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What are your referencing obligations?

  • You have a legal and ethical obligation to reference your sources, it's part of academic writing.
  • When you cite sources you acknowledge the contribution of other writers to the development of your ideas and writing.
  • Make sure you understand when you need to cite and the University's policy on plagiarism.

Recite: the University of Melbourne Library's guide to citing and referencing

You can use the Re:Cite guide to support your referencing in your academic work. APA 7th ed. is the preferred style for the Faculty of Education graduate coursework programs

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Recite: citing and referencing in APA

Your referencing checklist

1. Understand the referencing requirements

  1. Academic Integrity requirements at the University of Melbourne
  2. Examples of what constitutes plagiarism and collusion so you can avoid it
  3. Review the How to reference guide provided by UoM Academic Skills. This covers all the steps and skills you need! 

2. Tips for effective referencing

You will need to refer to an APA style guide to address the requirements of the style
  • Start by reading the general style notes section - this outlines the conventions for creating in-text citations, ordering and formatting the reference list. 

  • Download the Quick Guide to APA for a handy guide to the style, with a summary of the main elements and examples of the most commonly cited reference types. Refer to the full APA style guide if it doesn't cover the reference type you need

Cleaning up auto-generated references

Be aware that references created using citation generator tools or reference management software may be missing elements or have incorrect formatting. 

  • To achieve full marks for referencing before you submit an assessment, we highly recommend you cross-check your draft references against the sample citations provided in an APA 7th ed. style guide and correct any issues.
     

You should cross-check the capitalization, punctuation and manually add missing elements

  • Note: APA 7th style, requires you to include a DOI (digital object identifier) for journal articles citations, if the article has one or a URL. 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 https://library.unimelb.edu.au/recite/apa7/journal for more information.

Reference management software guides

Explore the reference management programs and tools we recommend to support your writing and referencing. We recommend Zotero for most Education students

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Explore our reference management software guides and access the programs

APA 7th style guides

Further guides for APA style.


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