Plagiarism & Collusion

Electronic editions of print journals, from databases/online resources:

• Authors (surname, initial) • Year of publication (in round brackets) • ‘Title of article’ (in single quotation marks) • Title of the journal (in italics, in Title Case) • Volume number (issue number), page numbers • Name of database/electronic journal supplier (in italics) • [Online] • Available at: URL of electronic journal supplier (insert the entire URL address) • (Accessed: day month year).

In text:

Museums are now moving towards ‘narratives that focus on rupture, conflict, discontinuity and displacement’ rather than traditional representations of history (Chappell & Chappell, 2011).

In reference list:

Chappell, S. & Chappell, D. (2011) ‘A Museum in a Book: Teaching Culture Through Decolonising, Arts-based Methodologies’, International Journal of Education and the Arts. 12(LAI 1). [Online] Available at: http://www.ijea.org/v12lai1/ (Accessed: 21 May 2016).

Referencing organisational or personal internet sites

If you are unable to find the originator or date of a webpage, you should ask yourself whether the information it contains is reliable. • Authors (surname, initial) • Year of publication (in round brackets) preferably the date the page was created/ copyrighted; if no date is available, write (No date) • Name of webpage (in italics, Title Case) • Available at: URL • (Accessed: day month year).

In text:

According to local Council records, the approximate population of Bedford in 2009 was 158,000 (Bedford Borough Council, 2011).

In reference list:

Bedford Borough Council (2011) Statistics and 2011 Census Information: Bedford Borough – the facts and figures. Available at: http://www.bedford.gov.uk/council_ and_democracy/statistics_and_census. aspx (Accessed: 21 May 2012).

Secondary referencing

Whilst secondary referencing can be useful, the original text should always be used whenever possible. If the original source is not available (e.g. it is very old) and another author has referred to it, then it is acceptable to use secondary referencing.

Acknowledgements to the University of Bedfordshire referencing guidelines.

You can find more information on referencing on the Learning Resources section of Moodle.

If you are on a course validated by the University of Bedfordshire or the University of Northampton, you can also access the university’s virtual learning environments, BREO and NILE, for lots of helpful resources.

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