Sports and Exercise Science: Referencing

 At Lancaster you have access to Cite Them Right : the essential guide to referencing and plagiarism.

Cite Them Right covers the range of referencing styles which can be used including

Chicago, Harvard, OSCOLA, APA, IEEE, MLA, Vancouver and MHRA.

Biomedical & Life Sciences students are expected to reference in the Harvard, or Author-Date style. Harvard has many variations.

We recommend the Harvard (Lancaster University Library) style.

Reference management systems such as EndNote can help you reference accurately and quickly. 

EndNote online is recommended for BLS students doing research projects.

• Gather references from different sources, such as OneSearch, Web of Science and PubMed
• Capture webpages
• Organise and store your PDFs and links
• Format your bibliography in the Lancaster University Library Harvard style
• Use with Word to insert citations into your writing

We've created an online guide and a printable guide with lots of useful information about the Harvard (Lancaster University Library) style:

Harvard (Lancaster University Library) online guide

• Referencing and the Harvard style
• How to cite sources within the text
• How to reference sources in your reference list
• Paraphrasing
• Using the style with EndNote software