APA: American Psychological Association. Please refer to the APA Publication Manual 7th edition or the APA Website http://apastyle.org/ for detailed help with APA style.
Bibliography: This is an alphabetically ordered list of sources not mentioned in the reference list but included to show the wider reading on the topic. Not used in APA referencing but may be required in other styles.
BPS: British Psychological Society. The British Psychological Society (BPS) has a referencing and style guide www.bps.org.uk/guideline/bps-style-guide-authors-and-editors but be aware that BPS style varies from APA in some instances.
Citation: A citation consists of the in-text reference and a reference in the reference list relating to a source of information.
Direct quotation: The use of the exact words from a text/author/speaker included in your work which is enclosed in “double quotation marks”.
DOI: Digital Object Identifier, this is used to uniquely identify an ‘object’ such as an electronic document and provide a permanent link to the electronic object. Where a DOI is available this should be used instead of an URL. The DOI is placed at the end of the reference, after the final full stop and is written as https://doi.org/10.1000/182.
et al. Abbreviation for “and others” used especially in referring to academic books or articles that have more than three authors/editors. Used for in text citations. Note that APA style (Unlike Harvard referencing) does NOT italicise et al.
Harvard: The Harvard referencing style is used for other subject areas at USW. The USW Harvard Referencing guide can be found at https://www.southwales.ac.uk/services/library/referencing-guides/.
In-text reference: The reference to the source which appears in the body of your assignment/essay/report etc.
Paraphrase: The inclusion of specific information, facts, opinion etc. to support your own analysis/argument explained in your own words and referenced. Please note that the vocabulary and sentence structure must be changed where possible.
Plagiarism: Failure to acknowledge, either accidentally or deliberately, the origin of information/material used in your work. See also: in-text reference, citation, reference list and bibliography. Plagiarism is a very serious academic offence.
Reference list: An alphabetically ordered list of the full details of each of the sources of information referred to in your text.
Secondary reference: The citing of a source which has been referred to in a work by another author.
Sources: The origin of the information/materials you reference in your work. For example: journals, books, websites, newspapers, and conference papers, legal and political papers.
Summary: An overview of the argument or point presented in a source, written in your own words and referenced.