Referencing

Section A - Please answer the following questions.

1. Are all dissertations uncredible sources? If not, what a kind of dissertation can be considered as
credible sources?
Ans. No; not all dissertations are uncredible sources. If the dissertation is published in a credible journal
then it is a credible source.

2. Which order do you need to follow on organizing your reference list?

Ans. Alphabetical Order.

3. Can you put ‘References’ behind the content of the essay/report directly?
Ans. No. Reference list needs a separate page.

Section B - Filling blanks (Please pick an appropriate answer according to the link, and give a brief reason).
Link Credible/ Reason
Uncredible/ (Hint: source type)
Uncertain
https://www.finoit.com/blog/social-media-and-
modern-day-youths/ Uncredible This is a blog article.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/ Credible This is newspaper article.
feb/05/youth-unhappiness-uk-doubles-in-past-
10-years
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/insights/ Uncredible This is a blog article.
2021/the-state-of-social-intelligence-2021-
year-in-review
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/ Credible This is newspaper and news broadcasting
2019/03/20/teen-loneliness-social-media-cell- company.
phones-suicide-isolation-gaming-cigna/
3208845002/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/260811/ Credible This is a market research report.
social-network-penetration-worldwide/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River Uncredible Wikipedia is not a credible source.

Section C - In-text citation and Reference list

1. Please write in-text citation and reference list for the following journal in MLA.
Here is the reference standard web link:
MLA: https://library.unimelb.edu.au/recite/mla_8

Notets:
①　The information used is in page 8.
②　Assume this journal is not from a database.
In-text citation (in the end of the sentence before full stop):
MLA: (Mahmud and Ding 8)

Reference list:
MLA: Mahmud, Appel and Ding, Donghong. “Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Responses to
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic.” Sage Open, 2021, pp 8, https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020988710.

2. Please write in-text citation and reference list for the following edited book in APA7 and Harvard.
Here are the reference standard web links:
APA7: https://library.unimelb.edu.au/recite/apa7
Harvard: https://library.unimelb.edu.au/recite/harvard
In-text citation (in the end of the sentence before full stop):
APA7: ( Yu & Austin, 2017)
Harvard: (Yu & Austin 2017)

Reference list:
APA7: Yu, SQ and Austin, G (2017). Revisiting star studies: cultures themes and methods. Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press Ltd.

Harvard: Yu SQ and Austin G (eds) 2017, Revisiting star studies: cultures themes and methods, Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press Ltd.