Academic Research Booklet

Citations and references When writing academically or formally, showing other people where you found your information is what gives your work credibility - it shows a clear train of thought and allows others to follow your research trail. A citation is when you make a note in the essay where a piece of information has come from someone else’s work, it looks like this (Hanlon, 2025). Sometimes you may want to include the author name or date in the sentence, whichever of the two you don’t include in the sentence must be included in brackets to complete the citation. A reference is details on where to find the information you cited in the essay, it looks like this: Hanlon, Michael E. (2025). Doughnut: The Official Story. Worldwar1.com. http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/doughnut.htm A reference list is a list of all the references used in your essay. It appears at the end of the essay on a new page. You MUST include one and it must be properly fomatted. A reference list looks like this: References Hanratty, J. (2017, May 1). Doughnuts and the Salvation Army: Doughnuts, Salvation Army, and World War I . Doughnuts and the Salvation Army. https://scalar.usc.edu/works/doughnuts- and-the-salvation-army/world-war-i Madison, J. H. (2007). Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys : an American Woman in World War II . Indiana University Press. Hanlon, Michael E. (2025). Doughnut: The Official Story . Worldwar1.com. http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/doughnut.htm Rhoades, T. (2020, March 31). Honoring the Doughnut Girls - Girl Museum . Girl Museum. https://www.girlmuseum.org/doughnut-helen/ Swain, J. (2021, June 3). “A Helmet Full of Doughnuts” - The War Cry - The Salvation Army USA . War Cry. https://www.thewarcry.org/articles/a-helmet-full-of-doughnuts/