Referencing and EndNote for MBBS year 1

1. Netskills 2:
Referencing, plagiarism
and EndNote
Paula Funnell
p.a.funnell@qmul.ac.uk
Senior Academic Liaison Librarian (Medicine and Dentistry)

2. Learning outcomes
• To understand what plagiarism is and
how to avoid it
• To be able to incorporate references
into academic documents
• To manage references using Endnote

3. A book reference
Which elements you would need in a
book reference?
Rees, J., Kanabar, D. and Pattani, S.
(2010) ABC of asthma, 6th
ed., London: BMJ Books.

4. A book chapter
Jeffery, P. K. (2000) Pathology of
asthma. In Clark, T. J.
H., Godfrey, S., Lee, T. H. and
Thomson, N. C., (eds) Asthma, 4th
ed., London: Arnold, pp.175-196.

5. A journal reference
Which elements you would need in a
journal reference?
Lang, J. E. (2012) Obesity, Nutrition, and
Asthma in Children, Pediatr Allergy
Immunol Pulmonol, 25(2), 64-75.

6. A webpage reference
Which elements you would need in a
webpage reference?
NHS Choices (2012) Asthma [online].
Available at:
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Asthma/Pa
ges/Introduction.aspx [accessed 6/10/12]

7. Plagiarism
Try the plagiarism quiz on QMplus
Year 1 Fundamentals of Medicine
Netskills: library and information
resources
Search tools and referencing
5 Referencing and plagiarism

8. EndNote
Access EndNote using the Firefox
browser
my.endnote.com

9. EndNote activity
Use the EndNote activity to practice
getting references in to EndNote
Year 1 Fundamentals of Medicine
Netskills: library and information
resources
Search tools and referencing
6 EndNote

10. Cite while you write activity
Download the Cite while you write
activity and modify it using the EndNote
toolbar in Word
Year 1 Fundamentals of Medicine
Netskills: library and information
resources
Search tools and referencing
6 EndNote

11. Summary
• Always ensure that you cite your
sources correctly to avoid plagiarism
• Use EndNote to store your
references and create in-text
citations and bibliographies in Word