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WRITING REFERENCES IN THESIS

Dr. Satish Vyavahare

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Satara

Email: satishraj.1415@gmail.com

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WHAT IS REFERENCING ?

  • Academic Writing- relied on book/journals
  • Referencing-for discussion/analysis
  • For support of argument in the thesis
  • Citation is known as Intellectual Honesty
  • Failure of Referencing is Plagiarism

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REFERENCING AND PLAGIARISM

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SOURCES-COMPUTER/INTERNET

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BOOKS/THESIS

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PLAGIARISM IS DISHONESTY

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WHAT IS REFERENCED?

  • Quotations used in the thesis
  • Used idea or fact of other authors
  • Paraphrased or summarized words

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WHERE TO REFERENCE?

One

    • Inside the Body

Two

    • Outside the Body
    • (Bibliography)

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STYLE OF REFERENCING

    • APA
      • American Psychological Association

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    • AMA
      • American Medical Association

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    • MLA
      • Multi Language Association

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      • Harvard/Oxford//Chicago

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HOW TO REFERENCE?

  • Be consistent in format – italicize journal and book titles
  • Cite only referred references
  • Arrange citations alphabetically and chronologically – both in ascending order (Bibliography).
  • If the author has published more than one article/book in any given year, then use the following format for
  • the year, for example: Kamble 2001a (for the first reference) and Kamble 2001b (for the second reference).
  • The reference list should be single-spaced

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EXAMPLES OF WRITING REFERENCES

  • Books:

Author(s), Year. Book Title. Publisher, City, pages.

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  • Journals:

Author(s), Year. Article Title. Journal volume:pages.

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  • Internet: Author(s)/editor, Year. Title. Retrieved date, from HostName/Path/Filename.

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CONCLUSION

  • Referencing is Essential
  • References and Bibliography differs
  • Foot Note or Endnote References

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