There are many different referencing systems widely used in academic writing. LIT acknowledges 2 systems:
- Author- Date systems commonly known as Harvard or APA (American Psychological Association)
- Numerical systems sometimes referred to as Footnoting, Endnoting or Vancouver.
There are two parts to the author-date system of referencing.
- The author and the date are referred to in the text or main body of your writing (this is called ‘citing’ or ‘in text referencing’)
- All of the resources referred to in the body of the writing are included in the reference list at the end of the assignment.