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Appendix B

Referencing

The system of referencing used in the school of nursing is called the Harvard system. This is used at all degree levels too.

If you use any information from a book you must reference. If you dont this is called plagiarism. Try not to include to much information about three references for each A4 is about right. In the main body of the text if information is included from an author(s). You must say so e.g. Macloy(1982). That is the author of the book and the date it was written. If the information is more specific i.e. a phrase sentence etc. is used then cite the author date and page number e.g. (Macloy, 1982, p. 112).

All references used in the main body of assignment need including in the reference list at the end of the assignment. This is in alphabetical order by author surname. Books, journal and other media are all included in the same list, do not separate books fro journals, it will confuse your reader.

Books are listed by author, date title, place of publication, publisher.

 

E.g. Line, J. (1998) Psychology in Practice: London University Press.

 

The title of the book is either underlined or placed in italics.

Journals

Journals are listed by author, date, title of article, title of journal, part number, page numbers.

E.g. Stomch, R and Dales, P. (1999) „Inwards for knowledge in information technology, The Curriculum Papers, 2, 2 153-179.

Chapters in edited books

If you use quotes from a chapter in an edited book you need to follow the following form. Firstly you quote the author of the chapter and the date of the book. E.g. Mirchoff, W. (1982) The Desired Way to Practice: University press. In P. Sliplow. Studies On Reflection(pp. 75-119) Milan: Free Press.

Electronic Information

Similar to journals you need to know the author, date and title. For web pages you must include the full web page. E.g. Pearson M. (1999) Online study skills http:\ www.hud.ac.uk\schools\skills\referen.htm, Date accessed 16/9/99. Note you must include the date you accessed the information as this can be modified at any time. And thats it for assignments. Two other important things to mention is DONT LEAVE IT TILL THE LAST WEEK. Believe me the stress you put yourself under isnt worth it. Be proactive deal with it then relax while others flap. And also MAKE A BACK UP COPY. On floppy disk or cd rom or print out. A lot of students have mislaid their assignments and you will get no sympathy from the lecturers if this happens so always duplicate your assignment immediately.

Useful Addresses

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