There’s a very interesting article in the THE entitled There are 3,000 ways to cite source material – why not make it one? by Alec Gill, an academic tutor with the Study Advice Service, University of Hull.
He writes: “It is time to change. Academic styles of referencing must be reformed, unified and simplified.” and “The reform of academic referencing styles is long overdue. A pragmatic approach is needed to declutter the Victoriana that has been inherited within our bibliographic styles.”
There’s also a full-length version of the article available on his blog which is also well worth reading.
There are various books in the Library on referencing, and slides from The Cite is Right, one of the Library Workshop seminars, are also available.
Roddy MacLeod
Senior Subject Librarian
