There are two common systems for referencing:
1. Harvard & APA
Also known as Author-date, parenthetical referencing involves the use of a partial reference contained within parenthesis as in-text markers (such as the author and date). The complete reference is then included in a list on the last page of the document.
2. Chicago
These involve the use of sequential numbers as in-text markers that refer to as footnotes. These are notes included at the end of each page.
Referencing is a standardized method of acknowledging sources of information and ideas that you have used in your assignments, in a way that uniquely identifies their source. Direct quotations, facts and figures, as well as ideas and theories, from both published and unpublished works, must be referenced.
Why do I need to reference?
* Referencing is necessary to support your arguments/ideas.
*To verify quotations, to enable readers to follow-up and read more fully the cited author's arguments/ideas.
*If you have used anything in your work that was originally written or created by someone else, including graphs, statistics, images etc. you must reference it.
*Similarly, any ideas you have paraphrased or summarized must be referenced.
*To avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism is completely unacceptable.
There are several different styles of referencing available. Following are the most popular styles at Carey:
* Harvard
* APA (American Psychological Association)
* Chicago
