1. Referencing and Bibliographies Quiz
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3. Why do you need to reference your work?
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Why do you need to reference your work?
To show how much work you’ve done
To get better marks in your assignments
To check whether the information you are using is correct
All of the above

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Correctly referencing your work can help you in many ways, not least by improving your marks.
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6. The correct way to reference this publication is:
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Clarke, A. (2005), IT Skills for Successful Study, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
The correct way to reference this publication is:
(Clarke, A., 2005)
(Clarke, 2005)
(IT Skills, 2005)
(Clarke, IT Skills)

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A correct reference includes the author’s name and the date of publication – you should not include anything else except the page number.
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9. Question 3
On the bibliography entry below, click on the title of the article that has been quoted from.
Carlowe, J. (2009),
“Wake up call for
diabetes”,
in Nursing Times, 10th
March 2009, pp

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You should put a bibliography entry for each article you use in a magazine or journal (not for the whole magazine). Put the title of the article in speech marks.
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12. living/nutrition/healthy_balance1.shtml.
Question 4
If you were referencing the website below, who would you put as the author?
BBC (2008), Food Standards Agency makes recommendations on healthy eating [online],
living/nutrition/healthy_balance1.shtml.
BBC
Food Standards Agency
No author is given

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If you cannot find the name of a person, you should put the name of the organisation or company that created the website you used.
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15. Question 5
Look at the website on the next page and click on the title of the webpage.
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You should try to find the name of the specific page that you have used, and put this in your bibliography.
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19. What else needs to be added to the above bibliography entry?
Question 6
Anglia Ruskin University (n.d.), Harvard System of Referencing Guide [online], libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm.
What else needs to be added to the above bibliography entry?
Author’s name
Date of publication
Website address
Date of accessing the webpage

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You should always include the date you accessed the website in your bibliography.
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22. Question 7
Which one of the following quotations and references is correctly formatted?
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23. Smith writes that “there are two major ways of referencing: the Harvard system and the Cambridge system” (Smith, 2000, p. 98).
According to Smith (2000), “There are two major ways of referencing: the Harvard System and the Cambridge system” (2000, p. 98).
Smith writes that “there are two major ways of referencing: the Harvard system and the Cambridge system” (2000, p. 98).

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There are a number of correct ways to give a reference, but you only need to give each piece of information once.
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26. Question 8
Look at the book on the next page and decide how you would put it into a bibliography.
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27. How would you write the authors’ names in your bibliography?
Anne Michaels
Be a
Better Student
Michaels, Thompson, Green and McDonnie
Michaels, A. and Thompson, S., et al by
Anne Michaels
Sean Thompson
Theresa Green
Ronnie McDonnie
Michaels, A., etc.

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If there are more than two authors you should list the first two and then write et al (“and the others”).
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30. Question 9
After you have written the authors’ names, what information would you put into your bibliography next?
The title of the book
The date of publication
The name of the publisher
The library classification number

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List the authors’ names first and then write the date of publication (in brackets).
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33. Question 10
Pick the correct bibliography entry on the next page.
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34. Michaels, A. and Thompson, S
Michaels, A. and Thompson, S. et al, “Be a Better Student”, London: Unlimited Books, 2000.
Michaels, A. and Thompson, S. et al (2000), Be a Better Student, London: Unlimited Books.
Michaels, A. and Thompson, S. et al (2000), Be a Better Student. Published in London by Unlimited Books.
Michaels, A. and Thompson, S. et al (2000), Be a Better Student (Unlimited Books).

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The correct format for a bibliography entry is:
Name of author (Date), Title of Book, Place of publication: Name of publisher.
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37. The end End That’s the end of the quiz.
Well done for finishing, and remember that you can get extra help with your references and bibliographies from your learning facilitator or from the book Cite Them Right (class mark PEA).
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