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Unit 10: How to do it!

Citing in the body of the text

When you cite a piece of work you use a number which will correspond with the full details of the book, journal article etc which will be written in your reference list.  You can use brackets or superscript.

Example

The report [1] emphasises that the research was …

Example

The report1emphasises that the research done by Holstein was in direct conflict with that produced by Greene.

If your information you refer to in your sentence(s) has come from several sources you must cite all of them.

Example

It has been proven that the research in this area is inconclusive 1,3,6-8 however Smith1 declares ….

 

TIP: Superscript

If you are using Microsoft Word you can either use the ‘footnote’ function – position your cursor where you want the number to be, then click on Insert / Referencing / Footnote
or
type a number and highlight it, then click on Format / Font / Superscript

 

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