Section outline

  • Referencing is the process whereby you acknowledge your sources.

    There are particular ways in which academic writing is referenced, and once you have completed this section you will know more about:

    • the main referencing systems in use at Queen Mary
    • where to obtain more detailed information about the particular referencing system you choose to use in your essays
    • three freely available software packages that you can use to manage your collections of bibliographic information, PDFs, notes and citations