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IB DP Extended Essay: Citations & Referencing

Use this guide as you journey through the extended essay process. Material adapted from the EE support materials developed by Kosta Lekanides

Using MyBib to keep track of sources

Helpful Website About Harvard In-Text Citation

This website from Birmingham City University Library has some helpful examples of how you can integrate and cite your sources in-text (in the body of the essay).

How to use Turnitin in Managebac

Sample Harvard Reference List

References

Barros, B., Read, T. & Verdejo, M. F. (2008) Virtual collaborative experimentation: an approach combining remote and local labs. IEEE Transactions on Education. 51 (2), 242–250. Available from: doi:10.1109/TE.2007.908071.

Department of Health. (2009) Living well with dementia: a national dementia strategy. Available from: www.gov.uk/government/publications/living-well-with-dementiaa-national-dementia-strategy [Accessed 4th June 2015].

Errami, M. & Garner, H. (2008) A tale of two citations. Nature. 451 (7177), 397–399. 13

Goldacre, B. (2008a) Dore – the media’s miracle cure for dyslexia. Bad Science. Weblog. Available from: http://www.badscience.net/2008/05/dore-the-medias-miracle-cure-fordyslexia/#more-705 [Accessed 19th June 2015].

Goldacre, B. (2008b) Trivial Disputes. Bad Science. Weblog. Available from: http://www.badscience.net/2008/02/trivial-disputes-2/ [Accessed 19th June 2015].

Henderson, J. (2005) Google Scholar: A source for clinicians? Canadian Medical Association Journal. 172 (12), 1549–1550.

Holding, M. Y., Saulino, M. F., Overton, E. A., Kornbluth, I. D. & Freedman, M. K. (2008) Interventions in Chronic Pain Management. 1. Update on Important Definitions in Pain Management. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89 (3, Supplement 1), S38–S40.

Pears, R. & Shields, G. (2016) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. Palgrave study skills. 10th ed. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Ramalho, R., Helffrich, G., Schmidt, D.N. & Vance, D. (2010) Tracers of uplift and subsidence in the Cape Verde archipelago. Journal of the Geological Society. 167 (3), 519–538. Available from: doi:10.1144/0016-76492009-056.

Simons, N. E., Menzies, B. & Matthews, M. (2001) A Short Course in Soil and Rock Slope Engineering. London, Thomas Telford Publishing. Available from: http://www.myilibrary. com?ID=93941 [Accessed 18th June 2015].

Smith, A. (2004) Making mathematics count: the report of Professor Adrian Smith’s inquiry into post-14 mathematics education. London, The Stationery Office. Writing a reference list 14

Van Alphen, K., Voorst, Q. V. T., Kekkert, M. P. & Smits, R.E.H.M. (2007) Societal acceptance of carbon capture and storage technologies. Energy Policy. 35 (8), 4368–4380.

With thanks to Imperial College London Citing & Referencing Guide