The document provides guidance on referencing and avoiding plagiarism for students in the Media Arts department, noting the importance of referencing to acknowledge sources and allow verification of arguments. It outlines what constitutes plagiarism and explains that the department uses the Harvard referencing style. Examples are given of how to reference different sources like books, journal articles, interviews and foreign language materials in-text and in bibliographies.

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Referencing and
ReferencingTools
libguides.rhul.ac.uk/MediaArts
Kim Coles
k.coles@rhul.ac.uk

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Why reference?
“Referencing is the process of acknowledging the sources you
have used in writing your essay, assignment or piece of work. It
allows the reader to access your source documents as quickly
and easily as possible in order to verify, if necessary, the validity
of your arguments and the evidence on which they are based.”
- Palgrave Study Skills Online, http://www.palgrave.com/studentstudyskills/page/referencing-and-
avoiding-plagiarism/
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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 Skills Online, http://www.palgrave.com/studentstudyskills/page/referencing-and-
avoiding-plagiarism/
Why reference?

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What referencing style do you use?
Media Arts Style Guide
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mediaarts/informationforcurrentstudents/home.aspx
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 Harvard Referencing
 Emphasises Author-Date of publication
Help with Harvard
• Staffordshire University Information Services:
https://www.staffs.ac.uk/assets/harvard_referencing_examples_tcm44-
39847.pdf
• Anglia Ruskin University:
http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm

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Examples of references
• Book with one author: Bould, Mark (2005) Film Noir. London:Wallflower
Press.
• Chapter in book: Andrew, Dudley (2004) ‘Adapting Cinema to History: A
Revolution in the Making’ in Stam, Robert and Raengo,Alessandra (eds) A
Companion to Literature and Film.Oxford: Blackwell, 189-204.
• Journal article: Andrew, Dudley (2008) ‘TheOntology of a Fetish’ Film
Quarterly 61:4, 62-66.
• Online newspaper article: Coney, James (2009) ‘Is this the start of a new
home loan war HSBC vows to lend £1billion to homebuyers with 10%
deposits’ Daily Mail, [online] 9th April 2009.Available at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1168461/Is-start-new-home-loan-
war-HSBC-vows-lend-1billion-homebuyers-10-deposits.html [Accessed on
20 April 2009].
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Citing audiovisual material
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British Universities Film andVideo Council Audiovisual Citation
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mediaarts/informationforcurrentstudents/home.aspx
• Be aware that the references are not in Harvard style!
Use this as a guide as to what to include but do not replicate
the order of component parts: this is not Harvard.
• See section E of the Media Arts Style Guide.

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In-text references
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In Harvard referencing, list the author and year of publication in
brackets after your quotation/paraphrasing etc.
e.g.
 “quote” (Dudley, 2008, p.63)
 Some authors argue that… (Bould, 2005)
 Gibbs (2002) argues that…
Two papers by the same author? Smith, 2002 and Smith, 2003.
In the same year? Smith, 2002a and Smith 2002b.
No publishing date? Smith, n.d.
No page numbers? Smith, 2002, n.p (para. 4)

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Citing Interviews
To reference an interview in Harvard style, put the name of the interviewee
and the year in brackets as your in-text citation.
In your bibliography, list the name of the person being interviewed, the year (in
round brackets) and title of the interview (if any) in single quotation
marks.Then put Interviewed by or Interview with and the name of the
interviewer, followed by the title of the publication or programme (in italics)
and the day and month of the interview.
E.g.
Smith, A. (2012) Interviewed by John Humphries on Today, BBC Radio 4, 21
December.
From http://liv.ac.uk.libanswers.com/faq/49534
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Citing foreign language material
If no translation is provided
Thurfjell,W. (1975)Vart har våran doktor tagit vägen? Läkartidningen 72, p. 789.
or
Thurfjell,W. (1975). [Where has our doctor gone?]. Läkartidningen 72, p. 789. (In
Swedish).
Taken from: https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/citingreferences/tutorial/faq.html#faq16
If you are reading a translation:
Alberti, L. (1974) Music through the ages.Translated from the Italian, by R.
Pierce. London:Cassell. (Originally published in 1968).
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Managing your references - RefWorks
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RefWorks is a web-based tool that is free to use for
undergraduates and taught postgraduates. It will help you to
 Capture and save references
 Organise references
 Create bibliographies in a range of difference styles
https://youtu.be/Fy9Zqp8-Hgg
 Create in-text references
Create your RefWorks account:
http://libguides.rhul.ac.uk/referencing/RefWorks

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Creating a RefWorks account
When you first use RefWorks you will need to register. Click ‘Sign
Up for a New Account’, then fill in your registration details:
1.Your name
2.Your email address
3. Choose your login name and password
4. Select your user type (e.g. undergraduate)
5. Select your focus area (e.g. humanities)
6. Select ‘register’ to finish
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Questions
Referencing Drop-In help:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissertation-referencing-help-media-arts-tickets-18881273397
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