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What is referencing?

Referencing is showing your reader where you have found your information.

Referencing means:

  • giving accurate information about the sources you have used in your work
  • giving this information both in your running text (in footnotes or in the text itself) and in a list of works cited or a bibliography.

Through referencing, you demonstrate:

  • that you master an essential element of academic writing
  • that you have understood the norms of scientific integrity
Published May 8, 2013 02:59 PM