EAP 2 Lesson 3.2 What Should Be Referenced?

Do you need to reference a quotation taken from a textbook?

• Yes

• No

Do you need to reference data taken from your own primary research?

• Yes

• No

Do you need to reference a piece of common knowledge? i.e. Barack Obama was President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

• Yes

• No

Do you need to reference a table or chart taken from the Internet

• Yes

• No

Do you need to reference a summary of a journal article?

• Yes

• No

Do you need to reference something you read but you can't remember where?

• Yes

• No

Do you need to reference your own idea based on reading several theories?

• Yes

• No

Do you need to reference something you heard in a lecture?

• Yes

• No

Do you always need a reference list in your Writing Task assignments?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

When do you need to use page numbers in your in-text citations?

• For every in-text citation

• For a direct quotation

• For a paraphrase