When to reference?

Every time you refer to someone else's ideas or writing you must reference this in your academic work.

See Referencite for more information.

For example:

• Quotations- ‘word for word' copies of a written source.
• Diagrams, graphs, charts, images- any representation that you copy from another source.  
• Paraphrasing- when you rewrite all or part of another person's ideas in your own words.
• Summary- when you summarise another person's ideas or research.
• Facts- when you repeat or rewrite other researcher's findings, data or information.
• Revisions- when you re-work or modify any
  part of someone else's research/ideas/images,
  while maintaining the key idea or design.

• You don't need to reference your own original ideas, opinions, findings, writing or images. However, if you reuse these in another piece of work, you may need to reference the original source.

• You don't usually need to reference
  information which is common knowledge.

Examples of common knowledge may include:

• Penguins are flightless birds.

• Kangaroos are native to Australia.

• The capital of England is London.

Always be guided by your department regarding referencing common knowledge. If you are unsure whether the information you are using is common knowledge or not, reference it.

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