Interactive Examples
Click below to test yourself on citation and referencing techniques (based on an idea by Indiana University).
Example 1 (of 12)
Source text
Today, the tables are turning. The growing accessibility of information technologies puts the tools required to collaborate, create value, and compete at everybody's fingertips. This liberates people to participate in innovation and wealth creation within every sector of the economy.
Quoted from pages 10-11 of Tapscott and Williams (2006) Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything
Extract from Ying's assignment
Increasing access to new content creation and collaborative technologies has freed people up to innovate and generate economic wealth.
Reference list
Tapscott, D., & Williams, A. D. (2006). Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything. New York: Portfolio.
Ying is writing an assignment about digital media and collaboration. Read the source text and extract from her assignment above.
Has Ying adequately followed the conventions of citation and referencing?
Feedback
Although Ying has succeeded in using her own words to paraphrase the source, she has failed to acknowledge the source in the text. She needs to add an in-text citation.