Learn the key principles of referencing and where to get help.

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Referencing
Referencing(referringtothe work of others) is an important elementof your academic writing.Consistent
and accurate citing and referencinghelpsyou to avoid plagiarism.
The key principlesunderlyingreferencingare:
 Consistency - use the same formatting throughout your piece of work, whateverstyle you use.
 Meaningfulness - include all the relevantinformationyour reader needsto trace that reference
themselves.
 Logic - understand whento cite and why(e.g.to acknowledge the work of others)
Referencing at UWS
The followingreferencingstylesare usedat UWS: UWS Harvard, APA (American Psychological Association)
and OSCOLA (OxfordStandard for the Citationof Legal Authorities).
Support with Referencing
UWS ReferencingGuide
<http://moodle.uws.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3425%22%20target%3D%5C%22_blank> and Collection
of ReferencingExamples(CoRE)
<http://moodle.uws.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/245937/mod_resource/content/1/CoRE/index.htm>
APA Tutorial from The Universityof Cardiff <https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/citingreferences/apatutorial/index.html>
OSCOLA Tutorial from The Universityof Cardiff
<https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/citingreferences/oscola/tutorial/index.htmlcingatUWS>
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