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Problems with references?Problems with references?
Libby TilleyLibby Tilley
English Faculty LibrarianEnglish Faculty Librarian
Aims of the sessionAims of the session
Key issues about referencing Key issues about referencing Locating appropriate Locating appropriate
guidanceguidance Software solutions to helpSoftware solutions to help Surgery – get help with Surgery – get help with
specific problems.specific problems.
Key issuesKey issues Why reference?Why reference?
Academic credibilityAcademic credibility Respect for legal aspects of Respect for legal aspects of
published works (copyright)published works (copyright)
What’s important?What’s important? ConsistencyConsistency AccuracyAccuracy OrganisationOrganisation
English Faculty guidelines
The Poems and Letters of Andrew Marvell, ed. H.M. Margoliouth, 3rd edn, rev. Pierre Legouis with the collaboration of E.E. Duncan-Jones, 2 vols (Oxford, 1971).
(edited work)
1. Primary sources: example
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1. Faulkner, William. Light in August. 1952 (London: Penguin Books)
2. Faulkner, William, Light in August (London, 1952, repr. 1960; first published 1933).
3. William Faulkner. Light in August (London, 1952, repr. 1960;)
4. Faulkner, W. Light in August. London (1952, repr. 1960; first published 1933).
Choose the correct format for a reference for this primary sourcein a bibliography
English Faculty guidelines
Article in a journal:Hillyer, Richard, ‘In More than
Name Only: Jonson’s “To Sir Horace Vere”’, Modern Language Review, 85 (1990), 1-11.
Article/Essay in book:Brogan, Jacqueline, ‘Stevens and
the feminine’, in The Cambridge Companion to Wallace Stevens, ed. John Serio (Cambridge, 2007), pp. 180-192.
2. Secondary sources: examples
Choose the correct format for a reference for this journal article
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1. Braswell, M. F. ‘Chaucer’s “Court Baron”: Law and The Canterbury Tales’. Studies in the Age of Chaucer. 16, 1994, 29-44.
2. Braswell, Mary Flowers, ‘Chaucer’s “Court Baron”: Law and The Canterbury Tales’, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, vol. 16, pages 29-44.
3. Braswell, Mary Flowers (1994), ‘Chaucer’s “Court Baron”: Law and The Canterbury Tales’, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, 16, pp. 29-44.
4. Braswell, Mary Flowers, ‘Chaucer’s “Court Baron”: Law and The Canterbury Tales’, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, 16 (1994), 29-44.
Tricky issuesTricky issues
Know what the guidelines sayKnow what the guidelines say Primary and Secondary sourcesPrimary and Secondary sources FootnotesFootnotes Referencing specific resourcesReferencing specific resources
Lecture/seminar/course/conferenceLecture/seminar/course/conference Online sourcesOnline sources ManuscriptsManuscripts
Guidance to helpGuidance to help ASNC website: Dissertation ASNC website: Dissertation
section - stylesheetsection - stylesheet English website: Information English website: Information
for Part I/II Undergraduatesfor Part I/II Undergraduates, , Guidance on DissertationsGuidance on Dissertations
Style guides to help you:Style guides to help you: MHRA style guide latest edition free on the web MHRA style guide latest edition free on the web MHRA print style guide in the Library B 41MHRA print style guide in the Library B 41 MLA style guide – available in the Library B 41MLA style guide – available in the Library B 41 Chicago style guide – covers almost anythingChicago style guide – covers almost anything
Software solutions to helpSoftware solutions to help
Keeps track of your bibliographic Keeps track of your bibliographic informationinformation
May fit well with your online May fit well with your online searching of catalogues and searching of catalogues and databasesdatabases
Main features of softwareMain features of softwareStores data securely, creates consistently styled Stores data securely, creates consistently styled bibliographies, can cite-while-you-writebibliographies, can cite-while-you-write
Endnote – web versionEndnote – web version
http://www.endnoteweb.com/
From EndnoteWeb you can search external catalogues and databases
When a reference is found it is quickly
copied into your
‘Library’
Manual entry is possible
You can create a bibliography
by just selecting the ‘Library’ you want and the
style you want it to be in
25 minutes to search for these references, add them into EndnoteWeb and create a bibliography
Errors:
Punctuation
Redundant information
Information omitted
ZoteroZotero
Only available via Firefox Browser
Search catalogue for book
Zotero recognizes a search result on a catalogue
Click on the ‘folder’ icon,
and select the item you want to download to
your Zotero ‘Library’
To create a bibliography
….select a bibliographic
style, and save the
document
15 minutes to search for these references, add them into Zotero and create a bibliography
Errors:
Punctuation
Inaccurate information
Information lacking
Problems with using Problems with using softwaresoftware
Styles - never ‘quite right’Styles - never ‘quite right’ Time to learn variesTime to learn varies Back up your workBack up your work
The KEY ISSUE!The KEY ISSUE!Input (Input (may be inaccuratemay be inaccurate) + ) + Application of style (Application of style (rarely quite rightrarely quite right) =) =
Output (generally inaccurate)Output (generally inaccurate)
ALWAYS CHECK ALWAYS CHECK EVERYTHING!!EVERYTHING!!
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Libby TilleyLibby [email protected]