Referencing
Referencing
In your Folio you will need to provide a clear and concise reference list for all research, open source code, models, and other sources that you have used.
It is recommended to use referencing software to help keep track of your references.
There is no mandated way to format or provide references, but they should always be alphabetical. It is recommended that you provide your references by:
Author, Year, Title, Link
Nescoroco, 2026, Universal servo arm kit, https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7273189
You could group your citations as research, datasheets, code, and models to help manage your sources better.
Suggested Software
There is no one piece of software to use, but these are suggested to help manage your references.
Zotero
Zotero is a free tool that helps you collect, organise, and reference sources for assignments. It is a smart bibliography manager that remembers where your information came from and formats it properly for you. It has extensions that link straight into your browser and with a single click will add important information such as titles, authors and keep track of the URL. It also downloads relevant PDFs.
There is an extension for Word to manage used references and to build out your biblography, and style it using APA, MLA, Harvard, and other common referencing styles.
MyBib
MyBib is a free, web-based referencing tool that helps you create citations and reference lists for assignments without installing anything. It is not as powerful as Zotero, but has a much simpler learning curve.
Google cannot be referenced.
The title is not the overall name of the website - e.g. for code it would be the name of the project, not Github.
Link to a website, do not copy a link from a search engine.
Do not trust your referencing software has copied all of the correct data - double check.
Do not reference at the end! You must keep track as you go. Do not leave referencing for later.