This checklist can help you attribute any source material from other people’s work you have used in doing your assignment. Its purpose is to reinforce the legal responsibilities you have to reference source material you use. The checklist is not intended as an exercise in comparing or learning about the many different conventions associated with referencing materials. To use this assignment checklist you need to:

1. Have a basic understanding of copyright. If you don”t , then read Copyright basics.
2. Have at hand your assignment and any source material you have used in it.

Your teachers have no doubt already told you how important it is to reference the sources you use in doing school assignments. This referencing can happen in a number of ways according to:

• What type of source material it is.
• How you have used it.
• How formal your assignment needs to be.

Using the checklist

To check the referencing of your source material, work your way through the following questions and checkboxes.

If anything is not clear, you can search the glossary, go to the Student area on this website, or ask a teacher or librarian for some advice.

Section one

Have you been told to, or do you know already if you need to include any of the following in your assignment:

a.	A reference list (sometimes called a bibliography)	Yes No
b.	Attribution of any material you used from another creator or author?	Yes No
c.	Quotation marks round any quotations you use.	Yes No
d.	Footnotes or endnotes	Yes No

Section two

1. In this section of the form you need to choose from selection boxes in some fields, and in other areas fill in specific details from the sources you have used.
2. You should know from your answers if you have used material responsibly, or if you need to take a few more steps before submitting your assignment. If in doubt talk to a teacher or your school librarian and ask their advice.
3. After completing all of the needed areas of the form you can print it out, and hand it in with your assignment if you want to.

go to the form by clicking here