Citing Electronic Sources

Should identify author of website when citing material. Author could be: corporate author organisation company Date of publication may be in footer or near the author/headline at the top of the page. In text citation: A BBC investigation (www.bbc.co.uk, 2011) into corporate governance… Reference list: BBC, 2013. Viewpoint: Why is Continue Reading

Secondary Referencing

When citing a reference within a reference i.e. another author’s work referred to in material being read. Direct reference: Research recently carried out in the Greater Manchester area by Brown (1966 cited by Bassett 1986, p.142) found that … Indirect reference: (Brown, 1966 cited by Bassett, 1986, p.142) Above example Continue Reading

How to drop an Oracle database without DBCA

If, when you come to remove an Oracle database, you find that DBCA is not available perhaps due to some installation issue or missing files then do not fret as it is still possible to remove the database by following these steps… 1 – Set the Oracle SID D:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\BIN>set ORACLE_SID=TESTDB Continue Reading

What is an In Text Citation?

When referring to another author’s work or ideas in your work, need to cite source by author’s last name and year of publication. Examples: Direct citation – author is cited alongside their work. In general, when writing for a professional publication, it is good practice to make reference to other Continue Reading