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Referencing Your PAP

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When Do I Include a Reference?

  • When you are stating information that someone else has compiled (Norms etc)
  • When you are stating as fact, not opinion (where did this ‘fact’ come from?
  • When you are referring to the work of another author or taking a quote directly from another source. Use “Quotation Marks”

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Referencing a Website

Include information in the following order (if available):

  • author (the person or organisation responsible for the site, if known)
  • “Page Name” (In Quotation Marks)
  • Site Name (in italics)
  • year (date created or revised)
  • accessed day month year (the date you viewed the site)
  • URL or Internet address (between pointed brackets). If possible, ensure that the URL is included without a line-break

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Example: Agility Test Top End Sports

  • Author: Robert Wood
  • Page Name: Illinois Agility Test Norms.
  • site name: Top End Sports
  • Year: 2010
  • accessed day month year: 8th November 2022
  • URL or Internet address: <https://www.topendsports.com/testing/norms/illinois.htm>

In the Section:

According to Norms, my Score was Below Average (Wood 2010)

In the Bibliography

Wood, Robert "Illinois Agility Test Norms." Topend Sports Website, November 2010, <https://www.topendsports.com/testing/norms/illinois.htm>, Accessed 8 November 2022

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Referencing a Book

Include information in the following order (if available):

  • author
  • Year of publication
  • Title of Book (In Italics)
  • City of Publication
  • Publisher

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Example: Textbook

“For Most Sports….a good level of Muscular Strength is advantageous” (Carey and Kiernan 2021:81)

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Bibliography:

Carey, Jason and Kiernan, Jimmy (2021) On Your Marks. Dublin. Mentor