Referencing
Not just the bibliography at the end
Referencing: symbiotic relationship Figure 1: Clownfish and sea anemone (n.d.)
Bibliography:
Clownfish And Sea Anemone. [Photography]. (n.d.). Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest.
What is referencing?
• Two things
– Reference in the text
– Bibliography (list of sources) at the end
• Keeping a record of everything, INCLUDING IMAGES
• Referencing is hard
• Referencing is time‐consuming
Why reference?
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To remember what you used
To avoid plagiarism
The Internet is not a smorgasbord
Universities expect it
It’s academic research
How not to reference
In text
• “Clownfish are also known as anemone fish. They come from the family Pomacentridae and are from the subfamily Amphiprioninae.”
Bibliography
• I used wikipedia
• Google images
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How to reference: In‐text referencing
• Young clownfish are initially careful with sea anemones, but soon become more confident (Attenborough, 1990, p.209).
• New Scientist shows that Clownfish are not cute and cuddly “Clownfish clack their jaws together to produce warning sounds before they attack” (Khamsi, 2007).
• The largest Clownfish in a group is female (Bristol Zoo, n.d.)
• “Clownfish are hermaphrodites” (“An Exploration of the Clownfish”, 2005)
How to reference: Bibliography
• An exploration of the clownfish. (n.d.). Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved June 20, 2011, from http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=3390
• Attenborough, D. (1992). The trials of life: a natural history of animal behaviour.. London: Reader's Digest.
• Bristol Zoo. (n.d.). Clownfish. Bristol Zoo. Retrieved June 20, 2011, from http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/clownfish
• Khamsi, R. (2007). Clownfish chatter with clacking jaws. New Scientist. Retrieved June 20, 2011, from http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11873‐
clownfish‐chatter‐with‐clacking‐jaws.html
Turnitin
• Useful way to recognise work that has been copied from elsewhere.