BPS referencing

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BPS referencing

• Guide to citing and referencing resources in the
  style of the British Psychological Society

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Referencing sources

• Why do we provide references?
• Acknowledge sources
• Avoid plagiarism
• Demonstrate breadth of reading
• References in bibliography should be consistent
• Use a particular style
• Psychology has adopted the BPS
• Link on Library webpages to Style guide

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Plagiarism

• Epigeum plagiarism tutorial accessible on
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  the following steps
• View course listgtStaff student support
  servicesgtAcademic developmentgtEpigeum plagiarism
  course
• Turnitin software to check assignments via
  Blackboard- available via Epigeum as above
• You quote it, you note it!
• Vaughan Memorial library, Nova Scotia light
  hearted tutorial about the importance of avoiding
  plagiarism

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Links to the BPS style guide

• Library homepagegtSearch for helpgtCiting resources
  in my assignmentsgtBPS style guide
• BPS style guide direct link (see section 9
  Citation of sources which includes 9.1 Citation
  in text and 9.2 Citation in reference lists)

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Citing in the text

• Author-date system is used as follows
• (Hayes, 2000) one author OR in running text
• In the study, Hayes (2000) found that
• (Jones, 1998, 2006a, 2006b) same author in
  different publications
• (Bunn Lovie, 2001) publication by two authors
  OR in running text The study by Bunn and Lovie
  (2001)
• (Hewstone et al., 2005) publication by three or
  more authors
• Refer to BPS style guide for more information

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Book in reference lists

• Author(s), editor(s) (up to six with surname and
  initials only). If editor(s) add Ed. or Eds.
  after name.
• Year of publication
• Title and subtitle (if any) - in italics
• Edition if not the first, for example 2nd edn.
• Place of publication if known
• Publisher

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Whats wrong with these?

• Hayes, N. (2000). Foundations of psychology (3rd
  edn). Thomson Learning.
• Hewstone, Miles, Fincham, F.D. Foster, J.
  (2005). Psychology. Oxford Blackwell.
• Bunn, G.C., Lovie, A.D. Richards, G.D. (Eds.)
  (2001). Psychology in Britain historical essays
  and personal reflections. Leicester British
  Psychological Society.

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Correct versions

• Hayes, N. (2000). Foundations of psychology (3rd
  edn). London Thomson Learning.
• Hewstone, M., Fincham, F.D. Foster, J. (2005).
  Psychology. Oxford Blackwell.
• Bunn, G.C., Lovie, A.D. Richards, G.D. (Eds.)
  (2001). Psychology in Britain historical essays
  and personal reflections. Leicester British
  Psychological Society.

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Journal article

• Author/s of the article (up to six, with surname
  and initials only)
• Year of publication
• Title of the article
• Title of the journal in italics
• Volume and part number NB It is only necessary
  to give a part number where pagination is by part
  rather than volume.
• Page numbers of article

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Examples

• Risen, J.L. Gilovich, T. (2008). Why people are
  reluctant to tempt fate. Journal of Personality
  and Social Psychology, 95, 293-307.
  
• Krizan, Z. Windshitl, P.D. (2007). The
  influence of outcome desirability on optimism
  Electronic version. Psychological Bulletin,
  133, 95-121.
• This second article was retrieved online, but is
  also available in print, so add the words
  Electronic version.

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Chapter in book

• Author of chapter/section
• Year of publication
• Title of chapter/section
• The word In
• Author/editors of collected work
• Edition if not the first
• Title of collected work including volume number
  and title if applicable - in italics
• Page numbers of section referred to
• Place of publication
• Publisher

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Examples

• Campbell, A. (2005). Aggression. In D.M. Buss
  (Ed.) The handbook of evolutionary psychology
  (pp.628-652). Hoboken, New Jersey John Wiley.
• Anderson, M. (1992). Intelligence. In A.P. Smith
  D.M. Jones (Eds.) Handbook of human
  performance Vol. 3. State and trait (pp.1-24).
  London Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

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Journal article electronic only

• Author
• Year and date if known in brackets
• Title of article
• Title of journal in italics
• Volume number
• The words Retrieved insert date from
• The Internet address or URL

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Example

• Tip to display the quotable part of the URL for
  an electronic journal article -point your cursor
  at the link to the article and look at the status
  bar at the bottom of the screen. URL will be
  displayed. This avoids the problem of
  ridiculously long URLs. The initial http// can
  be omitted.
• Jacobsen, B. (2003). The social psychology of the
  creation of a sports fans identity a theoretical
  review of the literature. Athletic Insight the
  Online Journal of Sport Psychology, 5(2).
  Retrieved 14 November 2008 from
  www.athleticinsight.com/Vol5Iss2/FanDevelopment.ht
  m