This session looks at the basics of how to reference and then looks at two particular styles (Harvard and Vancouver, or the numbered style).

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How to manage those references
Leanne Workman, Information Consultant for ISG
http://libguides.rhul.ac.uk/InformationSecurity/Referencing

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So before I start… a couple of quick questions for you…
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My aim today is to answer these questions…
• What is referencing? And why should I do it?
• How do I reference?
• What reference management tools are there out
there to help me?

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What is
referencing?!

5. What is referencing and why do I need
to do it?
• Acknowledge when using
someone’s work
• To make clear to the reader that
this idea is not your own
• Demonstrate the breadth of
reading, viewing and individual
research
• Support your argument
• To allow you, your tutor and other
readers to retrieve items that you
have mentioned
• To avoid accusations of plagiarism

6. Styles of referencing
There are many many MANY different styles of referencing e.g.
• Harvard
• Vancouver, also known as the “numbered” () [] style
The Information Security Department is happy for you to use any
style as long as you are CONSISTENT.
Support is available for all styles, further guidance can be found
here http://libguides.rhul.ac.uk/InformationSecurity/Referencing

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What is
plagiarism?

8. What is plagiarism?
• Passing off as your own a piece of work
that is partly or wholly the work of
another student
• Citing and referencing sources that you
have not used
• Quoting, summarising or paraphrasing
material in your assignment without
citing the original source
• 'Recycling' a piece of your own work that
you have previously submitted for
another module or course (i.e. self-
plagiarism).
(Palgrave Study SkillsOnline, 2018)

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How do I
reference?!

10. In your project, referencing needs:

11. What information do I need to reference?
• Author
• Date
• Title of book
• Where you found it, e.g. if a journal
article, which journal is it from? If it is a
book, who published it?
• If you found it online, you need the
URL and the date you accessed it.

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Harvard
Referencing

13. How to reference a book
InText
(Author,Year, Page number)
‘It is customary to acknowledge blah blah blah’ (Lipson, 2016, p. 14)
Lipson (2016, p.77) states that this term was a label applied
retrospectively…
Structure of the reference for Bibliography:
Surname, Initial (Year book was published) Title of book. Place of
publication: Publisher.
Example reference:
Lipson, H. (2016) Driverless: intelligent cars and the road ahead. Cambridge:
MIT Press.

14. How to reference an academic journal
InText
(Author,Year: Page number)
e.g. (Lee, 2017, p. 26)
Structure of the reference:
Surname, Initial (Year journal issue was published) ‘Title of article’,
Title of journal,Volume number (issue number), page range of
article
Example reference:
Lee, C. (2017) ‘Grabbing the wheel early: moving forward on
cybersecurity and privacy protections for driverless cars’, Federal
Communications LawJournal, 69(1), pp. 25-30.

15. How to reference a website
InText
(Author/Organisation,Year)
(Arthur, 2018)
Structure of the reference: Author/Organisation (Year) Title of web
document or web page. Available at: web site address (Accessed
date).
Example reference: Georgetown University (2014) Top 10 threats to
information security. Available at:
https://scsonline.georgetown.edu/programs/masters-technology-
management/resources/top-threats-to-information-technology
(Accessed: 7th February 2018).

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Reference List
Georgetown University(2014) Top 10 threats to information
security. Available from:
https://scsonline.georgetown.edu/programs/masters-technology-
management/resources/top-threats-to-information-technology
(Accessed: 7th February 2018).
Lee, C. (2017) ‘Grabbing the wheel early: moving forward on
cybersecurity and privacy protections for driverless cars’, Federal
Communications LawJournal 69(1), p.25-30.
Lipson, H. (2016) Driverless: intelligent cars and the road ahead.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

17. ACTIVITYTIME:
Let’s put these references into
order!

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Referencing in
the ‘Vancouver’
style
i.e. the number
in brackets
style [1]

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Vancouver style referencing
In-text references should be numbered (1) or [1] – it doesn’t
matter which, as long as you do it consistently.
The full references should appear at the end of the
assignment listed numerically in the same order they were
cited in the text.The reference should contain:
• Author surname followed by initials
• Title of article
• Title of the journal
• Publication Date
• Volume number (Issue number in brackets if there is one)
• Page numbers…

20. How to reference a book (1)
Structure of the reference for Bibliography:
Surname Initial.Title of book. Place of
publication: Publisher;Year.
Example reference:
Lipson H. Driverless: intelligent cars and the road
ahead. Cambridge: MIT Press; 2016.

21. How to reference an academic journal
(2)
Structure of the reference:
Surname Initial.Title of article. Title of journal Year
month day;Volume number (issue number): page
range of article.
Example reference:
Lee C. Grabbing the wheel early: moving forward on
cybersecurity and privacy protections for driverless
cars. Federal Communications Law Journal 2017; 69(1):
25-30.

22. How to reference a website (3)
Structure of the reference:Author/Organisation.Title
of web document or web page. [Internet].Year. [Cited
Year Month Day]. Available from: web site address
Example reference: Georgetown University.Top 10
threats to information security. [Internet]. 2014 [cited
2018 Feb 7]. Available from:
https://scsonline.georgetown.edu/programs/masters-
technology-management/resources/top-threats-to-
information-technology

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Reference List
(1) Lipson H. Driverless: intelligent cars and the road ahead.
Cambridge: MIT Press; 2016.
(2) Lee C. Grabbing the wheel early: moving forward on
cybersecurity and privacy protections for driverless cars. Federal
Communications LawJournal 2017 Mar; 69(1): 25-30.
(3) Georgetown University. Top 10 threats to information security.
[Internet]. 2014 [cited 2018 Feb 7]; [2 screens]. Available from:
https://scsonline.georgetown.edu/programs/masters-technology-
management/resources/top-threats-to-information-technology

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The weird and wacky!
Standards
• Publishing organisation
• Standard number
• Title
• Place of publication
• Publisher
• Year
Blog Posts
Just like a webpage but in the square brackets say [Blog] rather
than [Webpage]. If your style of referencing isn’t using the square
brackets, you would still follow the same format for websites

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The weird and wacky!
Interviews
• Name of person interviewed
• Year of interview
• Title of interview (if any)
• Interview with Jo Bloggs.
• Interviewed by Ann Jones
• ForTitle of publication or broadcast (if relevant)
• Day, month of interview, page numbers (if relevant).
e.g. Blair A. Interviewed by Jeremy Paxman for Newsnight, BBC2
Television, 2 Feb 2003.
(if published on the internet, add the URL and accessed date).

26. ACTIVITYTIME:
Spot the missing information in the
reference list!

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Top tips to
remember
when it comes
to
referencing…

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REMEMBER…
BE
CONSISTENT!!

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REMEMBER…
Even the weird and wacky references
need the same bits of information:
 Author
 Title
 Where you found it from!

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REMEMBER…
And there is always help available…
 Refer to your handbook:
https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/is
g/documents/pdf/project/mscprojecth
andbook15onwards.pdf
 This book covers all sorts of
referencing styles (real focus on
Harvard) > > > >
 ME! 
Leanne.workman@royalholloway.ac.uk

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What reference
management
tools are there
to help me?

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Reference ManagementTools – what do they do?
• Capture, save and organise references
• Generate bibliographies and in-text citations (with plug-ins
into Word and Google Docs, etc) in many different types of
citation styles
• The Library provides access and support to:
RefWorks, Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley…
But there are others and all tools usually have online self-
help tutorials…

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Before I scoot off, my last few
questions…
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34. Any
questions?

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Want further help?
Leanne.Workman@rhul.ac.uk
http://libguides.rhul.ac.uk/Inform
ationSecurity/Referencing
1-2-1 Sessions (or you can simply
email me! )