All material copied or adapted from other sources must be sourced in full. The exact method for doing this will vary, but ideally you will reference any source within the text itself, including page numbers where appropriate. You should also provide a full, detailed, cross-referenced list of sources or a bibliography on a separate page.

• If you are quoting from a textbook give the author's name, the book title, the year of publication, the publisher and the ISBN number.
• When quoting from a newspaper or magazine give the author's name, article title, publication name, publication date and page number.
• When quoting from TV or radio sources quote the speaker's name, the programme title, the channel, and the date and time.

• When quoting from the Internet quote the author's name where possible, the title of the article or page, and the full URL. It is also helpful to give the date of access to the web page, given that web pages tend not to be static.

Failure to include a full list of sources will definitely reduce your mark. Passing off others work as your own, or plagiarism, is considered to be cheating and is treated very severely. However, including full references will improve the quality of your work and allow you to achieve better marks. It is important that throughout your investigation you always make good notes of your sources.

Trevor Heathcote & Steve Farrell, Edexcel GCE in Applied ICT: AS Single Award, 2006, Edexcel, 1 903133 80 7.