Referencing

Correct referencing is important for a number of reasons:

Avoids inadvertent plagiarism.
Demonstrates a range of reading.
Allows others to check your sources, follow up information, evaluate your interpretation.
Shows courtesy in recognising the contribution of other scholars.
Demonstrates engagement with the scholarly community.

There are a number of referencing systems - consult your STUDY GUIDE or STUDENT HANDBOOK for the system used on your course.

The link below provides information, tutorials and further links for each system:

http://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/200232/referencing/832/what_is_referencing/3

The site below is one of many that will format your reference information for you. This is quite a laborious way of styling your references correctly, but will give you an idea of what a reference should look like:

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php

The following site includes sections providing guidance on footnotes:

http://www.aresearchguide.com/styleguides.html

To insert a footnote using Microsoft Word:
Go to ‘Insert', 'Reference', ‘footnote', or click on the AB¹icon on the tool bar.