{"id":2644,"date":"2020-11-02T10:45:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:15:02","slug":"managing-information-referencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/managing-information-referencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Information: Referencing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/10\/alphabets-1839737_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/10\/alphabets-1839737_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/10\/alphabets-1839737_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/10\/alphabets-1839737_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/10\/alphabets-1839737_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Referencing is an important part of academic writing \u2013\nyou\u2019ll usually find it included in the marking criteria for your assignments\nand projects, with marks being awarded for correctly formatted citations and\nreference lists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is referencing important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It acknowledges the ideas and contributions of\nothers that you have drawn upon in your work, ensuring that you avoid\nplagiarism<\/li><li>It highlights the range of reading you\u2019ve done\nfor your assignment and makes your own contribution clear, showing how you\u2019ve\ntaken ideas from others and built upon them<\/li><li>It enables the person reading your work to\nfollow up on your references so they can learn more about the ideas you\u2019ve\ndiscussed in your work or check any facts and figures.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does referencing work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ASK Online Learning Resources 3.2: Managing Information - How to reference\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MeMATcEoMcQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are there any tools that can help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes!&nbsp; There are lots of referencing tools that can help you manage and format your citations and references correctly.&nbsp; Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA5196944630002411\">Cite Them Right<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A very useful online tool that lists all the information you need to include in a reference and provides examples of how a reference will look as an in-text citation and in a reference list.&nbsp; See our \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/2019\/03\/20\/level-up-your-referencing-cite-them-right\/\">Level Up Your Referencing: Cite Them Right<\/a>\u2019 blog for more information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Citation Buttons <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"61\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/10\/citation.png\" alt=\"Citation button consisting of a speech mark &quot;\" class=\"wp-image-2645\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep an eye out for this symbol on Library\nSearch and Google Scholar.&nbsp; Clicking the\nbutton will provide the option for you to copy a reference in a particular\nstyle and paste it directly into your reference list.&nbsp; You might need to tidy it up a little bit but\nit will save you time over writing them manually. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Reference Building Tools: e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/zbib.org\/\">ZoteroBib<\/a> <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference building tools help you\nto create a bibliography using the correct referencing style.&nbsp; You can input information manually or use\nimport functions to pull information through from other webpages or documents.&nbsp; As with the citation button above, reference\nbuilding tools can save you time but you may still need to check the references\nare accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Reference Management Software: e.g. EndNote<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re writing a detailed essay, dissertation or thesis, you may like to use a reference management tool such as EndNote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mendeley.com\/?interaction_required=true\">Mendeley<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zotero.org\/\">Zotero<\/a> to help keep all of your references organised.&nbsp; This software allows you to manually add references or import them from Library Search, Google Scholar or Subject Databases; sort references into groups; attach pdf documents or add notes.&nbsp; You can then use the reference management software while you write to add in-text citations and format your reference list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University has a subscription for EndNote which is available in all University clusters and can be downloaded to your own personal device. You\u2019ll find information about how to get started with EndNote on our <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.ncl.ac.uk\/endnote\">EndNote Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Remember: <\/strong>whatever tool you use, it\u2019s always a good idea to get to know the conventions of the referencing style your school or lecturer would like you to use so that you can spot mistakes or missing information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out more about referencing and plagiarism by following this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citethemrightonline.com\/Tutorial\">tutorial<\/a> from Cite Them Right (You&#8217;ll need to log in to the institutional log in with your University username and password.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Referencing is an important part of academic writing \u2013 you\u2019ll usually find it included in the marking criteria for your assignments and projects, with marks being awarded for correctly formatted citations and reference lists. Why is referencing important? It acknowledges the ideas and contributions of others that you have drawn upon in your work, ensuring &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/managing-information-referencing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Managing Information: Referencing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8034,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[43,44,45,25,10,142,46,36,2,47,48,49,18,50,4,27,51,52,28,95,37,53,29,54,55,23,22,56,57,21,11,16,30,135,9,20,62,63,64,65,66,67,38,6,70,100,33,41,71,34,19,35,42,72,24,73],"class_list":["post-2644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-skills","tag-agribusiness","tag-agriculture","tag-animal","tag-linguistics","tag-archaeology","tag-architecture-2","tag-biology","tag-biomed","tag-business","tag-chemeng","tag-chemengnuis","tag-chemistry","tag-chinese-and-japanese","tag-civil","tag-classics","tag-combhon","tag-computing","tag-countryside","tag-communication","tag-culture-and-heritage","tag-dentistry","tag-earth","tag-education","tag-eee","tag-electricalnuis","tag-english-language","tag-english-literature","tag-environeng","tag-environsci","tag-film","tag-art","tag-french","tag-geography","tag-geospatial","tag-history","tag-italian","tag-marinesci","tag-marinetech","tag-marinenuis","tag-maths","tag-mecheng","tag-mechnuis","tag-medicine","tag-philosophy","tag-physics","tag-planning-and-landscape","tag-politics","tag-psychology","tag-reneweng","tag-sociology","tag-spanish-and-latin-american","tag-speech","tag-sport","tag-sustainability","tag-translating-and-interpreting","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6776,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions\/6776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}