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Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 4mins
Why do you need to reference? Choose all that apply.
You don't need to - it's just a box ticking exercise.
To help someone find the information you have used in your assignment.
To show all the books and journals you have read since starting your course.
To show which resources you have referred to for this specific piece of work in order to avoid accusations of plagiarism.
Which of these is the correct way of writing the author's details in a reference for a book ?
Author's surname and initials e.g.: Smith, J.
Author's surname only e.g.: Smith
Author's surname and first name e.g.: Smith, John
What do you shorten the term edition to when writing a book reference?
edn.
ed.
edition
True or False, you only need to write the edition of a book in a reference, if it is not the first edition?
True
False
Which of these is the correct way to reference a book with 3 authors?
Bruce, N. et. al. (2008) Quantitative methods for health research: a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics. John Wiley.
Bruce, N., Pope, D. and Stanistreet, D. (2008) Quantitative methods for health research: a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics. John Wiley.
N. Bruce, D. Pope, D. Stanistreet. [2008] Quantitative methods for health research: a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics. John Wiley.
Which option shows one of the correct formats for an in-text citation?
As Hogg and Murphy (2021, p. 45) suggest...
As Hogg and Murphy, 2021 (p. 45) suggest...
As Julie Hogg and Helen Murphy (2021, p. 45) suggest...
What is the name of the really useful website which can help you with you academic vocabulary?
Academic words
Academic assignments made easy
Academic Phrasebank
True or false, when you paraphrase, you don't need to include a reference or in-text citation?
True
False
True of False - If you are referencing an electronic book you always have to put the URL of the book and when you accessed it?
True
False
