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What are the academic reasons for correct referencing?
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?
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?
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?
How should you handle citing multiple items from the same author in the same year?
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Where should you insert the in-text citation in your document?
Where should you insert the in-text citation in your document?
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What is the purpose of including a reference list at the end of your document?
What is the purpose of including a reference list at the end of your document?
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How should you handle punctuation and spacing in your references?
How should you handle punctuation and spacing in your references?
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What is the Harvard style of in-text citations?
What is the Harvard style of in-text citations?
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How should you handle citing a source within another source?
How should you handle citing a source within another source?
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Why is correct referencing important?
Why is correct referencing important?
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