This document discusses how to properly reference sources in academic work. It explains that referencing is important to acknowledge where information comes from, support arguments, and allow others to check sources. A reference should include an in-text citation with a full reference listing details of the source. Quotations use exact words while paraphrasing rewrites information in one's own words, but both require referencing the original source. Examples are provided of how to correctly reference a quotation and paraphrase.

1. Correct use of sources How to acknowledge other people’s work in your assignments

3. What a reference looks like

5. What is a reference? A reference is the way that you acknowledge your use of other people’s work. There are two parts: The citation is a pointer in the text of your work, saying that you are using someone else’s ideas. The reference gives the full details of where the information came from. You put it in a reference list at the end of your work.

6. What does a reference look like? The following slide is a basic example. Your school or course may require references to be formatted in a slightly different way. Go to http://www.brad.ac.uk/library/elecinfo/cite.php to find the referencing guide for your course.

7. What does a reference look like? This is the citation This is the reference

9. You must make it plain exactly which words you are quoting, and acknowledge the source that they came from.

10. Charts, diagrams, photographs, code, etc. from someone else’s work also count as direct quotes.For more information go to http://www.brad.ac.uk/library/plagiarism#quoting

12. It is usually better to paraphrase, as it shows you have understood

14. Example of a correctly acknowledged paraphrase Even though it is often easier to use internet sites, students should still use library resources (Neville 2010). Here the idea is put into your own words, so there is no need for quotation marks. You still need to acknowledge the source of the idea with the family name of the author and the year of publication

15. Remember! If you learn and subsequently use anything from a resource you have read, you must acknowledge where it came from, even if you are not using exactly the same words as the original source

16. What next? Please go back to Blackboard (the window will still be open) and click the “Mark Reviewed” button. The next lesson is on types of plagiarism.