Introduction
If you look at a standard reference for a journal paper, for example one of the Learning and CPD papers about citations, referencing and plagiarism, which would be a useful read. [Bryson, D. (2012) Using research papers: Citations, referencing and plagiarism. Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine 35: (2): 82-84.]
This contains all the necessary information to find the paper. This ultimately is the aim of a reference for a reader so they can look at the original source for themselves. Obviously it needs to be accurate. There is nothing worse than reading a paper and then trying to find a reference only to be unable to locate it.
One of the areas that can confuse students and authors alike is how to reference web pages and electronic journals (e-journals). The aim of this paper is to go back to first principles for referencing and see how with examples these should be referenced.
- Accurately reference web pages, blogs and e-journal papers.
