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Social Sciences

Referencing

Below is information regarding referencing. Whilst you will most likely be using the Harvard Solent referencing style in this course, those of you moving on to do Psychology will be expected to use the APA referencing style. If you wish to explore that further you can do so via the APA 7th Edition Referencing LibGuide.

Referencing links

A number of guides are available to help you get to grips with referencing:

RefWorks

RefWorks is a tool to help you to manage your references. You can export references directly from the library catalogue, databases and even Google Scholar directly into RefWorks and format them into Harvard Solent or other styles as required.

If you use RefWorks it will do most of the work for you, but it will make mistakes as it can only work with the data it can see so check the output against the Harvard Solent Referencing Guide before submitting your assignments.

Visit the RefWorks LibGuide for help in setting up your account and using the functionality of this really useful tool.

 

Support

Appointments 

You can make an appointment for help with RefWorks or Harvard Solent referencing. 

Appointments can:

  • Address any specific questions you might want help with, or
  • Provide a basic introduction to how to reference or use RefWorks (or both)

Appointments for OSCOLA and APA referencing support please email library.support@solent.ac.uk

Email Support

You can email referencing.support@solent.ac.uk for help with RefWorks and Harvard Solent referencing.  Queries will be dealt with as quickly as possible but please allow up to 72 hours for a response from the Information team.   Please note that this service does not include proof reading or checking of references.