Science Education

What are your referencing obligations?

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.

• 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.

• Acknowledgement of another's work through accurate citations is not only good academic practice but also a legal requirement. Plagiarism can be deliberate or accidental: both forms are unacceptable.

Need help with your referencing?

Use the Re:Cite to guide your referencing in you academic work.

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Recite: citing and referencing in APA

 Referencing checklist

Use the resources highlighted in this section to help improve your knowledge and understanding of referencing and academic writing. Buttons link out to resources outside this guide.

1. Understand the referencing requirements

These resources provide an overview

• Academic Integrity at the University of Melbourne
• Example of what constitutes plagiarism and collusion so you can avoid it
• referencing essentials (UoM Academic Skills) 

2. Use an APA style guide

You will need to refer to an APA style guide

• A style guide is an essential reference for the requirements of APA, they address the ordering and formatting of the reference list and creating in-text citations.

Be aware that citations created using automated generator tools won't be 100% correct.

• Before you submit an assessment task, we highly recommend you cross-check your references against the sample citations provided in an APA 6th ed. style guide and correct any errors.
   
  • You should cross check the capitalization, punctuation and manually add missing elements
  • Note: APA 6th style, requires you to include a DOI (digital object identifier) for electronic journal articles citations, if the article has one. The DOI usually appears at the top of the article or in the database record for the article and came into use from the year 2000. See http://library.unimelb.edu.au/recite/apa/journal for more information.

3. Incorporating sources in your writing

We recommend

• the UoM Academic Skills guide Using sources in assessments: voice in academic writing 

Support for APA 7th ed.

Reference management software guides

The Options for managing references guide is helpful starting point, for investigating the benefits of using reference management programs and the best tool to support your individual needs.

• View the classes, presentations and webinars being offered by the Library

HELP GUIDES

• Options for managing references
• EndNote
• Mendeley
• Zotero
• RefWorks
• LaTeX and BibTeX

QUICK LINKS

• Download EndNote

APA Style guides

Further guides for APA style.