Citing and referencing

What are citing and referencing?

Citing and referencing are the processes of acknowledging other people’s work when you have used it in your assignment or research. In-text citations and corresponding references allow the reader to locate your source material quickly and easily. It’s an essential part of academic work and very important to get right. 

Library information skills Moodle course

Staff and students can self-enrol on a library information skills course on Moodle. Units 5a, 5b and 6 of the course focus on citing and referencing in APA 7th and Harvard Style, and using the EndNote reference management software. After completing these units you will be able to:

• recognise the difference between in-text citation and reference list
• understand the importance of referencing in academic work
• determine why, when and what to reference
• apply the principles of referencing to prevent plagiarism
• cite and reference in APA 7th and Harvard Style using Cite Them Right
• create an EndNote account and use it to manage your references

Referencing support

Our information skills librarian can offer group training sessions to Tavistock and Portman staff and students. You can find out more on our information skills page. There are also video guides available on YouTube, which you can watch below.

Cite Them Right Online

Cite Them Right Online is an online tool for referencing and citation creation, which includes the styles Harvard and APA 7th. It includes a variety of styles, reference and citation format guides, online videos and an interactive tutorial.

Referencing video playlists

Cite them Right Harvard 11th referencing playlist

APA 7th style referencing playlist

EndNote

You can use a reference manager such as EndNote to help you with the process of citing and referencing. We have YouTube videos on how to use EndNote, which you can watch below. You can log or register for an account on the EndNote website. 

EndNote video playlist