Cite Them Right: The Essential Referencing Guide (Palgrave Study Skills) - Softcover

Pears, Richard; Shields, Graham

 
9780230272316: Cite Them Right: The Essential Referencing Guide (Palgrave Study Skills)

Synopsis

Cite them right: the essential referencing guide is renowned as the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to referencing available to students and authors. Academics and teachers rely on the advice in Cite them right to guide their students in the skills of identifying and referencing information sources and avoiding plagiarism. - Following feedback from users of previous editions, the authors, Richard Pears and Graham Shields, have produced a new and expanded edition which has: - Clear examples of in-text citations and references in Harvard (author-date) style for all print and electronic sources including books, journals, internet pages, media, works of art, government and legal sources - New sections on referencing styles recommended by the American Psychological Association (APA), Modern Language Association (MLA) Modern Humanities Research Asociation (MHRA) and legal citations using the OSCOLA style - Sample passages of text and refernence lists to demonstrate the use of information sources in student assignments - Advice on secondary referencing, paraphrasing and avoiding plagiarism - Well-proportioned layout and accessible text in a slim, portable A4 format Contact us about Cite them right at studyskills@palgrave.com

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About the Author

RICHARD PEARS is a Faculty Support Librarian at Durham University Library, UK. He has worked in academic and public libraries for fifteen years and is also a postgraduate research student. GRAHAM SHIELDS is a Learning Adviser at the University of Cumbria Library, UK. He has worked in academic libraries for over thirty years and works closely with academics and students in the referencing field.

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