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Referencing

 

Referencing Basics

Referencing is an essential part of academic writing. To learn the basic principles of referencing, check out the Library's introduction to referencing

 

Referencing styles

There are many different referencing styles available. Please check your course handbook or speak to your Module Lead to make sure you use the appropriate styles. The tools and tutorials listed below provide in-depth support and guidance on a number of referencing styles and will help you create correctly formatted in-text citations and bibliographies for over 150 different source types.

 

Further support

Introductory sessions on referencing, avoiding plagiarism, and reference management software are advertised throughout the academic year on the Library's events pages.

If you have questions about referencing or would like support with reference management software, then please get in touch with your subject librarian to arrange a 1:1 session.

 

Referencing tools and tutorials

 

Reference management software

Reference management software can save you time by formatting your in-text citations and generating bibliographies at the click of a button.

 

Further resources

EndNote

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Use EndNote reference management software to collect, store and import references into your work.

EndNote help

Plagiarism