Get Ready to Reference

Referencing is how you acknowledge the sources of the information you have referred to in your work. It helps to make clear to the reader how you have used the work of others to develop your own ideas and arguments.

Whether you’re quoting directly from a book, summarising an idea from a journal article, illustrating a point with an image, or paraphrasing an opinion from a newspaper article, you need to give credit to the original creator of the work.

Getting started with referencing

Learn the basics of referencing, including what referencing is and why it's important.

Referencing FAQs

Find answers to questions students frequently ask about referencing.

Further support

There are lots of ways you can access support with referencing from the Library.

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The student-led project that culminated in this website won the University’s Vice Chancellor’s Education Excellence Award in 2025 and was shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award in 2023.

Illustrations by Eilidh Muldoon.