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Mention the Mistake Students Commit while Collecting Reference for
Assignment. Give Tips for Referencing your Academic Assignment
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I. INTRODUCTION
It is essential to gather references for any
academic assignment. In fact, the number
of references given for any assignment/
proposal/dissertation speaks about how
one has explored the sources and
understood the contents. One has to take
much care while exploring the literatures;
some literatures might be very much
relevant to our topic of interest or subject
of concern but it may not be recent
research or idea. In such cases many
researchers would have analysed that
particular journal/manuscript and would
have appended innovations or would have
refined it. It may not be viable in such
cases for further adding one’s idea. Hence,
one must be watchful not only on the topic
of research but also should pay attention
on the year of publication. The style of
citing the reference is equally important as
collecting the references.
II. COMMON MISTAKES WHILE
COLLECTING REFERENCES
Referencing or citation is a process in
scripting assignments to provide credits to
the writers from the facts and information
collected through the article. It permits us
to use the input/idea of other authors and
researchers in our work. By referencing an
article as it should be, one can give
evidence to support his/her deliberations
and assertions.
References are one among the main
constituents of any good research
manuscript. They actually reveal the
source of ongoing research and assists the
reader to comprehend the subject in a
better way. However, quite a many times
they are uncertain. Most of the researchers
or students lack the skill of providing
citations and references. Either they are
not aware of it or they do it wrongly. There
may be major or minor mistakes while
collecting/citing references. The major
error stops the reader or reviewer or editor
to retrieve the article cited or it is hard for
them to recover the article because of a
few missing factors that are vital. The
common errors found in
referencing/citations include spelling
mistakes made in the author’s name
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especially that of the first author, quoting a
wrong title, mismatch with respect to
authors and title. The minor errors usually
will not affect the article retrieval. There
may be punctuation errors, not quoting the
year of publication, etc. are considered as
minor errors. Many students as well as
scholars habitually overlook the
significance of a right citation and a
referencing scheme, but when they do
these two substances properly, the
credits/grades will definitely be boosted.
Scholars/students regularly commit the
mistake of dedicating their entire energies
on the manuscript, paying minimum
attention for the list of references. While
students are in the process of shaping their
paper in various segments, they must take
account of even the references as an
indispensable segment, which will
automatically draw their devotion to it.
This ensures investing their considerable
time to center on it as a distinct dome.
III. CONTENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN
“REFERENCES”
Referencing as well as citing information
may be scary for students/ scholars who
are not realizing the principles. There are
several methods/techniques available for
referencing. Yet, this may vary for
different organizations/institutes,
departments/schools. Moreover, a teacher
or guide may need different style. The
students or scholars should ensure with
their respective supervisors for the
necessary method to quote the article.
Sometimes, it may suit the demand of the
conference or symposium to which the
students are submitting their paper.
Improper referencing may lead to losing of
marks in assignments and so considerable
time and care should be paid for learning
the ways of proper referencing.
The student or scholar should be consistent
enough in following certain format that is
apt for the particular assignment/paper,
which is usually provided by the
institution. For instance, it may be “APA”
or “MLA” or “IEEE” formats. The author
has to follow the prescribed style
throughout the paper and should not
switch between styles. Employing
parenthetical citation or in-text citation is
another vital component to be followed in
the script/assignment. The important
details to be encompassed in a citation are
the name of the author(s) without any
spelling mistake, correct title of the paper
to be referenced, name and location of the
source (journal name or conference name
or book name), date on which the referred
article was published, volume number of
the journal or conference proceedings,
page number of that particular article in
the journal, book or conference
proceedings, which is depicted in Figure 1.
It is a good exercise to cite when quote or
work of other researcher is used.
Nowadays, Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
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is being used along with referencing for
easy retrieval of a particular paper or
article.
At the time of exploring the literature, the
student or scholar can note down all the
particulars pertaining to that article
(author’s name, text title, page number(s),
publication date etc.) as notes in a
notebook or type in a word document and
save with proper name. This practice will
save most of your time and pressure as you
no need hit the search page again and
again while you prepare the list of
references. The in-test citation style also is
different as your referencing style. Some
article may demand the square braces with
number as in the reference list and some
may require superscripts with reference
number and some other journal
necessitates the author name and year of
publication in the parenthesis. Students
must be careful enough to choose the apt
one as demanded.
At the present time, there are many
software or online tools available, which
are dedicated for referencing. However,
one should know how to properly use or
apply the online tools. Otherwise, time
spent on it will be wasted. Rather, students
may utilize the reliable academic writing
services for appropriate referencing and
saving time.
IV. CONCLUSION
Though referencing may be complex task
as it takes much of student’s time, correct
tools, proper learning, appropriate
allocation of time, including vital details
will make the referencing effective thereby
fetching good marks or grades to the
students and scholars. Seeking the help of
reliable assignment or academic writing
services stands as an alternate better choice
when the scholar has no idea about
citations and references or he/she does not
allocate proper time due to chaotic
schedule.
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