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Library Orientation Programme: Referencing - Session 4

Referencing - Session 4 - Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this section you should be able to

  • Articulate what is meant by academic integrity and plagiarism.
  • Articulate the rationale for referencing, be able to create a reference and be aware that there are different referencing styles.

[Level 1, Skills - Citing and referencing in Library Research Skills Framework]

These Learning Outcomes will support you in achieving your module learning outcomes:-

Module SOES1013 Learning Outcomes

  • LO2 - Develop scientific writing skills, making use of library resources to support your writing
  • LO4 -  By completion of a compulsory online academic integrity assessment, you will have learnt and know how to employ the SOES protocols associated with referring to the work of other authors in your own pieces of work, i.e. producing reference lists, citing/acknowledging other authors' publications in your written work.
  • C5 - Write scientific essay/reports with appropriate formatting, citation and referencing

Module SOES1014 Learning Outcome

  • LO4 -  By completion of a compulsory online academic integrity assessment, you will have learnt and know how to employ the SOES protocols associated with referring to the work of other authors in your own pieces of work, i.e. producing reference lists, citing/acknowledging other authors' publications in your written work.

Module NATS1004 Learning Outcome

  • LO4 - How to construct and deliver written communications in a scientific style whilst integrating published information

Instructions

Instructions:

  • Read the overview of citing and referencing.
  • Complete the Skills for Study Referencing and Understanding Plagiarism module and email the confirmation that you have completed the module to your tutor.
  • Complete the short quiz to test your learning in this session.

What is citing and referencing?

What is citing and referencing?

When you use information from sources such as books, journals, webpages, film or other materials you need to show where the information came from and where the reader of your assignment can locate the sources if necessary. 

Now complete this short activity about referencing

Referencing

Allow approximately 5 minutes to complete this learning activity.

By the end of this activity you should be able to:

  • understand what referencing is and why it is important
  • understand when you must reference
  • find out which referencing style you must use

Which referencing style should you use?

At the University of Southampton schools or departments recommend which style you should use in your work.  

Now look at our Citing and Referencing guide and find which referencing style you should use and find the style guide which will show you how construct correctly formatted references.

How to create a reference

The online guide to referencing Cite Them Right will show you examples of how to create correct citations and references for just about every type of material that you will come across during your studies and in a number of different referencing styles including Chicago, Harvard and Vancouver.

(You need to be connected to the VPN to access 'Cite Them Right')

Test yourself

Take the quiz to test your understanding of the referencing style used by the School of Ocean and Earth Science

Skills for Study activity

Now complete this module from Skills for Study to discover detailed help on referencing and academic integrity
  • Skills for Study Referencing and understanding plagiarism online module (Complete both sections. Each section takes approximately 30 minutes to complete). Note Skills for Study keeps track of your progress so you do not have to complete the module in one go.

Email to confirm that you have competed the module

Save the results of your module assessment as pdf file and email it to your personal academic tutor - see these instructions on how to save your assessment results [PDF document]

Important

Note there may be some differences of formatting of the referencing style in this Skills for Study module when compare to how specific references are formatted using Cite Them Right. When formatting a reference to go in your own work always refer to the guidance given in Cite Them Right .

Referencing software

Is there anything to help me with formatting my citations and references?

Referencing software like EndNote Online can help you to manage and organise your references and cite them consistently in the documents that you write. The software will take care of all the intricacies of formatting the citations and references in the style you are using. See our Academic Skills website for more information about referencing software

Next

Now go to the Library Orientation Programme Test