Nursing
Subject guide to library related topics
Sources of help and advice on referencing
See also the Library Guide:
Cite Them Right Online
Cite Them Right Online explains and demonstrates how to cite, both in-text and in a reference list or bibliography, a wide range of material types: books, journal articles, lecture notes, law reports, web pages, computer games, live performances...
Get to Cite Them Right Online from its DiscoverEd record.
Harvard (author-date) is shown throughout but many material types are demonstrated in other citation styles too: APA, Chicago, MHRA, MLA, OSCOLA, Vancouver.
General information on referencing and plagiarism is also presented.
EndNote
EndNote
EndNote is supported by the University and available as a desktop and web based application.
- The desktop version has the full range of features and functions.
- EndNote Online is freely available.
The desktop version is installed on the open access lab computers
Both versions provide automatic citing within Microsoft Word.
- For Word installed on the open access lab computers, the "Cite While You Write" plug-in is already available.
EndNote desktop
EndNote desktop is on the Start menu of the University's open access computers and can be downloaded onto most University machines for free from the Software Centre in the Start menu.
EndNote desktop can also be downloaded for free by staff and students of the University for use on personal devices:
Download EndNote desktop for free, onto your own device.
EndNote Styles
Citation styles not already available in EndNote may have been created since you obtained it and may be able to be downloaded from:
EndNote online
Register via Web of Science for more file saving space.
Guide to registering for EndNote online (incl. Cite While You Write plug-in)
EndNote recordings
EndNote for managing references course recording from Digital Skills and Training team:
EndNote and writing up: beyond the basics (Library Bitesize)
Citing and avoiding plagiarism
A recording (30 mins) of the Library Bitesize session How to reference and avoid plagiarism acts as a guide to sources of information and help with understanding why plagiarism must be avoided, the importance of citation styles and consistency in referencing as well as touching on quoting, paraphrasing and summarising the work the of others.
Also worth looking at are the Institute for Academic Development's guidance and factsheets on good academic practice which include information on referencing and avoiding plagiarism:
Choosing a reference management software tool
Reference management software lets you store, annotate and group references and also automatically creates citations and reference lists in your documents.
There are a number of different reference management software tools available. For help in deciding which is right for you, please see our software comparison table or the document made available by the Digital Skills and Training team:
Reference management software tools contd
Zotero is non-commercial, open source (and installed on the University's Open Access PCs):
www.zotero.com
ZoteroBib is a free service that helps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software:
https://zbib.org/
Mendeley Reference Manager from Elsevier
Free version available for download (and installed on the University's Open Access PCs):
Help with EndNote
There is support and help available from staff on using EndNote, desktop and online. Also for Mendeley.
EndNote online exercises for Nursing
The Digital Skills and Training programme includes workshops and webinars on EndNote for which anyone can sign up and for which the workbooks are sometimes available for people to go through themselves in their own time.
Digital Skills and Training website
Links to some of the Digital Skills' workbooks
Your Academic Support Librarian is another source of advice.