Referencing and Bibliographies Quiz

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Question 1

Why do you need to reference your work?

To show how much work you’ve done

To get better marks in your assignments

To check whether the information you are using is correct

All of the above

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• That’s right.• Correctly referencing your work can help

you in many ways, not least by improving your marks.

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Clarke, A. (2005), IT Skills for Successful Study, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

The correct way to reference this publication is:

(Clarke, A., 2005)(Clarke, 2005)(IT Skills, 2005)(Clarke, IT Skills)

Question 2

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• That’s right.• A correct reference includes the author’s

name and the date of publication – you should not include anything else except the page number.

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On the bibliography entry below, click on the title of the article that has been quoted from.

Carlowe, J. (2009), “Wake up call for in Nursing Times, 10thdiabetes”,

March 2009, pp. 8-10.

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• That’s right.• You should put a bibliography entry for

each article you use in a magazine or journal (not for the whole magazine). Put the title of the article in speech marks.

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If you were referencing the website below, who would you put as the author?

BBC (2008), Food Standards Agency makes recommendations on healthy eating [online], http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/nutrition/healthy_balance1.shtml.

BBCFood Standards AgencyNo author is given

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• That’s right.• If you cannot find the name of a person,

you should put the name of the organisation or company that created the website you used.

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Look at the website on the next page and click on the title of the webpage.

Question 5

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• That’s right.• You should try to find the name of the

specific page that you have used, and put this in your bibliography.

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Anglia Ruskin University (n.d.), Harvard System of Referencing Guide [online], http:// libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm.

What else needs to be added to the above bibliography entry?

Author’s nameDate of publicationWebsite addressDate of accessing the webpage

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• That’s right.• You should always include the date you

accessed the website in your bibliography.

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Which one of the following quotations and references is correctly formatted?

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Smith writes that “there are two major ways of referencing: the Harvard system and the Cambridge system” (Smith, 2000, p. 98).

According to Smith (2000), “There are two major ways of referencing: the Harvard System and the Cambridge system” (2000, p. 98).

Smith writes that “there are two major ways of referencing: the Harvard system and the Cambridge system” (2000, p. 98).

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• That’s right.• There are a number of correct ways to

give a reference, but you only need to give each piece of information once.

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Look at the book on the next page and decide how you would put it into a bibliography.

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Be a

Better

Student

Be a

Better

Studentby

Anne Michaels

Sean Thompson

Theresa Green

Ronnie McDonnie

How would you write the authors’ names in your bibliography?

Anne Michaels

Michaels, Thompson, Green and McDonnie

Michaels, A., etc.

Michaels, A. and Thompson, S., et al

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• That’s right.• If there are more than two authors you

should list the first two and then write et al (“and the others”).

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Question 9

After you have written the authors’ names, what information would you put into your bibliography next?

The title of the book

The date of publication

The name of the publisher

The library classification number

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• That’s right.• List the authors’ names first and then write

the date of publication (in brackets).

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Question 10

Pick the correct bibliography entry on the next page.

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Michaels, A. and Thompson, S. et al, “Be a Better Student”, London: Unlimited Books, 2000.

Michaels, A. and Thompson, S. et al (2000), Be a Better Student, London: Unlimited Books.

Michaels, A. and Thompson, S. et al (2000), Be a Better Student. Published in London by Unlimited Books.

Michaels, A. and Thompson, S. et al (2000), Be a Better Student (Unlimited Books).

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• That’s right.• The correct format for a bibliography entry

is:

Name of author (Date), Title of Book, Place of publication: Name of publisher.

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The end

• That’s the end of the quiz.• Well done for finishing, and remember that

you can get extra help with your references and bibliographies from your learning facilitator or from the book Cite Them Right (class mark 808.027 PEA).

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