2.2.1 Using sources effectively

As a university student, you are not yet an authority and therefore, you need to support and develop your ideas with evidence and research from experts, and then acknowledge your sources by correctly referencing them.

Outcomes

By the end of this section you should be able to:

  • understand and use techniques for incorporating sources;
  • reference your sources;
  • differentiate between author-date and footnote referencing styles;
  • differentiate between author prominent and information prominent referencing;
  • identify where to get referencing support and exemplars.

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