Journal Referencing

Referencing is a vital part of your academic writing and an essential part of your studies.

You can use this exercise to develop your knowledge of referencing journal articles. For any further support please ask in the library or contact us at Library@cuc.coventry.ac.uk or book one-to-one support HERE.

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The following example contains the publishing details needed to reference a journal article and is used in some of the questions in this tutorial.

Article Details by William Johnson

Quiz

Example text

The following is an example of good practice when referencing journal articles in assignments.

Journal articles can be an excellent means of discovering the current state of academic discourse on a topic (Thompson et al., 2020, p. 42). Bell (1997) argued that engaging with journal articles is ‘essential for students to attain the best possible outcomes’ (p. 2682).

Reference List

Bell, P. (1997). The impact of research articles on student attainment at a higher education institution: a systematic review. Journal of Higher Education, 19(6), 2679-2691. https://doi.org/10.12.1997.3765

Thompson, I., Salt, C., Paul, J. (2020). An examination of library resource use in a UK university setting. Journal of Information Studies.,15(8), 36-42. https://doi.org/10.63.2020.2956

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