Need help with your referencing and citing?
Re:cite is The Library’s Hub for helping you manage your citations and references.
Re:cite shows you how to cite a range of different sources in the main referencing styles used at the University of Melbourne with clear examples and style notes provided for each.
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Which citation style should you use?
Your lecturers or subject co-ordinators may suggest specific referencing styles for your University assignments. It is important to follow their recommendations. When using a specified referencing style you must use its rules consistently.
No specified style? We recommend APA: a widely used author-date style that incorporates in-text citations and a reference list.
Why citing is important?
- Correct citations allow your readers to follow up sources you have referred to, so citing is in the interests of scholarly investigation and the sharing of ideas.
- Accurate citation is good academic practice and a legal requirement.
- If you draw upon other people's work in your writing and research and do not acknowledge those sources, you can be accused of plagiarism!