Referencing and citations

Open books showing the chapter title 'good work'

So far in this module you have learnt how to read effectively for university study and apply that reading to your writing. We now turn to focus on referencing.

We have mentioned this throughout the previous sections, so you already know how important it is to reference when submitting a piece of academic work. In this section we will look in more detail at why we reference, when we reference, and how we reference correctly.

By the end of this section, you should be able to:

Identify what information needs to be referenced in your writing
Format in-text citation correctly
Format your reference list correctly
Know where to go for instructions and guidance on referencing

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