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reference management

Keep an accurate record of all the details of every

  • Book
  • Periodical article
  • Webpage, and
  • Audiovisual resource

you consult, to make the task of referencing your assignment easier. Our downloadable bibliography reference sheet (MS Word document, 60Kb) will be helpful.

Allow time to create your reference list - it often takes longer than you expect! You will get better at it the more often you do it.

the long weekend that wasn't

Ken, Child Studies student:


"I was set to finish my assignment Thursday and get away for a break.

I just had the bibliography to do, but I hadn't written down all the citations for the items I used.

Spent Friday morning in the library collecting the information all over again. Not impressed!"