1. How to reference books you have used in the text<br />If you use a quote, give the author’s name, date of publication and the page number, e.g.<br />“Children are more likely to write when they can see a purpose” (Tassoni 2008, p.129)<br />If you use information from a book, but put this into your own words, give the author’s surname and date of publication, e.g.<br />To encourage children to write, you should try to help them see the purpose for writing something (Tassoni, 2008)<br />How to reference books in the bibliography at the end of your work<br />Author’s Surname, INITIALS., Year of publication. Title. Edition (if not the first). Place of publication: Publisher.<br />For example:<br />Tassoni, P., 2008. Practical EYFS Handbook. Essex: Heinemann<br />How to reference websites you have used in the text<br />If you know the author and the date, give that. E.g:<br />The Daycare Trust suggests that “parents in England paid an average of £4,576 a year for 25 hours of nursery-based childcare a week” (Sellgren 2010)<br />Or you can simply give the URL address:<br />The Daycare Trust suggests that “parents in England paid an average of £4,576 a year for 25 hours of nursery-based childcare a week” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8506598.stm)<br />How to reference websites in the bibliography at the end of your work<br />Author’s Surname, INITIALS., Year. Title. Place of publication, Publisher (if known). Available from: URL [Accessed Date].<br />It is often difficult to find all these details, so just give as much as you can, for example:<br />Sellgren, K. 2010.Parents face childcare fees rise. BBC News Channel, Available from: http: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8506598.stm [Accessed 25th May 2010]<br />How to reference journals you have used in the text<br />Give the author, date of publication and page number, e.g.<br />There was found to be “wide levels of variation” in the support available to private foster carers from different local authorities (Blewett, 2010, p 23)<br />How to reference journals in the bibliography at the end of your work<br />Author’s Surname, INITIALS., Year of publication. Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume number, Page numbers of contribution.<br />For example:<br />Blewett, J 2010. Understanding Private Fostering. Community Care, issue 1817, 22 - 23 <br />