Library guide
Referencing and citing
Janet MacKay, July 2015
UG GEN007 [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/documents/guides/gen/uggen007.pdf]
Please note: some examples in this guide have been altered slightly to reflect the latest editions of the source material referred to (see page 9) and changes in general referencing practices.
1. Introduction
This guide explains how to record what you have read and referred to in your written work, both within the text (citing) and at the end of your written work (bibliography). It is vital that you acknowledge what resources - print and electronic (including the Web) - you have referred to in your report or essay…
…if you don’t, you can be accused of plagiarism - the unacknowledged use of other people’s words and ideas. This is cheating.
There are two systems of referencing: author/date and numerical. Within these systems there are more than 3000 different styles.
This guide provides a basic introduction and covers only three of the more common styles. There is no single style used across the University. In fact style preferences can vary within a School or Department.
Always check your course handbook and/or ask your supervisor. You may lose marks for poor referencing.
Students of the School of Education and the School of Law have their own specific referencing styles and they should use the separate education and law guides rather than this one.2. Citing within the text
When you refer in your written work to someone else’s ideas, whether you are using your own words (paraphrasing) or quoting their exact words (never more than a couple of sentences), you must provide a short citation in the text using one of the following:
AUTHOR/DATE SYSTEM (eg Harvard and MHRA)
Using the Harvard method, put the author’s surname and year of publication in round brackets immediately before or after the text.
eg (in the text) Smith (2001, p. 45) has argued that…. OR
“life is a sham” (Brown, 2008, p. 23).
NUMERIC SYSTEM (eg Vancouver/Uniform)
Use a running number in the text which links to the numbering in the bibliography at the end. eg (in the text) Archer (3) claims that …
(and in the bibliography at the end)
3. Archer, D. (2007) Global warming. Oxford: Blackwell. USING FOOTNOTES (eg Chicago and MHRA)
Use a running number for each chapter and cite the work in a footnote at the bottom of the page. eg (MHRA style in the text) Moffat argues that our landscape has formed our history. 10
OR
‘Time is a commodity which few women possess in great quantity.’ 1
(then at the foot of the page)
1 Donna Dickenson. Property, women & politics. (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1997) p.7.
USING QUOTATIONS
If you are quoting more than a few words then indent the quotation from the rest of the text, for example: For a class in a subordinate position within the whole system of social production to become an effective contender for power it must first become conscious, both of its own position and of the antagonistic
relationship that this involves with the dominant class. As Marx (1920, pp. 188-189) explains in relation to the working class:
The economic conditions have in the first place transformed the mass of the people of a country into wage-workers. The domination of capital has created for this mass of people a common situation with common interests.
Marx, K. (1920) The poverty of philosophy: being a translation of the misère de la philosophie (a reply to “la philosophie de la misère” of M. Proudhon). Translated from the French by H. Quelch. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr. (Original work published 1847).
The above quotation is referenced using the Harvard style.
Citing a secondary person
Only cite the work that you have actually read. If you read a source that refers to the work of someone else ideally you should find and read the work that has been referred to. However, if you are unable to locate the original work you must make it clear to your reader that you are citing work that you have not read. The work that you have read is ‘secondary’ as you are relying on someone else’s interpretation or opinion of the original work rather than your own. For example:
Smith (2007) cites Brown 2001 saying that……… OR
Brown (2001, cited by Smith 2007) says…….
In your bibliography only reference Smith as you have not actually read the book by Brown.
Citing personal communications, lecture notes etc.
Requirements for this depend on your discipline and/or referencing style. In most instances such works are cited within the text; however a fuller citation within the reference list may not be permitted. Check your course handbook or with your supervisor. An example of a personal communication would be:
Within the text: Dawson (2012, personal communication) stated that….
In the bibliography: Dawson GA (2009) Phone conversation with Janet MacKay, 4 September
Electronic/print format references
References are intended to point the reader to the source of a statement or argument. Sources may be in print or electronic format and some styles require that the reference indicates the document format. Check your course handbook or with your supervisor to find out whether the source format is important (there can be slight variations in pagination or content between formats) and how much information you should present for electronic sources.
Note: the Harvard referencing style used to require print and electronic resources to be referenced
differently. This is no longer seen as necessary. If an electronic resource has all of the elements of the print version (eg page numbers, publication details) it should be referenced in the same way as the print version.
Corporate authors
Some publications are created or written by corporate organisations rather than being attributed to individual people. This may often be the case for organisational reports and web pages. The name of the organisation is known as the “corporate author” eg University of Aberdeen.
3. The bibliography/reference list at the end of your written work
You must create a bibliography at the end of your written piece of work. Check with your supervisor if you are expected to include everything you have read (bibliography) or simply list those items you’ve referred to in the text (reference list). Whichever style is required, it is either in alphabetical order by author or in numerical order if using a numeric style.
Depending on the style you use, there are conventions for how many authors to include. Generally the rule is a maximum of 2 or 3 but for some science based styles the maximum is 6.
Many disciplines in the Arts & Humanities expect primary and secondary material to be listed separately. The following are some of the more common styles:
Harvard: used across many disciplines
MHRA: used in some areas of the Arts and Humanities
Vancouver/Uniform: used in some science and medical areas
Harvard British Standard, a variation of Harvard, requires that you put the author’s family name in capitals. eg BLAXTER, L., HUGHES, C. and TIGHT, M. (2010) How to research, 4th edn. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
The details required in a reference vary according to the type of document you are citing, eg whole books, journal articles, conference proceedings. See the tables below for examples:
Book – whole (print)
Harvard Blaxter, L., Hughes, C. and Tight, M. (2010) How to research, 4th edn. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
MHRA Blaxter, Loraine, Christina Hughes and Malcolm Tight, How to Research, 4th edn (Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2010)
Vancouver/ Uniform
Blaxter L, Hughes C, Tight M. How to research. 4th ed. Maidenhead (UK): Open University Press; 2010. 329 p.
Book – whole (e-book in a database)
Harvard Blaxter, L., Hughes, C. and Tight, M. (2010) How to research, 4th edn. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
MHRA
Blaxter, Loraine, Christina Hughes and Malcolm Tight, How to Research, 4th edn
(Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2010), in ebrary <http://www.ebrary.com> [accessed 28 July 2015]
Vancouver/ Uniform
Blaxter L, Hughes C, Tight M. How to research. 4th ed. Maidenhead (UK): Open University Press; 2010 [cited 2015 Jul 28]. In: ebrary [Internet]. Ann Arbor (MI): ProQuest LLC. [2001] Available from: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/aberdeenuniv/detail.action?docID=10441949.
Book – whole (downloaded on to an ereader)
Harvard Blaxter, L., Hughes, C. and Tight, M. (2010) How to research. Available at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/kindlebooks (downloaded 28 July 2015).
MHRA Blaxter, Loraine, Christina Hughes and Malcolm Tight, How to Research, 4th edn (Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2010). Kindle e-book
Vancouver/ Uniform
Blaxter L, Hughes C, Tight M. How to research [Internet]. 4th ed. Maidenhead (UK): Open University Press; 2010 [cited 2015 Jul 28]. Available from: http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-
Research-Open-Study-Skills-ebook/dp/B004UBCX5K/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1438603036&sr=1-1
Book – chapter (print)
Harvard
Gooday, G. (2011) ‘Electricity and the Sociable Circulation of Fear and Fearlessness’, in Livingstone, D. N. and Withers, C. W. J. (eds.), Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 203-228.
MHRA
Gooday, Graeme ‘Electricity and the Sociable Circulation of Fear and Fearlessness’, in Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science, ed. by David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011), pp. 203-28
Vancouver/ Uniform
Gooday G. Electricity and the Sociable Circulation of Fear and Fearlessness. In: Livingston DN, Withers CW, editors. Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2011. p. 203-28.
Book – chapter (e-book chapter in a database)
Harvard
Gooday, G. (2011) ‘Electricity and the Sociable Circulation of Fear and Fearlessness’, in Livingstone, D. N. and Withers, C. W. J. (eds.), Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 203-228.
MHRA
Gooday, Graeme ‘Electricity and the Sociable Circulation of Fear and Fearlessness’, in Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science, ed. by David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011), pp. 203-28, in University Press Scholarship Online <http://www.universitypressscholarship.com> [accessed 28 July 2015]
Vancouver/ Uniform
Gooday G. Electricity and the Sociable Circulation of Fear and Fearlessness. In: Livingstone DN, Withers CW, editors. Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science [Internet]. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2011 [cited 2015 Jul 28]. p. 203-28. Available from: http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/ 9780226487298.001.0001/upso-9780226487267
Book – chapter (downloaded on to an ereader)
Harvard
Gooday, G. (2011) ‘Electricity and the Sociable Circulation of Fear and Fearlessness’, in Livingstone, D. N. and Withers, C. W. J. (eds.), Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science. Available at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/kindlebooks (downloaded 28 July 2015). MHRA
Gooday, Graeme ‘Electricity and the Sociable Circulation of Fear and Fearlessness’, in Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science, ed. by David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011). Kindle e-book
Gooday G. Electricity and the Sociable Circulation of Fear and Fearlessness. In: Livingstone DN, Withers CW, editors. Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science
Conference paper (print)
Harvard
Andone, D., Vasiu, R. and Robu, N. (2011) ‘Building a virtual campus for digital students’, IEEE Engineering Education 2011: Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education. Princess Sumaya University for Technology,Amman, Jordan, 4-6 April.
Washington, DC: IEEE, pp. 1069-1073.
MHRA
Andone, Diana, Radu Vasiu and Nicolae Robu, ‘Building a Virtual Campus for Digital Students’, in IEEE Engineering Education 2011: Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), (New York: IEEE, 2011), pp. 1069-1073
Vancouver/ Uniform
Andone D, Vasiu R, Robu N. Building a virtual campus for digital students. In: IEEE Engineering Education 2011: Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON); 2011 Apr 4-6; Princess Sumaya University for Technology,Amman, Jordan. New York: IEEE; 2011. p. 1069-73.
Conference paper (e-conference paper in a database)
Harvard
Andone, D., Vasiu, R. and Robu, N. (2011) ‘Building a virtual campus for digital students’, IEEE Engineering Education 2011: Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education. Princess Sumaya University for Technology,Amman, Jordan, 4-6 April.
Available at: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ (Accessed 28 July 2015).
MHRA
Andone, Diana, Radu Vasiu and Nicolae Robu, ‘Building a Virtual Campus for Digital Students’, in IEEE Engineering Education 2011: Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), (New York: IEEE, 2011), p. 1069-1073, in IEEE Xplore <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/> [accessed 28 July 2015]
Vancouver/ Uniform
Andone D, Vasiu R, Robu N. Building a virtual campus for digital students. IEEE Engineering Education 2011: Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON). 2011 Apr 4-6; Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan. New York: IEEE; 2011 [cited 2015 Jul 28];1069-73. In: IEEE Xplore [Internet]. New York: IEEE. [1963] - . [about 4 screens]. Available from: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/
stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5773280
Conference paper (e-conference paper on the Internet)
Harvard
Andone, D., Vasiu, R. and Robu, N. (2011) ‘Building a virtual campus for digital students’, IEEE Engineering Education 2011: Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education. Princess Sumaya University for Technology,Amman, Jordan, 4-6 April.
Available at: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/
252001202_Building_a_Virtual_Campus_for_digital_students (Accessed 28 July 2015).
MHRA
Andone, Diana, Radu Vasiu and Nicolae Robu, ‘Building a Virtual Campus for Digital Students’, in IEEE Engineering Education 2011: Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), (New York: IEEE, 2011), <http://www.researchgate.net/publication/
252001202_Building_a_Virtual_Campus_for_digital_students> [accessed 28 July 2015]
Vancouver/ Uniform
Andone D, Vasiu R, Robu N. Building a virtual campus for digital students. In: IEEE Engineering Education 2011: Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education [Internet]. 2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON); 2011 Apr 4-6; Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan. New York: IEEE; 2011 [cited 2015 Jul 28]. [about 4 p.]. Available from: http://www.researchgate.net/
Journal article (print)
Harvard Fischer, B.A. and Zigmond, M.J. (2011) ‘Educational approaches for discouraging plagiarism’, Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, 29(1), pp. 100-103. MHRA Fischer, Beth A. and Michael J. Zigmond, ‘Educational approaches for discouraging plagiarism’,
Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, 29 (2011), 100-103 Vancouver/
Uniform
Fischer BA, Zigmond MJ. Educational approaches for discouraging plagiarism. Urol Oncol-Semin Ori. 2011;29(1):100-3.
Journal article (electronic version of a print journal)
Harvard Fischer, B.A. and Zigmond, M.J. (2011) ‘Educational approaches for discouraging plagiarism’,
Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, 29(1), pp. 100-103. MHRA
Fischer, Beth A. and Michael J. Zigmond, ‘Educational approaches for discouraging plagiarism’, Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, 29 (2011), 100-103, in ScienceDirect <http://www.sciencedirect.com> [accessed 28 Jul 2015]
Vancouver/ Uniform
Fischer BA, Zigmond MJ. Educational approaches for discouraging plagiarism. Urol Oncol-Semin Ori [Internet]. 2011 Jan-Feb [cited 2015 Jul 28]; 29(1):100-3. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1078143910003674
Journal article (e-journal article with no page numbers)
Harvard
Fischer, B.A. and Zigmond, M.J. (2011) ‘Educational approaches for discouraging plagiarism’, Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, 29(1). doi:10.1016/j.urolonc.2010.11.014.
MHRA
Fischer, Beth A. and Michael J. Zigmond, ‘Educational approaches for discouraging plagiarism’, Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, 29.1 (2011), <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2010.11.014>
Vancouver/ Uniform
Fischer BA, Zigmond MJ. Educational approaches for discouraging plagiarism. Urol Oncol-Semin Ori [Internet]. 2011 Jan-Feb [cited 2015 Jul 28]; 29(1). Available from:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2010.11.014
NB: For Harvard and MHRA, if you use a url it is necessary to include the date accessed. If you use a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), there is no need to give the date accessed.
Newspaper article (print)
Harvard Lagan, B. and Leroux, M. (2007) ‘How sailor took a wrong turn and scuppered his dream trip to the in-laws’, The Times (London, England): Home News, 3 August, p. 23.
MHRA Lagan, Bernard and Marcus Leroux, ‘How sailor took a wrong turn and scuppered his dream trip to the in-laws’, The Times (London, England), 3 August 2007, Home News, p. 23 Vancouver/
Uniform
Lagan B, Leroux M. How sailor took a wrong turn and scuppered his dream trip to the in-laws. The Times (London, England). 2007 Aug 3; Home News:23 (col.1).
Newspaper article (e-newspaper article in a database)
Harvard Lagan, B. and Leroux, M. (2007) ‘How sailor took a wrong turn and scuppered his dream trip to the in-laws’, The Times (London, England): Home News, 3 August, p. 23.
MHRA
Lagan, Bernard and Marcus Leroux, ‘How sailor took a wrong turn and scuppered his dream trip to the in-laws’, in The Times (London, England), 3 August 2007, p. 23, in The Times Digital Archive 1785-2009 < http://gale.cengage.co.uk/times.aspx/> [accessed 28 July 2015]
Vancouver/ Uniform
Lagan B, Leroux M. How sailor took a wrong turn and scuppered his dream trip to the in-laws. The Times (London, England) Home News. 2007 Aug 3 [cited 2015 Jul 28];23. In: The Times Digital Archive 1785-2009 [Internet]. Boston: Cengage Learning. [2007] - . [about 1 screen]. Available from http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/
infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=abdn&tabID=T003&docPage =article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF503553416&type=multipage&contentSet =LTO&version=1.0 Gale Document Number: IF503553416
Newspaper article (e-newspaper article on the Internet)
Harvard
Lagan, B. and Leroux, M. (2007) How sailor took a wrong turn and scuppered his dream trip to the in-laws. Available at http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/article1973568.ece (Accessed: 28 July 2015).
MHRA
Lagan, Bernard and Marcus Leroux, ‘How sailor took a wrong turn and scuppered his dream trip to the in-laws’, The Times (London, England), 3 August 2007
<http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/article1973568.ece> [accessed 28 July 2015] Vancouver/
Uniform
Lagan B, Leroux M. How sailor took a wrong turn and scuppered his dream trip to the in-laws. The Times (London, England) [Internet]. 2007 Aug 3 [cited 2015 Jul 28];Home News:23. Available from: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/article1973568.ece
Report (print)
Harvard Tesco (2012) Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012. Cheshunt: Tesco PLC. MHRA Tesco, Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (Cheshunt: Tesco PLC, 2012) Vancouver/
Uniform Tesco. Annual report and financial statements 2012. Cheshunt (UK): Tesco PLC; 2012. 153 p.
Report (report on the Internet)
Harvard
Tesco (2012) Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012. Available at:
http://www.tescoplc.com/files/reports/ar2012/files/pdf/tesco_annual_report_2012.pdf (Accessed: 28 July 2015).
MHRA
Tesco, Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (Cheshunt: Tesco PLC, 2012) <http://www.tescoplc.com/files/reports/ar2012/files/pdf/tesco_annual_report_2012.pdf> [accessed 28 July 2015]
Vancouver/ Uniform
Tesco. Annual report and financial statements 2012 [Internet]. Cheshunt (UK): Tesco; 2012 [cited 2015 Jul 28]. Available from: http://www.tescoplc.com/files/reports/ar2012/files/pdf/ tesco_annual_report_2012.pdf
Thesis (print)
Harvard Smallegoor, E. (2010) Novel upstarts: Frances Burney and the lower middle class. Unpublished PhD thesis. University of Aberdeen.
MHRA Smallegoor, Elles., ‘Novel Upstarts: Frances Burney and the Lower Middle Class’ (unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2010)
Vancouver/ Uniform
Smallegoor E. Novel upstarts: Frances Burney and the lower middle class [dissertation]. Aberdeen (UK): University of Aberdeen; 2010. 160 p.
Thesis (thesis on the Internet)
Harvard
Smallegoor, E. (2010) Novel upstarts: Frances Burney and the lower middle class. PhD thesis. Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen. Available at: http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/ (Accessed: 28 July 2015).
MHRA
Smallegoor, Elles, ‘Novel Upstarts: Frances Burney and the Lower Middle Class’ (unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2010), in University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources <http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/> [accessed 28 July 2015]
Vancouver/ Uniform
Smallegoor E. Novel upstarts: Frances Burney and the lower middle class [dissertation on the Internet]. Aberdeen (UK): University of Aberdeen; 2010 [cited 2015 Jul 28]. 160 p. Available from: http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/
Law students will find examples of legal documents in the OSCOLA style (4th edition) at:
www.law.ox.ac.uk/publications/oscola.php
UK statute – post 1963 (print)
Harvard Equality Act 2010, c. 15. London: Stationery Office.
MHRA HM Government. Equality Act 2010: Chapter 15. (London: Stationery Office, 2010) Vancouver/
Uniform Equality Act 2010, c. 15 (Eng.).
UK statute (statute on the Internet)
Harvard Equality Act 2010, c. 15. Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/pdfs/ ukpga_20100015_en.pdf (Accessed: 28 July 2015).
MHRA
HM Government. Equality Act 2010: Chapter 15. (London: Stationery Office, 2010)
<http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/pdfs/ukpga_20100015_en.pdf> [accessed 28 July 2015]
Vancouver/
Web page
Harvard University of Aberdeen (2015) Library, Special Collections and Museums. Available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/ (Accessed: 28 July 2015).
MHRA University of Aberdeen, Library, Special Collections and Museums (Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, 2015), <http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ library/> [accessed 28 July 2015]
Vancouver/ Uniform
University of Aberdeen [Internet]. Aberdeen (UK): University of Aberdeen; 2011-2015. Library, Special Collections and Museums; [cited 2015 Jul 28]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Sources
The examples in this referencing guide are based on the following sources:
Harvard
Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2013) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 9th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave Study Skills).
MHRA
Modern Humanities Research Association, MHRA Style Guide: A Handbook for Authors and Editors, 3rd edn (London: Modern Humanities Research Association, 2013).
Vancouver/Uniform
Patrias K. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling DL, technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 - [updated 2011 Sep 15; cited 2015 Aug 3]. Available from: www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine
Further help
A search on Google Advanced and limiting to ac.uk domain sites will provide a wealth of Higher Education sites in the UK offering examples and advice.
The Library also has books on referencing and citing, with some style manuals. Check our holdings in Primo at: http://primo.abdn.ac.uk
Abbreviations of journal titles
If you are using a referencing style that requires abbreviated journal titles, the following sites and resources may help you to locate the correct abbreviation:
Journal Citation Reports (a database within Web of Science): https://jcr.incites.thomsonreuters.com/ Journal Abbreviation Sources (All That JAS): www.abbreviations.com/jas.php
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations: www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/
Useful web sites
APA www.apastyle.org/ Chicago
Although not described in this hand-out, this style is popular in some of the Arts & Humanities:
www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html Harvard www.citethisforme.com/guides/harvard-cite-them-right
Advice
Remember to check your course handbook and/or your supervisor for advice on the citation style required for your assignments. Information Consultants can also provide assistance (but won’t necessarily know the specific style for your course):
For IT queries regarding access to Primo and other electronic resources - contact the IT Service Desk: Tel: (01224) 273636 (this number also connects you to the Out-of-Hours Service);
Email: [email protected]
For advice on searching Primo and other resources please speak to the Subject Floor staff or contact the Information Consultant for your subject area:
Arts & Humanities Janet MacKay
[email protected] Tel:(01224) 272572
Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Dentistry Mel Bickerton
[email protected] Tel:(01224) 437876 Education, Music & Social Sciences
Claire Molloy
[email protected] Tel:(01224) 274813
Law & Business Studies Elaine Shallcross
[email protected] Tel:(01224) 273848 Life and Physical Sciences & Engineering
Susan McCourt [email protected] Tel:(01224) 273287 General support Ewan Grant [email protected] Tel:(01224) 272587
Further information
There are software packages that are useful for formatting bibliographies/reference lists, eg RefWorks, Mendeley, Zotero. The Information Consultants provide support for RefWorks.
Further information about RefWorks is at:
www.abdn.ac.uk/library/learning-and-teaching/for-students/refworks/
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