Links and further reading

 

Referencing Style Guides

American Psychological Association (2010) Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th edn. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Links to an external site.

American Psychological Association (2020) Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 7th edn. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Links to an external site.

The Chicago manual of style (2010) 16th edn. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Links to an external site.

The Chicago manual of style (2017) 17th edn. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Links to an external site.

Gibaldi, J. (2009) MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 7th edn. New York: Modern Language Association of America Links to an external site.

Modern Humanities Research Association (2013) MHRA style guide: a handbook for authors and editors. 3rd edn. London: Modern Humanities Research Association Links to an external site.

Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2016) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 10th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Links to an external site.

Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2019) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 11th edn. London:  Red Globe Press, Macmillan International Higher Education Links to an external site.

Guidance on referencing a wide range of sources in the Vancouver style can be found at:

United States National Library of Medicine (2013) International committee of medical journal editors (ICMEJ) recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing and publication of scholarly work in medical journals: sample references. Available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html Links to an external site. (Accessed: 28 August 2015)

Useful Websites

APA style website - https://apastyle.apa.org/6th-edition-resources/basics-tutorial Links to an external site.(6th edition); https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/tutorials-webinars Links to an external site. (7th edition)

Chicago manual of style online - http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html Links to an external site.

Cite them right online - http://www.citethemrightonline.com/ Links to an external site.

MHRA website - http://www.mhra.org.uk/style Links to an external site.

MLA official website - http://www.mla.org/ Links to an external site.

OSCOLA website - http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/publications/oscola.php Links to an external site.

University of Birmingham iCite guide - http://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/icite Links to an external site.

 Research and Study Skills Books

Bell, J. (2018) Doing your research project: a guide for first-time researchers. 7th edn. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education

Cottrell, S. (2019) The study skills handbook. 5th edn. London: Red Globe Press

Neville, C. (2016) The complete guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism. 3rd edn. Maidenhead: Open University Press

Williams, K. and Davis, M. (2017) Referencing and understanding plagiarism. 2nd edn. London: Palgrave Macmillan