When writing reports and essays for college, lecturers expect you to:
This is called referencing. It means giving information on your sources (citing) in your report or essay, then listing (referencing) those sources in a bibliography or reference list.
When you reference your college work, you:
It's really important to provide enough information for a reader to track down your sources. Information gathered on the sources you cite is placed in a bibliography (or reference list) at the end of your work in a structured format.
Remember: both citing (in your essay or report) and referencing (in your bibliography) are equally important.
We have recorded some referencing videos to help de-mystify the basics of referencing.
Take a look at the CoGC Library website for short videos on referencing and research skills.
You can also see our range of videos through ClickView - use your college log in details to view them.
Watch our short introduction to what referencing and plagiarism are.
Our short video walks you through using this essential referencing resource.
How to use Zotero to manage the sources you find through research, while making referencing easier, too.
Doing research? Our short video helps you sort out the good search results from the not so good!