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Library for our offshore global partners: Referencing support

The University of Waikato Library offers resources and support to the students and staff of our Global Partner Programmes

Why do we reference?

  • To show that relevant sources have been investigated and that you have researched your topic.
  • To enable the person reading your work to trace the original sources you have used.
  • To provide evidence to support your argument.
  • To give differing points of view.
  • To indicate that you have not used someone else's ideas and claimed them as your own, i.e. to avoid plagiarism.
You must acknowledge (reference or cite) any work, idea, image etc. that you quote, paraphrase, summarise or quote, or copy. 

APA reference formatting

For further guidance and information on the formatting of APA style references, visit out APA Reference Formatting guide.

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APA

The APA author-date referencing style is the most commonly used across a range of schools.  

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IEEE

This style is often used by Computer Science and Engineering students.

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Chicago

The Chicago B Author-Date Style is commonly used in the sciences & social sciences.

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NZ Law Style

The New Zealand Law Style Guide is the primary referencing style for Law.

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MHRA

MHRA is commonly used in humanities disciplines. It uses footnotes, endnotes, & bibliographies.

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Science Styles

The basics of ACS, AMA, Animal Behaviour & RSNZ referencing styles which are sometimes used in science research.