When you write academic assignments, you are expected to acknowledge all the sources you have referred to, so your reader knows where the information you are using has come from. It is therefore important that any statements you make in your work are supported by references to the materials you have read.
While individual lecturers may have their preferences for how references should be laid out (in the use of underlining and italics for example), the guidelines in this booklet are acceptable to all lecturers in health and social care
