Referencing and Sourcing

Question 1

What are research papers?

Answer 1

published in academic journals

some journals published by professional societies, others published commercially

Question 2

What are academic journals?

Answer 2

have an editor who is a distinguished researcher

use a process called refereeing (editor sends manuscript to 2 or more independent referees

Question 3

What are review articles?

Answer 3

Refereed journals also publish review articles

Expert describing their current understanding of the field w/ reference to primary research paper

Question 4

Rules of referencing

Answer 4

At end of text
Title: REFERENCES
exact info of how to find each source cited in text
in alphabetical order by author

Question 5

How to reference a book

Answer 5

All Author’s surname, Initial. (Year of publication) title of book in italics. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, chapter in book/pages

Question 6

How to reference journal articles

Answer 6

Author’s surname, initial. (year of publication) ‘Title of article’, title of journal in italics, volume no (issue no), pages numbers prefixed by pp.

Question 7

How to reference article accessed online

Answer 7

Author’s surname, Initial. (year of publication) ‘Title of article’ title of journal in italics, volume number (issue number), page numbers [online]. Available at: URL for article (accessed: date)

Question 8

How to reference website

Answer 8

Organisational name (year site was publsihed/last updated) Title of internet site in italics. Available at: URL in full (accessed: date)