2. Referencing Week 1 2002-2003 Liverpool Hope University College Information Management & Communication

3. Overview What is a reference What information is needed How to cite How to create a list of references

4. According to Webster’s Dictionary (2002), a reference is “a short note acknowledging a source of information or quoting a passage” (2002). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, [online] www.dictionary.com [accessed] 17-Sept-02 What is a reference?

5. What information is needed? 5 easy steps 1.For all references start with the author information. (author surname, first) 2.Then add the publish date of the reference. (1990) 3.Next add the title of the reference. (The Definitive Guide to Referencing) 4.Next add the publishing details of the reference. Web address OR Publisher name and place 5.Last add specific details of the reference. Date web page was accessed OR page numbers.

6. How to cite. “A computer is a devices that allows data…to be stored, manipulated, retrieved and communicated electronically.” Whitfield A (2002). IM&C Booklet, Liverpool Hope. Page 3 According to Whitfield (2002), data is information without meaning. Data has two aspects-information and instructions. Whitfield A (2002). IM&C Booklet. Liverpool Hope.

7. How to create a list. Your reference section of reports and papers should list all of your references alphabetically. Adam-Smith P (1978) The ANZACS, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne Butler J & Walbert D (1986) Medicine and the Law, Facts on File Publications, New York. Dewhirst C (1986) 'Hot air over the Himalayas', World Geographic, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 44-45. 'Anorexia nervosa' (1969) British Medical Journal, 1, 529-530. Beckleheimer J (1994) How do you cite URL's in a bibliography? [Online] www.nrlssc.navy.mil/meta/ bibliography.html [13-Dec-95] Educating America for the 21st century (1994) [Online] www.ilt.columbia.edu/CONF/ EdPlan.html [2001, May 16].

8. See…Easy! Warning: You must cite your references. If you use anyone’s work, for any reason, whether a friends, the internet, or a book, it is plagiarism, and reason for expulsion from the course.