Tutor’stips:HowdoIreference?
Referenceorcitation?
Acitationisalinkinthetextthat
connectstheideasbeingdiscussedtothe
bibliography,e.g.(Fletcher,2007,p.27)
Areferenceprovidesfulldetailsofthe
source,e.g.
Fletcher,L.(2007)‘Turninginterahamwe:
individualandcommunitychoicesinthe
Rwandangenocide’.JournalofGenocide
Research,(9)1,pp.25–48.
Bibliographyorreferencelist?
Referencelist–textsyou’vecited
Bibliography–everythingyoureadforthe
assignment,whetherornotyou’ve
referredtoit.
Rules
Forrules,goto‘infoSuss:Referencing’
andlookupthereferencesystemyour
schoolrecommends.
https://studydirect.sussex.ac.uk/course/vi
ew.php?id=20813&topic=20
Whenyoutakenotes,makesureyou
includeallthereferenceinformationso
youdon’thavetodigitoutlater.Towrite
yourreferences,followtheguidelines
EXACTLY,puttingtheinfoinrightorder
andusingthecorrectpunctuationand
letterspacing.
Lostreference?Trygooglinganexact
quotetofindthesource.
Settingoutyourquote
Shortquotelayout:
-withintheparagraph,usingquotation
marks,andcitation
Longquotelayout(40words+)
-introphrasetointroducethequote
-indentquote
-citation
-discussthequoteafterwards
Paraphrasing
-noquotationmarksbutgiveacitation
CathSenker,Autumn2015
Integratingaquoteintoyourwriting
Showyouunderstandyourquotationand
explainhowithelpstoadvanceyour
argument.Everyquotehastodoajobfor
you–makeitworkhard!Ensurethe
quotemakessensewithinyoursentence,
introducingitsoitflowswell.For
example,checkthetensesareconsistent
–ifthequoteisinthepresenttense,
introduceinpresenttense.Sometimes,
it’sbettertoparaphrasetheargumentin
thesourceratherthanusingadirect
quote.
Makeabankofusefulintrophrases
e.g.:
ToquotefromX,
Xsuggeststhat/statesthat
Xshowsus/demonstrates/tells
us/explains
InanarticleentitledNameofText,X
makesthepointthat
Referringto…,Xsaysthat/commentsthat
AsXwrote/stated
InNameofText,Xwrotethat
WritinginNameofText,Xexplainedthat
Writingin2014,Xarguedthat
Writingandreferencingresources
•GotoUniversityofSussexS3:
BookaStudySkillsone-to-onetutorial
BookfurtherStudySkillsworkshops
HowdoIreferencequotesandideas?
www.sussex.ac.uk/s3/?id=145
Dothereferencingandplagiarismquiz:
www.sussex.ac.uk/s3/?id=41
•Bookaone-to-onetutorialwithanRLF
writer:
www.sussex.ac.uk/library/guides/rlf
•ChecktheRLFguidetoessaywriting:
www.rlf.org.uk/resource/writing-essays
Itincludesasectiononquotesand
references.
•UsefulguidetoHarvardstyle:
www.library.dmu.ac.uk/Images/Selfstudy
/Harvard.pdf