ESSAY STYLE AND PRESENTATION - University of Sheffield.
Vancouver is a numbered referencing style. There are variations of the Vancouver style, for example the numbers may be in superscript or brackets and repeated references may be given a new number or use the number previously allocated to the source.
MHRA referencing distinguishes between citations for primary texts (e.g. novels, poems etc) and secondary texts (e.g. critical works, additional information). Most in-text citations are in footnotes. Full details (including editions and translation details if appropriate) should be included in the footnotes for the first mention of a text for both primary and secondary texts.
The University referencing policy (PDF) sets out the referencing requirements that all taught students and tutors are expected to follow. Each school in the University requires students to use a specific style of referencing. Check the referencing style used in your school before you begin.
Referencing style Undergraduates and MPhil students studying English Literature should use the MHRA style of referencing. Faculty specific referencing guidelines can be found in the Undergraduate Guide to Referencing Portfolios and Dissertations.
The MHRA referencing style requires the second and subsequent lines of each entry in the bibliography to be indented. Due to the formatting constraints of this website, this requirement is not reflected in the examples below; please keep this in mind when formatting your bibliography. Alternatively, consult the MHRA style guide.
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Paraphrasing. If you are not quoting other scholars directly, you must express their ideas in your own words: close paraphrasing, where only a few words of each sentence are changed from the original, has no place in academic writing.This not only avoids the danger of plagiarism but also demonstrates that you have fully understood your source.