You should reference every idea, opinion, fact or quote from a source, even if you put it in your own words.
We always recommend that you check referencing advice given by your department and tutor as some referencing conventions may vary.
For further help and support please visit the referencing section on the Library's Moodle page. The Library Moodle page is available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is full of guidance and activities on referencing, plagiarism, and other research skills you will need whilst studying at Royal Holloway.
This department recommend using the style used by the Journal of the Geological Society of London. This uses brackets in the text and a full list of references, entitled Bibliography at the end of your work. You can find the notes for authors which explains the rules for the style on the Geological Society's website. This style is available in RefWorks, Zotero, Mendeley, and other referencing software.
You should check your departmental handbook for further information, or make an appointment with your Information Consultant for further help.
Reference management tools help you to save and organise your research, they can also help you to format references and citations and also create bibliographies.
The library provides access to RefWorks for all students to use, there are also a number of free tools available online.
To find out more about these tools and how to use them visit this guide to Referencing Tools.
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