Library ServicesReferencing and

Referencing Toolslibguides.rhul.ac.uk/MediaArts

Kim Colesk.coles@rhul.ac.uk

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Why reference?

“Referencing is the process of acknowledging the sources you have used in writing your essay,

assignment or piece of work. It allows the reader to access your source documents as quickly and easily as possible in order to verify, if necessary, the

validity of your arguments and the evidence on which they are based.”

- Palgrave Study Skills Online, http://www.palgrave.com/studentstudyskills/page/referencing-and-avoiding-plagiarism/

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What is plagiarism? Passing off as your own a piece of work that is

partly or wholly the work of another student Citing and referencing sources that you have not

used Quoting, summarising or paraphrasing material

in your assignment without citing the original source

'Recycling' a piece of your own work that you have previously submitted for another module or course (i.e. self-plagiarism).

Palgrave Study Skills Online, http://www.palgrave.com/studentstudyskills/page/referencing-and-avoiding-plagiarism/

Why reference?

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What referencing style do you use?

Media Arts Style Guidehttps://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mediaarts/informationforcurrentstudents/home.aspx Harvard Referencing Emphasises Author-Date of publication

Help with Harvard• Staffordshire University Information Services: https://

www.staffs.ac.uk/assets/harvard_referencing_examples_tcm44-39847.pdf

• Anglia Ruskin University: http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm

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Examples of references• Book with one author: Bould, Mark (2005) Film Noir.

London: Wallflower Press.• Chapter in book: Andrew, Dudley (2004) ‘Adapting Cinema

to History: A Revolution in the Making’ in Stam, Robert and Raengo, Alessandra (eds) A Companion to Literature and Film. Oxford: Blackwell, 189-204.

• Journal article: Andrew, Dudley (2008) ‘The Ontology of a Fetish’ Film Quarterly 61:4, 62-66.

• Online newspaper article: Coney, James (2009) ‘Is this the start of a new home loan war HSBC vows to lend £1billion to homebuyers with 10% deposits’ Daily Mail, [online] 9th April 2009. Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1168461/Is-start-new-home-loan-war-HSBC-vows-lend-1billion-homebuyers-10-deposits.html [Accessed on 20 April 2009].

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Citing audiovisual material

British Universities Film and Video Council Audiovisual Citationhttps://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mediaarts/informationforcurrentstudents/home.aspx • Be aware that the references are not in Harvard

style! Use this as a guide as to what to include but do not replicate the order of component parts: this is not Harvard.

• See section E of the Media Arts Style Guide.

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In-text references

In Harvard referencing, list the author and year of publication in brackets after your quotation/paraphrasing etc.e.g. “quote” (Dudley, 2008, p.63) Some authors argue that… (Bould, 2005) Gibbs (2002) argues that…Two papers by the same author? Smith, 2002 and Smith, 2003. In the same year? Smith, 2002a and Smith 2002b.No publishing date? Smith, n.d.No page numbers? Smith, 2002, n.p (para. 4)

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Citing InterviewsTo reference an interview in Harvard style, put the name of the interviewee and the year in brackets as your in-text citation. In your bibliography, list the name of the person being interviewed, the year (in round brackets) and title of the interview (if any) in single quotation marks. Then put Interviewed by or Interview with and the name of the interviewer, followed by the title of the publication or programme (in italics) and the day and month of the interview.E.g.Smith, A. (2012) Interviewed by John Humphries on Today, BBC Radio 4, 21 December. From http://liv.ac.uk.libanswers.com/faq/49534

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Citing foreign language materialIf no translation is providedThurfjell, W. (1975) Vart har våran doktor tagit vägen? Läkartidningen 72, p. 789.

orThurfjell, W. (1975). [Where has our doctor gone?]. Läkartidningen 72, p. 789. (In Swedish).

Taken from: https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/citingreferences/tutorial/faq.html#faq16

If you are reading a translation:Alberti, L. (1974) Music through the ages. Translated from the Italian, by R. Pierce. London: Cassell. (Originally published in 1968).

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Managing your references - RefWorksRefWorks is a web-based tool that is free to use for undergraduates and taught postgraduates. It will help you to Capture and save references Organise references Create bibliographies in a range of difference styles

https://youtu.be/Fy9Zqp8-Hgg Create in-text references

Create your RefWorks account:

http://libguides.rhul.ac.uk/referencing/RefWorks

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Creating a RefWorks account

When you first use RefWorks you will need to register. Click ‘Sign Up for a New Account’, then fill in your registration details:

1. Your name2. Your email address3. Choose your login name and password4. Select your user type (e.g. undergraduate)5. Select your focus area (e.g. humanities)6. Select ‘register’ to finish

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Questions

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