Chemistry

Once you have gathered the necessary information you will need to quote from the sources you have read, and you will need to acknowledge those sources in your assignment or dissertation. Citing and referencing is essential to avoid plagiarism. 

The OWL (Online Writing Lab) is a good place to start if you need advice or help with paraphrasing, avoiding plagiarism or getting started with a particular citation style.

Journal Abbreviations

Abbreviated journal titles may be required depending on the citation style used. Some useful tools which 'translate' the full journal title into the abbreviated version are:

1. Web of Science Journals
2. CASSI
3. All that JAS

Reference manager software

Check with your School or module supervisor as there may be an in-house style requirement for your dissertation or assignment.

Royal Society of Chemistry (numeric citation style)

See the How to reference using the Royal Society of Chemistry Style guide (updated RSC version)

Harvard (author/date style)

  The Harvard system is made up of three components:

• In-Text Citation: provides the author surname & publication date for referencing the work in the body of the text.
• Reference List: an alphabetical list at the end of an assignment of all references cited in your work with additional and full details provided to identify each source.
• Bibliography: a more comprehensive list of sources used to research your assignment, including those not cited within the text. Documents are referenced in the same way as in a reference list.

  In-Text Citations

   A citation should be used within the text of your work when you:

• use a direct quote from someone else's work
• summarise or paraphrase someone else's work
• Details provided are brief and include the author's surname and the year of publication in brackets e.g. These theories can be tested by sample statistics (Reilly, 2016).

  Reference List

  This is always placed at the end of your assignment. Each reference should include as many of the the following details:

• Author(s) or editor(s) or the full name or the organisation responsible
• Title of the journal article
• Name of the journal, website or book
• Edition (for a book)
• Publisher’s name and place of publication (for a book)
• Year of publication
• Volume or issue details for a journal
• Page numbers (for a book or journal article) or doi number for an e-journal article.

New to using the Harvard style? Try these getting started videos:

• Harvard Referencing - the basics
• Harvard Referencing - using in-text citations
• Harvard Referencing - creating a reference list