I'm using another referencing style

If you are on a Chemistry course, you should reference numerically using the Royal Society of Chemistry style.

The How to reference using the Royal Society of Chemistry style is your indispensable guide to referencing using this numerical style!  The guide includes detailed information about how to reference specific formats of information and much more. You can find out how to:

- Cite in the text.

- How to list your references.

- How to reference a range of information e.g. Journal articles, books etc.

It is important to be accurate with your in text citations – numerical superscripts - and your reference list always goes at the end of the assignment.

The guide includes Using notes and footnotes (with associated symbols) but this not a common practice at Sheffield Hallam University. If you are considering doing this, you are highly recommended to seek the advice of your teaching team or the person that set the assignment you are working on.

If you choose to use an online tool or app for reference list creation, you will still need to check that your references are correct and if you are unsure which style to use, then please refer to your course leader before you submit your first assignment.

If you are on an Electrical or Electronic Engineering course you may be asked to reference in the style used by the IEEE. If so, this guide will help you.

• IEEE Referencing Guidance

IEEE is a numeric referencing system.

IEEE is a relatively common style of referencing, and is supported by numerous referencing tools, including:

• The referencing feature in Library Search (the quotation marks icon next to or under each record in the results list)
• The Citations and Bibliography tool under the References tab in Microsoft Word (unlike APA 7)
• Refworks and many other citation management apps

Please be aware that as a style designed for a professional publication, IEEE formally requires the use of set abbreviations for journal titles and publisher names. However, in the context of student work, this can make referencing unnecessarily complex and intimidating, as well as potentially making it harder to use referencing apps and software. While you can use the abbreviations if you really want to, it is perfectly okay to use the full names of journals and publishers for references in your assignments. 

IEEE also asks for abbreviated US state to be given as part of place of publication where available. As a UK university, it's likely that Sheffield Hallam students are not going to be very familiar with American states or their abbreviations, and so it's completely acceptable to leave the state out of your references. This is especially the case as many of your books are not going to be published in the USA anyway, and as place of publication is becoming increasingly less useful with time.

IEEE & Refworks

There are several variants of the IEEE referencing style available on Refworks. The version you would use as a default for your work is the one labelled 'IEEE- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers'. However, if you are writing for publication, do check the required referencing style, as it could potentially be one of the other variants.

Students studying Fine art and Creative art practice should refer to the lecture slides and the course handbook for help with the Oxford system.

Please follow the guidance you are given by your tutors.

Please follow the guidance you are given by your tutors.

Videos to Support Oscola Referencing. The following videos have been created by the Learning and Teaching Support Librarian for Law from the Library Services at SHU. They are based on the Oscola Referencing Webinar. You can book onto the Webinar through the 'I want to  book onto a Referencing Workshop' box on the Referencing Guide

Oscola - Getting Started

Oscola - Cases

Oscola - Law Reports

Oscola - Acts and Statutory Instruments

Oscola - Books and E-Books

Oscola - Journal articles

Oscola - Webpages

Vancouver is used on courses including physics. Please follow the guidance you are given by your tutors.

Vancouver is a numeric referencing style.

If you are asked to use the Vancouver style you may find the Imperial College London Guide to the Vancouver Citing and Referencing Style useful.

Vancouver & Refworks

There are several variants of the Vancouver referencing style available on Refworks. The version you would use as a default for your work is the one labelled simply  'Vancouver'.