Information Technology for Business: Referencing and Source Citation

This assignment is a report addressing the importance of correct referencing and source citation in academic writing, specifically within the context of an IT for Business module (UGB004). It explains the significance of referencing in providing credibility and supporting arguments, emphasizing the need to acknowledge the origin of ideas and avoid plagiarism. The report details the process of citing references, including gathering source information (author, title, publication details), placing in-text citations (APA, Chicago, and MLA styles), and constructing a reference list. It covers different citation styles (MLA, APA, Chicago) and provides steps for determining the appropriate style and formatting citations. The conclusion reiterates the necessity of proper referencing to enhance the credibility of the work. The assignment includes a table of contents, introduction, conclusion, and a list of references, and aligns with the assignment brief for the module.

Information Technology
For Business Use

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents........................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Task 1.............................................................................................................................................1
Description of citing the references and Sources correctly.......................................1
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Referencing is termed to as providing or refereeing with citation of source of
information or mentioning towards the source of writing. This will be used to tell reader
about from where the ideas are derived and what are the sources that have been used
in any assignment. Within this report description about citing and sourcing the correct
referencing will be done with mentioning the steps for refereeing one particular text as
well.
Task 1
Description of citing the references and Sources correctly
When the article or an information is been paraphrased or quoted in a research
paper so there is a need to cite the original source of information. However if the
references are not cited then reader will think that the information can be provided from
the point of view and thoughts of a specific person. Adding proper citation to the written
document or article can bring credibility to the work and also provides the evidences
which mainly support the arguments mentioned in the article. Proper citation also
provides the opportunities to further explore the topic of according to the individual
thoughts of the person (Colander, 2018). It also provides the opportunities to explore
the work which can be further supported by sources references and citations.
There are several different types of citation style is used in various research
fields. One of the most popular referencing style which is generally used in academic
writing are MLA (Modern Language Association) and APA (American psychological
Association) and Chicago styles. In order to determine the type of citation style needed
for a particular research field, various steps are being considered.
Step-1: Gathering information about the sources
 Determining the style used in citation: Different types of styles are preferred in
different types of research fields (Goodall, 2015). It will be dependent on the
supervisor that in order to determine the style used for project. Normally, full
citation list is used at the end of the paper. This citation list may be called as a
reference list, bibliography or a Cited Work according to the type of the citation
used. Also, in-text citations are used which helps in identifying that material
preceding the citation is not the original work of a work. Such in-text citations
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may use the in-line and parenthetical footnote or endnote style to represent that
the style of References.
 Identifying the author and title for each source: When a research paper is
prepared then author and title must be used (Harder, 2017). In case, if there are
more than one title is used then they must be used in the same order as they
generally present in the by-line of an Article or in the same order as they appear
in title page of the book.
 Publication information for each source: This helps in determining the date of
publishing along with the name and location of publisher. In order to cite
references for academic journal, one may have to keep the information about
edition, volume or issue. Publication information of the print source can be found
at the back of the title page. Copy right information can be typically present on
the same page (Karabulut, 2017).
 For URL's online Sources: Here, all the styles of citation commonly require a
direct URL, or permalink or any source that would be found online. As
information on internet may be changed or updated, so most of the styles also
provides last accessed date of the page.
Step-2: Placing In-Text Citation
 Citing the reference immediately after paraphrasing and quoting the source
material: Most of the citations, in-text citations generally cited at the end of the
sentence. This is generally comes before the closing punctuation of the
sentence.
 Using the author date Parenthesis for citation in APA: In order to cite the material
in the paraphrased material, last name of the author will be used in parenthesis
at the end of the sentence along with the comma followed by the year of
publishing (Li and et.al., 2018).
 Insertion of the footnotes for Chicago style in-style citations: This style can be
termed as the footnote which includes the same information as the full
bibliographic citations. Generally, elements of the citations can be separated
using commas.
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 Include name of the author and page number for MLA in-text citation: This
citation can be cited by using the author's name and page number at the place
where the material is used with intervening punctuation. Using shortened version
of the title so that it can be easily cited as a full reference entry.
Step-3: Writing a reference Entry
 Starting with the name of the author: It can be considered as one of the most
important format as the last name of the author is used followed by the comma
and first name of the author (Nivash and Babu, 2017). Generally in APA style,
author’s first name is used initially for reference entry.
 Listing the title of the source: The way in source title is formatted depends on the
citation style which is used.
 Publication information for the source: Publication information includes name,
place, source and year of publisher.
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CONCLUSION
It could be concluded that it is very much necessary to reference properly all the
text which are included within any report and then describing how to cite all text books
and journals. In-text referencing is very much essential which help all readers to
understand from where did the sentence or ideas are originating.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
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