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Unit 1: Reference basics

1 REFERENCE BASICS: INTRODUCTION
1.1 PRELIMINARIES
1.2 PRESENTATION
Exercise 1: Minim and More
Exercise 1: How did you get on?
1.3 FINDING THE REFERENCE
Exercise 2: Easy as ABC?
Exercise 2: How did you get on?
1.4 JUST CHECKING
Unit 1 quiz

Unit 2: Author–date system

2 AUTHOR–DATE SYSTEM: INTRODUCTION
2.1 IN-TEXT CITATIONS
Exercise 3: Journal of Fabulous Animal Biology
Exercise 3: How did you get on?
2.2 REFERENCE LISTS
Exercise 4: Editing reference lists
Exercise 4: How did you get on?
2.3 CROSS-CHECKING REFERENCES
Exercise 5: Barset
Exercise 5: How did you get on?
Unit 2 quiz

Unit 3: Short-title system

3 SHORT-TITLE SYSTEM: INTRODUCTION
3.1 SHORT TITLES: HOW IT WORKS
Exercise 6: Untidy titles
Exercise 6: How did you get on?
3.2 SHORT TITLES: WHAT TO CHECK
Exercise 7: Treacle mines
Exercise 7: How did you get on?
3.3 IBID. AND OTHER LATINISMS
Exercise 8: Latinisms
Exercise 8: How did you get on?
3.4 SHORT TITLES REVIEW
Exercise 9: Multiculturalism
Exercise 9: How did you get on?
Unit 3 quiz

Unit 4: Number systems

4 NUMBER SYSTEMS: INTRODUCTION
4.1 HOW TO STYLE VANCOUVER REFERENCES
Exercise 10: Cardiovascular disease
Exercise 10: How did you get on?
4.2 NUMBER SYSTEMS: WHAT YOU NEED TO CHECK
Exercise 11: An introduction to epigenetics
Exercise 11: How did you get on?
4.3 NUMBER SYSTEMS: PROBLEMS YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER
Exercise 12: Phosphorus rock mines
Exercise 12: How did you get on?
Unit 4 quiz

Unit 5: Tools for reference management and checking

5 TOOLS FOR REFERENCE MANAGEMENT AND CHECKING: INTRODUCTION
5.1 LOOKING UP SCHOLARLY WORKS
Exercise 13: Finding and adding missing elements
Exercise 13: How did you get on?
5.2 MICROSOFT WORD AND REFERENCING
Exercise 14: Systematic searches in Word
Exercise 14: How did you get on?
5.3 SOFTWARE TO HELP CHECK REFERENCES
Exercise 15: Using Edifix
Exercise 15: How did you get on?
5.4 REFERENCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AND FIELDS
Exercise 16: Beirut
Exercise 16: How did you get on?

Unit 6: Almost everything else

6 ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE: INTRODUCTION
6.1 STYLING REFERENCES
Exercise 17: A life apart
Exercise 17: How did you get on?
6.2 CHANGING SYSTEMS
Exercise 18a: Changing from Vancouver to Harvard
Exercise 18b: Changing from Harvard to Vancouver
Exercise 18: How did you get on?
6.3 COMPLICATIONS
Exercise 19: Roma and human rights
Exercise 19: How did you get on?
Unit 6 quiz

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