The Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism

by Neville, Colin

• ISBN13: 9780335241033
• ISBN10: 0335241034
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Open Univ Pr

Summary

Why is accurate referencing important?

Author Biography

Colin Neville is based at the University of Bradford and has worked as a lecturer, course organiser and learning development adviser in further and higher education for over 20 years. He is the Specialist Adviser and Research Consultant for the 'LearnHigher' referencing learning area (CETL project). Colin is also the author of How to Improve your Assignment Results and is co-author of The Ultimate Study Skills Handbook (both published by Open University Press).

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xii
The book chapters at a glance	p. xiii
The 'shock' of referencing	p. 1
Why reference?	p. 7
The 'what' and 'when' of referencing	p. 14
Plagiarism	p. 28
Referencing styles	p. 44
Name-referencing styles	p. 48
American Psychological Association (APA)	p. 48
Modern Language Association of America (MLA)	p. 49
Chicago/Turabian	p. 52
Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)	p. 53
Council of Science Editors (CSE)	p. 55
Numerical referencing styles	p. 57
British Standard	p. 68
Vancouver Style	p. 68
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)	p. 69
Council of Science Editors (CSE)	p. 69
Name-date (Harvard) style of referencing	p. 70
Frequently asked questions	p. 85
How to express your own ideas in assignments	p. 103
Referencing in action: example references	p. 111
	p. 194
	p. 195
	p. 196
Recommended reading on referencing	p. 198
References	p. 199
Index	p. 203
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