Business Research Analysis
Deepak Baid
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What is Referencing?
- Referencing is providing
information on the sources that you
have used.
- In-text citation.
- Reference list
For Example…
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What is Referencing
You need to reference your sources both in the text of your assignment and this is called in-text citation.
You also need to provide a reference list at the end of your assignment.
The references are listed in alphabetical order.
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3 Reasons for Referencing
Academic
- To show the wide variety of sources you have used
- To show that you have used relevant sources
- To support the ideas and arguments you discuss in your work
Practical
- to help a reader to trace the sources you have used
- to help you to retrace the sources you have used in the past
Legal
- to avoid plagiarism
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Why do it?
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In text citation and reference list
According to RMIT (2005) referencing an information source used in an academic work means to employ a standardised method of acknowledging that source.
Pears & Shields (2005) state that the two principal methods of citation used in higher education are the Harvard (Author–date) system and the British Standard or Numeric system.
Reference
Pears, J. & Shields, G. (2005) Cite them right: the essential guide to referencing and plagiarism. Newcastle upon Tyne: Pear Tree Books
RMIT university library info-trek (2005) Available at: http://www.rmit.edu.au/library/info-trek/referencing. (Accessed: 24th October 2006).
In-text citation
In-text citation
Reference list
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Referencing a book
- Author (surname followed by initials)
- Year of publication (in round brackets)
- Title (in italics)
- Edition (only include the edition number
if it is not the first edition)
- Place of publication: Publisher
- Series and volume number (if relevant).
e.g.
Saunders, M. Lewis, P. Thornhill A. (2007) Research methods for business students . 4th edn. Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall.
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Referencing a Journal Article (print)
- Author, surname followed by initials
- Year of publication (in round brackets)
- Title of article (in quotation marks)
- Title of journal (in italics)
- Issue information, Volume, part number,
month or season
- Page reference.
e.g.
Brown, R. (2004) “Consideration of the origin of Herbert Simon’s theory of satisficing”, Management Decision, 42 (10) pp.1240-1256.
Referencing an electronic journal is slightly different from the print –the Quick Guide to Referencing to ensure you record all the information.
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This is the correct citation order for your journal article reference
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Referencing an extract from an internet database
Author
Year of publication (in round brackets)
Title of extract (in quotation marks)
Name of Database (in italics)
[Online] (in square brackets)
Available at: URL
(Accessed: date).
e.g.
Euromonitor (2005) ‘World market for retailing’, Euromonitor Global Market Information Database [Online]. Available at: http://www.euromonitor.com/GMID/default.asp (Accessed: 14 September 2008).
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