Referencing

Introduction to referencing

Discover the what, why, when, where and how of referencing at UWE Bristol. Includes common terms and what to include in your assignment word count.

Introduction to referencing
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Types of referencing

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UWE Bristol Harvard

A beginner's guide to referencing your academic work using the UWE Bristol Harvard standard.

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Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA)

How to reference using the Oxford Standard for the Citation Of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) standard. For Law degrees only.

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Chicago referencing

A guide to using the Chicago (notes and bibliography) referencing style. For students taking History degrees only.

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Modern Language Association (MLA)

A quick guide to the MLA referencing style. For English, Film Studies and Literature programmes.

Referencing tools

Referencing tools to help you format references correctly and incorporate them into assignments, includes UWE Bristol Harvard reference builder, Mendeley and Zotero.

Referencing tools

"The UWE Bristol website has helped me greatly with learning the UWE Bristol Harvard referencing style."

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Check your work for plagiarism

Plagiarism is using someone else's ideas or words as your own. Read our university regulations, tutorials for avoiding plagiarism, as well as how to check your work.

Check your work for plagiarism
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How to avoid plagiarism

Use our online resource to discover how and why to avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism.

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Library study skills support

There are a number of ways you can get support from the library, such as talking to us at helpdesks, using our online chat service, booking 1:1s or attending workshops.

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