Referencing

Information Services and Systems

Referencing


Module 2: Information Sessions

• Session 1: Referencing

• Session 2: Finding journal articles using CINAHL and iFind

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• Session 3: Finding journal articles using ASSIA

• Session 4: More referencing!

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• Academic book

• Nursing Standard article

• Daily Mail article

• British Journal of Nursing article

• Welsh Government document

• Information from Wikipedia

• SHN126 reading list

• National Institute for Care and Excellence (NICE) guidelines

• Dignity website found using Google

Good quality assignments will have good quality references!


• Once you’ve found stuff to use: books, journal articles, reports, statistics, websites etc. how will you keep track of your material?

Referencing tips: Take good notes


It depends on what you are trying to reference but generally:

• The Author (s) or Editor (s)• Date of publication• The Title• Place of publication• Publisher• If online the URL

Common queries: What information do I need...?


Look at the resource you are trying to referenceFor example: A book (look at the reverse title page)

Common queries: Where do I find the information?


2. Follow instructions....

• What style should you use? – APA 6th ed.

• APA guides available in Library Support for CHHS on Blackboard

Book reference:

Sharples, K. (2011). Successful practice learning for nursing

students (2nd ed.). Exeter: Learning Matters.

Referencing tips: Follow instruction

https://blackboard.swan.ac.uk/webapps/blackboard/content/listContentEditable.jsp?content_id=_933545_1&course_id=_18649_1&mode=reset&courseTocLabel=Social+Work


You still need to include the general details (Author, date etc) , as well as:

• Title of Journal • Volume Number• Issue Number (only required if each issue begins with page 1)• Page numbers• If online include a doi if available

If online version is the same as printed version, reference it as a printed journal article

Common queries: How are journals different?


Look at the resource you are trying to referenceFor example: A journal article



2. Follow instructions....Journal article reference:

Matiti, M., & Trorey, G. (2008). Patients' expectations of the

maintenance of their dignity. Journal of Clinical

Nursing, 17, 2709-2717. doi:10.1111/j.1365-

2702.2008.02365.x

Journal article reference


These can be quite tricky!You still need to include:• Author or Corporate author• Date published• Title• URL• Sometimes date accessed

Common queries: How are websites/online documents different?


Look at the resource you are trying to referenceFor example: Online document



Common queries

Make sure if you include a URL that it works!Online publication

Nursing & Midwifery Council. (2015). The code: Professional

standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives.

Retrieved from

http://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/nmc-

publications/revised-new-nmc-code.pdf

Online publications reference


Referencing


Class exerciseReference list


3. Pay attention to detail...

• ...teeny, tiny, irritating detail

• Everything matters!– Italics– Brackets– Commas, and dots.

Referencing tips: Pay attention to detail


Baillie, L. (2009). Patient dignity in an acute hospital setting: A case

study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46, 23-37.

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.08.003

Cottrell, S. (2013). The study skills handbook (4th ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave

Macmillan.

Welsh Assembly Government. (2003). Fundamentals of care: Guidance for

health and social care staff: Improving the quality of fundamental

aspects of health and social care for adults. Retrieved from

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/documents/booklet-e.pdf

Example reference list


..but what about in text referencing and paraphrasing?


• It is important to cite sources correctly in your academic writing– Avoid plagiarism– Demonstrate your understanding of what you

have read– Formulate your own point of view– Form a coherent argument

Citing Sources


Paraphrasing

•What is a paraphrase?•What is a summary?

Paraphrase: put in your own wordsSummary: main points only

COMBINE THE TWO


Paraphrasing

Use paraphrase and summary to acknowledge another author's ideas. You can extract and summarise important points, while at the same time making it clear from whom and where you have got the ideas you are discussing and what your point of view is.


Paraphrasing

A good paraphrase must be:• original• accurate• grammatically correct• referenced properly


Paraphrasing

1. Read the source2. Make notes of the main points3. Write in your own words4. Check against article for accuracy5. Redraft using appropriate academic

style, vocabulary and structure.6. Cite the source


Paraphrasing Tips • Change the word (synonym)

E.g: different – varied – a variety of • Change the word class

Work – worked - working• Change the word order

Patient care – care of patients• Change the sentence structure

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Two main ways of citing information in your writing:

• Author’s surname, (year), what the author states or considers.

• Summary of author’s findings, views or conclusions, followed by author’s surname and year in brackets.

Citing in the essay


For example:• Brown (2012) claims that a far more effective

approach is...• Brown (2012) points out that a far more

effective approach is...• A far more effective approach is... (Brown,

2012)

Citing


• Parry (2013) claims that early intervention in cases of sudden cardiac arrest can increase the chance of patient survival.

• Early intervention is necessary to increase the chance of patient survival in cases of sudden cardiac arrest (Parry, 2013).

Citing


Consider:“attempts to measure dignity will not be straightforward” (Gallagher, 2011, p. 471)

Paraphrase:• It is difficult to measure dignity

(Gallagher, 2011) • According to Gallagher (2011), the

measurement of dignity is complex.

Paraphrasing


Ruth Macklin (2003) described dignity as “a useless concept, autonomy is a more useful and necessary value” (p. 1). Paraphrase showing opinion:

• The term dignity is unhelpful, it is far better to use a word such as autonomy (Macklin, 2003).

Paraphrasing

And:


Ruth Macklin (2003) described dignity as “a useless concept, autonomy is a more useful and necessary value” (p. 1).

Dignity is “a useless concept” according to Macklin (2003, p. 1).

Direct Quotations


Common queries

You MUST use page numbers and quotation marks in text if you are directly quoting from the source. Not acknowledging others work is classed as PLAGIARISM!

“For a positive healthcare experience, patients and clients must feel that their dignity is upheld and that healthcare professionals...also view dignity as important for patients and as a valuable part of their professional practice” (Matiti & Baillie, 2011, p. 3).

Common queries: Direct quotations


Class exerciseParaphrasing


Referencing


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