Online Referencing Tools

These tools can be used to generate written references for different types of research material: books, website, magazines and DVDs. Just add the information, click the submit button and follow the instructions.

If you ever get stuck when writing your reference list, come and ask at the LRC and we will help you out.

Books

To write a reference for a book, you need to provide the following information that can be found on the back of a book’s title page:

Electronic Books

With an e-book you need to provide the following information:

Magazines/Journals

You have to give a bit more information when writing a reference for a magazine article, you can usually find these details on the front cover or the spine of the magazine:

Websites

It can be tricky to find all the information you need — websites don’t have title pages like books and magazines. If you can’t find the information, leave it out.

You should provide these things:

DVDs

Again, it can be hard to find the information you need, so it is best to provide as much information as you can find. If you have borrowed the DVD or video from the LRC, you could check the catalogue record to find the details.

Author First Name:
Author Surame:
Title:
Year published:
Edition (if any):
Place of publication:
Publishing company:

Author First Name:
Author Surame:
Year:
Title:
Place of e-book supplier:
Web Address:
Date you looked at the site:

Author of article First Name:
Author of article Surame:
Year:
Title of article:
Name of journal:
Volume and number:
Page number/s:

Author or company:
Year:
Page title:
Title of website:
Web address:
Date you looked at the site:

Title:
Year produced or broadcast:
Format (DVD or Video):
Publisher: