, Peter (1995) Strategic Business Marketing. 3 rd ed. London. Prentice Hall. pp

Name of author(s) - surname followed by forename. Year the journal was published - in brackets. Title of the article Title of the journal- written in italics or underlined. The volume number- use the abbreviation Vol. Example Chalkley, Martin. (1998) Proscribing and prescribing drugs. Economic Review. Vol. 15(4).

Journalist name - surname followed by forename. Whole date - day, month, and year in brackets. Title of article - usually the headline. Name of newspaper - in italics or underlined Example Seenan, Gerard. (13 August 1998) Hospital suspends consultant after patient's death. The Guardian.

Publisher of the site Date you accessed site URL (address) Example Hunterian Museum. (8.2.02) Note This can be more complicated if it is an extract from a book or magazine that is viewed online

This is a really useful step by step guide on how to record any type of source. This site creates bibliographies in the correct format for you once you enter details in a form. – only for books Creates bibliography entries for books when you enter the ISBN (barcode number). The APA setting is closest to Harvard.

From the reference tab you can insert citations and create bibliographies. Look on You Tube for Microsoft Word bibliography tools. Search the Microsoft office online help pages