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Using the Library: Library Support Services

This guide is a break down of what the library can offer and how we can help you be your best (student) self!

Reference

Reference and Citation for First Years

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Harvard

Harvard Referencing

 

A guide on Harvard style is available here  This guide presents examples of how to reference textual sources.  However if you use material from non-textual sources such as podcasts or documentaries you must also cite the source in full. A list of various source types, formatted in the Harvard style, is available here. 

A sample bibliography in the Harvard style is available here

Reference and Citation

Reference and Citation Help  

Referencing is a way of acknowledging every source used in research or in the completion of an assignment. The details you provide for a source are normally its author, title, date and place of publication, and the name of its publisher. You may have to provide additional details, depending on what form the source takes, such as a volume number or a web link. These individual references are then collected into what’s called a bibliography.

Citing is a way of briefly referencing a source within the text of your assignment, linking it to the more detailed reference in the bibliography. This is usually done when you paraphrase someone else’s ideas or directly quote them. Information, facts, and dates that are considered common knowledge are not required to be referenced e.g. Dublin is the capital city of Ireland.

Student Support

The Learning Centre and Visual Resources Centre

The Learning Centre and the Visual Resources Centre are parts of the Edward Murphy Library. 

They are quiet spaces that can be used for viewing DVD's, learning about reference and citation, and browsing past student theses.       

Visual Resource Centre                                                                                                                            Learning Centre

  

Student Supports

Student Supports

The Learning Centre and Visual Resource Centre also provides student supports:

  • Introductions to the basics of using the Library.
  • Introductions to the Library's databases, e-resources, and other resources.
  • Introduction to Zotero citation software, bibliographic and file management help.

Book by phone, email, or in-person.

Contact

There are many ways to contact us if you need help!

                                                       

Email: libraryloans@staff.ncad.ie         ♦          Instagram: ncad_library           ♦            Phone: 016364357