Referencing in Assignments
If you use ideas and information from books, websites, magazines, etc., you must acknowledge the source by referencing it.
- Example: The ways in which individuals learn differ, meaning that teachers need to plan lessons to meet these needs (Gravells, 2014, 38).
Sometimes you may want to use a direct quote from a book or website. You must use quotation marks to show this.
- Example: "Most people learn in different ways, known as learning preferences..." (Gravells, 2014,38).
Example of a reference list:
Battilana, J. and Casciaro, T. (2013) The network secrets of great change agents. Harvard Business Review, 91 (7) 62-68.
Gravells, A. (2014) The award in education and training. Revised edition. London: Sage.
Lallanila, M. (2016) What is the Greenhouse Effect? Available from http://www.livescience.com/37743-greenhouse-effect.html [accessed 27 July 2016].