PRESENTING CORRECT

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

SOMETIMES CALLED REFERENCING

Partly based on Graham Taylor’s presentation from

Unley High School

What Is Referencing?

• It is the formal acknowledgment of the work of others

• It shows you are an effective & ethical researcher & that you are ICT literate

• It improves the quality & credibility of your work

• It demonstrates that you are engaged in real learning

• With practice it becomes second nature

Why Use Referencing?

• To show you have gathered information from a range of sources

• To demonstrate your ability to evaluate/synthesise information

• To support your argument

• To allow the reader to follow up interesting information and to check the facts for him/herself

• To give credit where it is due

When do you Reference?

We can use other people’s work in a number of ways:•Quoting exact words•Copying figures, tables etc•Paraphrasing in your own words but using their ideas•Summarising their ideasEach time you do this:•Identify the other person’s contribution in the text as a footnote AND in the bibliography at the end

What If You Don’t Reference?

• It is called plagiarism because it is taking someone else’s work and claiming it is your own

• People who plagiarise are losers

• Plagiarism is considered a serious offence, which incurs serious consequences

Tips for managing your Reference sources

• Record the reference information as you research

• Add to the bibliography as you go and avoid this situation

•Format & sort alphabetically by author’s surname at the end

How do you write a Correct Bibliography

• It is placed at the end of the assignment & must include all References you looked at. (Whether you used the information or not)

• It must include these items in this order– Author’s surname followed by initials or first name

– Title (in italics or underlined)

– Place of publication (City)

– Publisher

– Year of publication