Referencing

=Referencing=

What is a referencing system?
A referencing system is a consistent way of acknowledging reference material you have read or used, even if you have not used any quotes or direct references in your own work.

Why reference?
Referencing is good academic practice and is, in fact, required by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (as well as all universities and colleges). "A candidate's failure...to acknowledge appropriately...will be viewed as plagiarism, and will therefore be treated as malpractice" (IBO 1999, p.12)

UWCM
UWCM uses the Harvard system for referencing. This system uses the author and the date of the work in the main body of the text, and then has a list at the end of the work in alphabetical order by author (Bibliography)

Books
When you reference a book you need to list the following information in your bibliography.

Author, Initials/first name., Year. Title of book. Edition. (only include this if not the first edition) Place: Publisher.

Website
When you reference a website you need to list the following information in your bibliography.

Authorship or Source, Year. Title of web document or web page. [Medium] Available at: include web site address/URL(Uniform Resource Locator) and additional details such as access or routing from the home page of the source. [Accessed date].