东南大学研究生一年级学术英语教科书答案chapter9

Unit 9 referencing

1.1 Pre-reading tasks

Why do we have to reference?

When you reference correctly you are demonstrating that you have read widely on a topic. You are also supporting your hypothesis with comments from expert authors. This lends credibility to your own work. Also, by correctly referencing, you allow the marker or reader to follow-up your refer ences and to check the validity of your arguments for themselves. This is an important part of the academic process as it leads to student accountability.

How do we usually reference? (In-text citation and reference list)

How do we create a reference list?

When creating a reference list, the sources should be listed alphabetically by author’s surname, should be left justified, and the references should never be preceded by a bullet-point or number. Where the author is anonymous or unknown for any one source, insert that source in the alphabetical list using the title of the source instead of the author’s name. All sources should be listed together; there should not be separate lists for books versus journal articles versus electronic sources. The reference list should be on a separate page from the rest of the assignment and should be simply titled ‘References’ or ‘Literature Cited’ and the t itle should be in the same font and size as the other headings in your assignment.

How many referencing styles do you know? (APA, MLA etc)

1.3.1 Differences between Science and MLA

Science MLA

Book reference order of publisher and place.

(publisher, place)

Punctuation mark. Information is

segmented by comma. Publisher,

place and year in blanket.

Example:

J. B. Carroll, Ed., Language,

Thought and Reality, Selected

Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf

(MIT Press, Cambridge, MA,

1956)

1. order of publisher and place.

(place:publisher)

Punctuation mark. Information is

segmented by full stop.

Example:

McDonagh, Sean. Why are we Deaf

to the Cry of the Earth. Dublin:

Veritas, 2001.

Journal reference 1. Order of first name and last

name: first name. Last name

2. Order of year and page: Page

(year)

3. Punctuation mark.

4. Example: N. Tang, On the

equilibrium partial pressures of

nitric acid and ammonia in the

atmosphere. Atmos. Environ.14,

819-834 (1980).

1. Order of first name and last

name: Last name, first name.

2. Order of year and page:

(year):Page .

3. Punctuation mark

4. Example: Mann, Susan. "Myths

of Asian Womanhood." Journal of

Asian Studies. 59.1 (2000):

835-62.

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