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Citation of References for Engineering

Essays, theses and assignments need to formally recognise the resources from which you have obtained information. This is called citing or referencing and is done within the body of your text and in the bibliography at the end.

Academic Honesty and Plagiarism

University policies:

• Academic Honesty in Coursework
• Plagiarism: Student Coursework - Policy and Procedures
  includes a compliance statement for individual and collaborative work

Engineering and IT policies:

• Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
• Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical and Information Engineering
• Information Technologies

Style Guides and Tutorials

There are a number of styles you may follow, the most commonly used in Engineering is the Harvard Style of Referencing. Referencing styles follow rules of punctuation and other details for setting out a bibliography, and for citing within the text of an assignment. The four web guides below explain by examples, covering a variety of print and electronic sources.

• Curtin University of Technology Library's guide to Harvard Referencing
• University of Technology Sydney Library's Referencing Guide: Harvard Examples
• University of Queensland Quick Reference Citation Guides for a number of different styles
• Internet Detective, a free tutorial, teaches about plagiarism and copyright, citation and referencing and shows how to keep the right side of the law

Citation and Style Guides, the extensive University of Sydney Library guide refers to printed and online works on citation and documentation.

Information about Journals

• Peer-reviewed or refereed journals
• Journal Citation Reports
• Genamics JournalSeek presents journals categorised into subject areas. The information includes the description (aims and scope), journal abbreviation, journal homepage link, subject category and ISSN, but does not contain articles or abstracts.
• All that JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources Cyberstacks comprehensive listing of sources for journal abbreviation organised by subject

Other Resources

• Learn about EndNote, a personal bibliographic software program that allows you to organise your references and build bibliographies for your thesis, essay or assignment.
• Go to The Write Site for online support to help you develop your academic and professional writing skills.
• Learn about Peer Review or Refereeing in Wikipedia.
• See also the University of Sydney Learning Centre.