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How did you go with the previous exercise? If you weren't sure of the answers, read on.

What is a citation/reference?
A citation or reference refers to a source of information. A citation from a reference list (or bibliography) contains enough information for the reader to locate the original document.

Your Reading List
The reading list or key references for your course contains citations to published materials. In order to find your key references, you will need to understand how to interpret the information, search for it in the Library Resources Database (LRD) and then find it on the library shelves or retrieve it electronically.

CONTENTS of MODULE 1

1.1	Objectives
1.2	Citation/reference [exercise]
1.3	Undertanding a citation/reference
1.4	Searching LRD
1.5	Review

Examples of citations
Most of the citations that you encounter will be for books, book chapters, and journal articles. Understanding the elements of a citation will enable you to use the appropriate search terms in the Library Resources Database - LRD (catalogue). This is VERY IMPORTANT - for example, you cannot search by Article Title in the Library Resources Database.

Document Type	Citation Format
Books	Author/editor(s). (Year of publication). Title of book. (edition). Place of publication: Publisher.
e.g. Campbell, N.A., Reece, J.A., & Mitchell, L.G. (1999). Biology (5th ed). Menlo Park: Benjamin/Cummings.
Journal Articles	Author of journal article. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume of journal (issue number of journal), article pages.
e.g. Gatta, L., Vakil, N., Ricci, C., Osborn, J.F., Tampieri, A., Perna, F., et al. (2003). A rapid, low-dose, 13C-urea tablet for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection before and after treatment. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 17 (6), 793-8
Book Chapters	Author of chapter. (Year of publication). Chapter title. In Editor(s) of book, Title of book. (edition, chapter pages). Place of publication: Publisher.
e.g. Bradley, P. (2000). Should childhood immunization be compulsory?. In P. Bradley & A. Burls (Eds.), Ethics in public and community health (pp. 167-176). London: Routledge.