Maximizing Reference Sources for Academic Writing
Enhance your research by incorporating multiple references into your academic writing. Discover why writers use more than one reference and how it demonstrates comprehensive knowledge. Explore an example from a study on the Social Determinants of Health where multiple references reinforce the evidence provided.
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Using multiple references for one piece of information
Why include more than one reference Often writers include more than one reference for a piece of information if the topic they are writing about has been widely researched As a student, it also shows that you have read more than one text
Example from one of the readings from the subject the Social Determinants of Health A large body of evidence suggests that stunting impairs cognitive This information is from Black et al. (2017) development and educational achievement throughout childhood and adolescence (Black et al. 2017), and the negative impacts continue into adulthood (Hoddinott et al. 2013b; Victora et al. Both Hoddinott et al. 2013b and Victora et al. 2008 said this 2008). From p. 177 Rao, N., Richards, B., Lau, C., Weber, A. M., Sun, J., Darmstadt, G. L., ... & Ip, P. (2020). Associations among early stimulation, stunting, and child development in four countries in the East Asia Pacific. International Journal of Early Childhood, 52, 175-193.
Your turn Look at your table of notes Find a piece of information that both articles write about write a sentence and include both references as in-text references
