It is important to learn the scholarly practice of citing other people’s research, and referencing the material you have used.
Referencing:
Enables your reader to find the material you have referred to
Demonstrates your breadth of reading about the subject
Supports and/or develops your argument
Avoids plagiarism: using somebody else’s work without acknowledging the fact is plagiarism. It is important to always reference when quoting or paraphrasing another person’s work
Harvard is the style that is generally recommended by the Medical School. However, please be aware that there are lots of variations of the Harvard style.
Each Harvard style presents the references in the same order: Author, Year, Title, etc., but the formatting can differ quite significantly. For example, the use of capitals, bold and italics.
The Medical School does have its own preferred style called Harvard (Warwick WMS). You can find this style and other examples of Harvard on our Referencing pages
Cite Them Right: the essential referencing guide
Richard Pears and Graham Shields
Referencing software allows you to manage references, insert citations and create a bibliography in your required referencing style. It can be useful for students writing dissertations and theses, and provides a way of storing references as you find them. Always plan to double check and edit the reference list or bibliography that the software produces as it is often inaccurate and minor errors of punctuation can cause significant formatting errors.
EndNote
EndNote is the referencing software available from the university. It can be downloaded here. Please see our EndNote webpages for further information, and book onto an EndNote workshop via Moodle or SkillsForge.
Cite Them Right Online is the University of Warwick Library's new interactive referencing tool. It has rules and tutorials for referencing all major resource types across 8 major referencing styles including APA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, MHRA, MLR, OSCOLA and Vancouver.
Watch the short video to find out how Cite Them Right Online can help you.
To access Cite Them Right Online, click on Login > Login via your Institution > University of Warwick.
