When a Reference leads to a Book not a Job Offer

RefMe saves your references!

 If you write essays or other assignments, you'll have been told to make sure you cite your references;
in other words, you must say which author you're quoting from.  (Some people talk about references, some about citations.  Same thing.)

There are many ways of citing your references - basically, they're different ways of formating your references so that they all give the necessary bibliographical information in a prescribed way.  Here at RCS, we use the Harvard referencing style.  (Click here to find a page about it. You'll have to be an RCS student or staff member to access this page.)

It's very handy to automate the procedure a bit, by using referencing software.  There are a number of free apps available.  RefMe is one of the latest, and probably the simplest.

How to use it?  Sign up here. https://www.refme.com

1. If you're citing books, go to your library catalogue or a website like Amazon or Copac.  
2. Highlight and copy the title of the book you've quoted from, and make a mental note of the date the book was published.
3. Tell RefMe that you're creating a reference.
4. Tell RefMe you're listing a book.  A search box will appear.
5. Copy and paste the book title in.
6. Choose your book from the list of results that will appear - make sure the date is right. Click on it.
7. Bingo! Your first reference.
8. Once you've got all your references listed, you can export it various ways, eg as a Word document.  That can be copied and pasted at the end of your essay.