LibGuides: ZoteroBib easy referencing tool: Training and support

Training and support

We offer RCN members training sessions about using ZoteroBib. These individual sessions take place online using Zoom. You can book a session here. Please note we cannot check your references in these sessions.

We also offer a range of online 'Know How to' workshops that cover searching library databases, referencing, evaluating healthcare information and other topics. The full Library and Archive events programme is available here.

Please contact us if you have any questions about using ZoteroBib.

Reading list: Referencing and avoiding plagiarism

This reading list covers a range of referencing and avoiding plagiarism skills. Some resources may only be available to and RCN members and RCN programme participants.

Gimenez, J. (2018). Writing for nursing and midwifery students (3rd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter 9 covers avoiding plagiarism and chapter 10 covers referencing systems.
Pears R and Shields G (2022) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 12th edn. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Cite them right is renowned as the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to referencing text available to students and authors. Comprehensive and accessible, it provides readers with detailed examples of print and electronic sources, business, government, technical and legal publications, works of art, images and much more.
Royal College of Nursing (2020) Referencing guidelines. London: RCN.
Guidance about the RCN citation style. You should always use the guidelines of the organisation you are writing for.
Williams K and Davis M (2017) Referencing & understanding plagiarism. 2nd edn. London: Macmillan Education.
This concise and user-friendly guide explains why referencing is an essential part of good writing and shows students how to reference correctly. It also develops students' understanding of what plagiarism is and how they can avoid it in their work.