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1、AnabridgedguidetoreferencingReferencing,orciting,meansacknowledgingthesourcesofinformationandideasyouhaveusedinanassignment(e.g.essayorreport).Thisisastandardpracticeatuniversityandwheneveryouwriteanassignmentthatrequiresyoutofindanduseinformation,youareexpectedtoreferencethesourceoftheinform
2、ationinyourwriting.Sourcescouldincludebooks,journalornewspaperarticles,pictures,diagramsoritemsfromtheinternet.WHYshouldIacknowledgemysources?•ReferencingbuildsauthorityProvidingreferencesforyourwritingbuildsauthorityforyourpaper’saimorargument.Referencingotherauthor’sworkcanprovidesupporting
3、evidence,orevidencethatothersagreewiththepointyouaremaking.Usingreferencesalsoacknowledgestheauthorityofparticularscholarswithinyourdiscipline.•ReferencingisasignofdebateWritingreferencesshowsthatyouareactively,andskilfully,engagingwithdebatesinthetopicareayouarewritingabout.Academicsspendthe
4、irwholecareersengaginginsuchwrittendebates;ifyoulookthroughanyacademicjournalsyouwillseethisinaction.Byengaginginsuchdebatesyourself,youarenotonlyconnectingwithawideracademicculturalpractice,youarealsodemonstratingyourknowledgeofthosekeydebatesinyourdiscipline.•ReferencingisforthereaderFromth
5、eperspectiveofacademicpractice,referencesarealsoaprofessionalcourtesyofferedtothereaderofyourpaperorarticle.Providingreferencesallowsthereadertofindanysourcesofinformationorempiricaldatatheyare,themselves,interestedinbyaccessingyourlistofreferences.•ReferencingisthelawInAustralia,asinotherwes
6、terncountries,publishedworkssuchaswritingareconsideredtobethelegalpropertyoftheirauthor(s).Itisagainstthelawtousethe‘intellectualproperty’ofotherswithoutacknowledgement.Thisissimilartothelegalprotectionsthatexistforartworksandmusic.•ReferencingacknowledgesindividualachievementReferencingasapr
7、acticeisrepresentativeofthefactthatAustralia,amongstotherwesterncultures,placesconsiderablevalueonindividualachievement.Forthisreason,itisimportantforthosewhoevaluateyourworktobeabletotellwhichisyourownthinking,andwhichisthethinkingofothers.1
