{"id":73,"date":"2024-07-22T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:40:01","slug":"referencing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/referencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Referencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-header\">\n<h1><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p>You will need to cite research in your work through academic referencing.<\/p>\n<p>This means acknowledging the sources you use:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0in the body of your work, referred to as a citation or in-text referencing<\/li>\n<li>as a list of all citations at the end, referred to as a bibliography or reference list<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The idea is that someone reading your work can identify and find the sources you\u2019ve used for themselves so they have to include essential information about that source. There are many different styles used for laying out the information for a reference.<\/p>\n<p>The referencing style used by\u00a0Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Sciences (SERS)\u00a0at the University of Kent is the Harvard style. There are many variations of the Harvard style, but the SERS-specific format can be accessed on Moodle for all relevant SERS modules). Use this referencing style consistently for ALL of your work (unless specifically directed otherwise by your module convenor).<\/p>\n<p>Detailed SERS guidance about referencing can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/livekentac-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/ecs33_kent_ac_uk\/EcfhRGaoW4tLsCst_M6TQ7cBrBx1ADieqmqIBi_Tb-U7MA?e=N8GybJ\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Finding the reference information for a resource.<\/h3>\n<p>A physical source will have all the information you need on the front and title pages but most sources you use will be digital.<\/p>\n<p>When searching for ebooks, journal articles and other academic papers you will usually find a \u201ccitation\u201d that you copy and paste into your work.<\/p>\n<p>For websites, podcasts, blogs and other media you will have to create a citation from the information given.<\/p>\n<h3>How to reference books, articles, journals, etc<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/70\/cite-them-right\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cite them Right<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is an interactive referencing tool to help you get to grips with the basics of referencing. Here you can learn how to<a href=\"https:\/\/www-citethemrightonline-com.chain.kent.ac.uk\/category-list?docid=CTRHarvard\">\u00a0reference anything in your chosen reference style<\/a>\u00a0from books, articles, websites, videos, to social media posts in your research.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You will need to be logged into Cite Them Right to view their referencing guides!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Make an appointment to discuss referencing<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Student Learning Advisory Service can also support you with\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/plagiarism-and-how-to-avoid-it\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">referencing and avoiding plagiarism<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The team has developed a number of guides available on their webpages. You can also book a one-to-one appointment with them or simply ask them a question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/student-learning-advisory-service\/appointments#study\">Book a referencing appointment with Student Learning Advisory Service<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will need to cite research in your work through academic referencing. This means acknowledging the sources you use: \u00a0in the body of your work, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/referencing\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56317,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sesresourceguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}