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Reference

Material for this lecture was takenfrom:

Cottrell, S., (2003). The Study SkillsHandbook. Basingstoke: Macmillan,p.135.

And from Referencing@Portsmouth.(2007). Retrieved December 8th, 2008,from http://referencing.port.ac.uk/.

Beware!!! Every part of the formattingshould be correct for referencingbecareful with full stops, commas, italicsetc. This is where packages likeEndnote are helpfulthey do

everything for you.

http://referencing.port.ac.uk/http://referencing.port.ac.uk/

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When must you reference?

When you draw on a source ofinformation:

as your inspiration (in general)

as the source of a particulartheory, argument, viewpoint ormethodology;

for specific examples, casestudies, statistics etc.

for direct quotations(reproducing the writers exactwords, which you put in

quotation marks);

for texts and electronicinformation which youparaphrase (re-write in yourown words).

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Types of reference - Conference paper

http://referencing.port.ac.uk/ showsa multitude of different types ofreference- we have come across aselection in the tutorials:

b) Author, Initials. (year, month day).Title of paper. Paper presented at title ofconference meeting or symposium.Retrieved month day, year, from URL ofweb page;

Anderson, D. (2007, November). Was the Manchester Baby conceived at BletchleyPark?Paper presented at Alan Mathison Turing 2004: A celebration of his life andachievements. Retrieved December 1st, 2008, from

http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.17134

Note that Endnote asks for the conference proceeding editors

http://referencing.port.ac.uk/http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.17134http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.17134http://referencing.port.ac.uk/

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Web article

Wiki danger!!! Anyone is freeto edit the Wikipedia pages, sothere is potential forimbalance and bias.

With reputable sites like theBBC, you know there is aresponsible, high qualityorganisation behind thearticles, so they are moretrustworthy.

b) Author, Initials. (year). Title. Retrieved month day, year, from Internetaddress.

Joseph Marie Jacquard. (2008). Retrieved December 1st, 2008, from theWikipedia website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Marie_Jacquard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Marie_Jacquardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Marie_Jacquard

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Blog from the BCS

What do you know of the BritishComputer Society? How are they

related to your degree? Can you trustmaterial on their site?

They are the professional body forcomputer scientists. Our degrees are

accredited by the BCS. I wouldgenerally trust material on their site(this is not a substitute for your ownjudgementyou should always beready to challenge material you believe

to be flawed.)

Author, Initials. (year). Title. Retrieved month day, year, from Internet address.

Pollard, A. (2008). Technology? Is it child's play or am I just getting old?RetrievedDecember 1st , 2008, from http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConBlogEntry.763

http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConBlogEntry.763http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConBlogEntry.763

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Book

Author, Initials., Author 2,Initials., & Author 3, Initials.(year). Title of book(Edition if laterthan first e.g. 3rd ed.). Place of

publication: Publisher.

Campbell-Kelly, M., & Aspray,W.H., (2006). Computer: A Historyof the Information Machine(2nd

ed.). Boulder: Westview.

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Journal article

Author, Initials. (year). Title of article. Title ofJournal, Volume number if there is one(Issuenumber), start and end page numbers ofarticle.

Hirvensalo, M. (2007), Phillip Kaye, RaymondLaflamme and Michele Mosca, An Introductionto Quantum Computing, Oxford UniversityPress (2007) ISBN 019857049X, p. xii+276Paperback $54. Computer Science Review 1,

73-76.

Note this journal is both printed andelectronic.

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Research and reference

Good, thorough research is identified by good, clear,consistent referencing.

Proper referencing will get you better marks.

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Get marks!

The excerpt below is from a data warehousingcoursework.

Your task is to write a critical analysis of the

use of data warehousing for building siteselection for Dean and Dyball, specificallyaddressing the points above. You need to set

out a clear and properly-referenced discussionIN YOUR OWN WORDS, DO NOT merely repeatwhole sections of the article. You will beexpected to show a clear understanding of all

aspects of data warehousing, and tocritically deploy related concepts to

support your analysis. Credit will be

given for any independent research

used to illustrate your arguments.

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Referencing tools

There is a referencingtool in Word 2007

this does not have allthe functionality ofEndnote.

ENDNOTE allows you to create a library

of a wide variety of types of reference(journal, book, web, etc.) and then cite as

you write in Word 2007.

Endnote Web version can be used to

transport references from university to

home.

Bibliographies are created automatically

for you. If you edit your text, references

are moved appropriately.