Referencing
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2019
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Department of Information and communication Science
Abstract
Basically, there are two aspects of referencing; in-text citation
(written within the text or write up) and the reference list
(written at the last page of the article, essay, assignment or
research paper). This chapter will focus more on the reference
list. Referencing involves an author of a write up mentioning and
providing details of the different sources that were consulted or
from which information were borrowed during the write up. It is
an important requirement in academic writing, used in order to
acknowledge and appreciate the works, concepts and ideas of
other writers or authors that were consulted or borrowed. The
consultation of earlier research works and information sources is
a very important requirement in order to achieve a successful
research and academic writing. It is a way of including sources or
citations in a write-up (paper), in order to recognize the quality
or importance of the sources used by the writer. Referencing also
allow readers to discover or make use of the source(s)
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