Ancient History Research Task: Referencing

What is referencing?

Referencing is a standardised method of acknowledging sources of information and ideas that you have used in your assignments or research, in a way that uniquely identifies the source. It is not only necessary for avoiding plagiarism, but also for supporting your ideas and arguments. 

References must be provided wherever you quote (se exact words), paraphrase (use other people's ideas expressed in your own words), summarise (use main points of someone else's opinions, theories or data) or use other people's data. Your references may be sources of information such as books, periodicals, web sites, newspapers, government reports, legal cases, electronic recording (CD, DVD, television) or brochures.

About Chicago Style

There are two parts to Chicago referencing:

• The citations, or references, within the text of your paper. These are set out as footnotes at the bottom of the page.
• The reference list (or bibliography) at the end of your paper.

Chicago style is an "author-date" style.