Referencing System

Referencing is used to acknowledge the work of other authors in a report. Even if you use the authors work more than once you must add a reference for each statement of information. In other words it is not enough to reference the author once and use their information repeatedly in a report. A reference must be added to the main text of the report and in a list at the end of the report.

References must be included in a report when using another author’s opinions, theories, or data. Information from books, articles, the Internet, magazines and other sources must be referenced.

The use of someone else’s work without correct referencing is plagiarism. Plagiarism is falsely claiming someone else’s words or ideas as your own.

The systems currently used for research in Letterfrack are the Footnote System and the Harvard System. The system you use is not important, but the correct and consistent use of one is important i.e. do not use two systems in one report.

For more information on both referencing systems please follow the links below:

Footnote System (pdf)

Harvard System (pdf)

Reference
• Central Queensland University, 2006, Referencing-The Harvard Referencing System, Retrieved March 2006, from http://www.cqu.edu.au/referencing/ref_style/harvard2006ref.pdf
• Curtain University of Technology, 2006, 32 Harvard Referencing 2006, Retrieved March 2006, from http://library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/harvard.html
• Joyce, E., 1987, The Technique of Furniture Making, 4th Edition, Revised by Alan Peters, B.T. Batsford Ltd.
• O’Hara, B., 2006, Code of Student Conduct 2005-2006, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland