How to provide references 1
How to provide references - in the text
If you include information from another source in your assignment this is called a citation or in-text citation. You will need to indicate in the text next to the citation, where you obtained the information. When using an author (date) style such as Harvard you should put the author's name and the year the information was published in brackets after the citation. For example:
In his work entitled Understanding Organisations Handy (1993, p.292), doubts whether change can be 'managed' at all, "To 'manage change' is wishful thinking, implying as it does that one not only knows where to go and how to get there but can persuade everyone else to travel there."
If you do not quote directly, but instead summarise or paraphrase the author's opinions, you still need to include the author (date) information after your summary.
If you cannot identify the author or organisation responsible for the information, you should use the title of the work instead. At this point it is worth noting that if you do not know who has written the material how do you know if it is reliable or not? For advice on evaluating information why not have a look at the Smart searching guide which can be accessed via the Skills Plus webpages.
Do not include information if you cannot provide a reference. This is plagiarism.
