You need to acknowledge your sources at the point where the information is being used. This is called a citation. Citations contain the author’s last name, the year of publication and page number(s) where appropriate and link to the corresponding reference in your bibliography or reference list.
Click the headings below to see examples of how to cite sources in your work.
“Despite equal pay laws, women still earn, on average, only about 80 per cent per hour of what men earn.” (Walsh, 2011, p. 119)
You can also use…
According to Walsh “Despite equal pay laws, women still earn, on average, only about 80 per cent per hour of what men earn.” (2011, p. 119)
When using online material, use only the author and date if a page number is not available.
On the surface, it is easy to see celebrity charitable endorsements as acts of altruism. However, as Kapoor states:
…it is deeply invested in self-interest and promotion, backed by a massive marketing machine that includes management and talent agencies, entertainment lawyers, and advertising and public relations firms, each often tied to larger entertainment interests. The integration of celebrity philanthropy and branding has enabled the creation of brand identity (the ‘humanitarian celebrity’). (2013, p. 19)
As such, the perception of consumers can be seen to…
“The direct cost of obesity [to the NHS] is estimated to be £4.2 billion a year” (Byfield, 2012).
“Since 2008 … the rich in both the US and UK manoeuvred to become much richer” (Dorling, 2014, p. 89).
Longhurst et al. (2008) argues that…
Current research (World Development Report, 2013) documents…
Ronson (2015b) argues that…
One view (Johnston, no date) can be seen to…
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