1. Referencing Electronic Sources

2. By the end of today you will...
Know how to reference electronic publications Identify the importance of referencing electronic publications
Referencing online resources or electronic publications differs slightly from printed sources as it is possible that websites and online sources are removed. Therefore when referencing online materials used within our work, it is important for us to refer to dates and times. Students should be able to identify this by the end of the session.

3. What electronic resources do you use?

4. Referencing Resources (Electronic) What do you already know?
Why?
Where?
When?
How?
Know why referencing within our work is important.

5. How do we reference these? (what is the format?)
Websites
WEBSITE name if no author is available, (Year - in brackets). Title of website in italics or underlined. [Online in square brackets] Available at: URL. (Accessed: followed by date in brackets).
For example: NHS Evidence, National Library of Guidelines. [online] Available at: < (Accessed 10 October
2009).

6. How do we reference these? (what is the format?)
PDF (Portable Document File)
Authorship, Year. Title of document. [PDF] Place of publication (if
known): Publisher. Followed by Available at: include web address or URL for the actual pdf, where available (Accessed date).
For example: Department of Health, Health inequalities: progress and next steps. [pdf] London: Department of Health. Available at: < Guidance/DH_085307> (Accessed 9 June 2008).

7. How do we reference these? (what is the format?)
News Article
Author or corporate author, (Year). Title of document or page. Name of newspaper, [type of medium] additional date information. Available at: URL (Accessed date).
For example: BBC News N.Ireland, (2014). 'Significant' rise in health and social care concerns. BBC News, [Online News Article] last updated 18th September 2014 at 09.21am. Available at: (Accessed: 6th October 2014).

8. How do we reference these? (what is the format?)
Broadcasts
Series title and episode name and number if relevant, Year of broadcast. [type of medium] Broadcasting organisation and Channel, date and time of transmission.
For example: Little Britain, [TV programme] BBC, BBC2, 30th January 2006
20.00.

9. PDF (Portable Document File)
Let’s reference!
Websites
News Article
WEBSITE name if no author is available, (Year - in brackets). Title of website in italics or underlined. [Online in square brackets] Available at: URL. (Accessed: followed by date in brackets).
Author or corporate author, (Year). Title of document or page. Name of newspaper, [type of medium] additional date information. Available at: URL (Accessed date).
PDF (Portable Document File)
Broadcasts
Series title and episode name and number if relevant, Year of broadcast. [type of medium] Broadcasting organisation and Channel, date and time of transmission.
Authorship, Year. Title of document. [PDF] Place of publication (if
known): Publisher. Followed by Available at: include web address or URL for the actual pdf, where available (Accessed date).

10. The lazy way…

11. I would also recommend looking at this: http://library. lincoln. ac