Numeric Citation Style Quiz
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What are the academic reasons for correct referencing?

Correct referencing allows others to easily find your sources, puts your current work into context, helps you re-trace your reading in the future, and provides supporting evidence for facts, opinions, data, and approaches taken.

What are the practical reasons for correct referencing?

Correct referencing gives your work academic credibility, shows the breadth of your reading, and avoids plagiarism.

How should you handle citations when there is no author or date available for a source?

You should still include the citation at the appropriate place in the text of your document and provide a full reference at the end, giving as much information as you can about the source.

How should you handle citing multiple items from the same author in the same year?

<p>For each citation, there should be a full reference at the end of your work, giving the full details of the source, including distinguishing the sources by adding a, b, c, etc. after the year.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where should you insert the in-text citation in your document?

<p>You should insert the citation at the appropriate place in the text of your document.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of including a reference list at the end of your document?

<p>The reference list includes all in-text citations at the end of your document.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How should you handle punctuation and spacing in your references?

<p>Punctuation marks and spaces in the reference list and citations are very important, and you should follow the punctuation and spacing exactly as specified.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Harvard style of in-text citations?

<p>In the Harvard style, you usually include the author's surname and the date of publication in brackets (Jones, 2005).</p> Signup and view all the answers

How should you handle citing a source within another source?

<p>You should still include the citation at the appropriate place in the text of your document and provide a full reference at the end, giving as much information as you can about the source.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is correct referencing important?

<p>Correct referencing is important for academic reasons, practical reasons, and because it is a requirement of your department or school. It allows others to easily find your sources, puts your work in context, avoids plagiarism, and gives your work credibility.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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