Yes, more naughty, salty, even saucy thoughts, welcomed on referencing: the
stuff that will brighten an otherwise dull discussion board corner of the
future LearnHigher referencing site.
For my part, referencing is also about giving a modest genuflection to the
flipping hard work that goes into writing or editing a book, or even a
peer-reviewed journal these days. I'm with Ann though, on this business of
stops, commas, italics as, if you look at the 19th century origins of the
author/date system (or Harvard)it was a simple unadorned system, but one that
attempted to bring some order and consistency to essay writing, as higher
education grew and expanded. We have added our own bureaucratic or
idiosyncratic layers to it over the years; but what else is new?
Colin Neville
University of Bradford
Effective Learning Service
School of Management
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