Education - CHILDHOOD EDUCATION LIBRARY GUIDELINES: Referencing and Citation

•  To let the reader know whose ideas the writer are using.

• To give recognition to the original author of a text, opinion, idea, fact, image, etc.

•  To enable your reader to check your information.

•  Sources confirm the completeness of the research.

•  Quotations and references lend authority to the argument, view, etc.

•  The source list can be consulted by the reader to verify information in the text.

RefWorks enables you to manage your references & create bibliographies automatically in your preferred reference style. It also allows you to export references from most journal databases into your own RefWorks account.

You can also do your in-text referencing with the RefWorks Write-n-Cite tool.

You can access RefWorks from the library webpage or via the following link: RefWorks 

Several tutorials on different aspects of RefWorks is available via the following link: RefWorks Videos

Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. Mendeley videos 

• Automatically generate bibliographies
• Collaborate easily with other researchers online
• Easily import papers from other research software
• Find relevant papers based on what you’re reading
• Access your papers from anywhere online
• Read papers on the go, with our new iPhone app