Draft:References

References and links to other articles within glossaLAB are essential for ensuring collaborative, transparent, and reliable knowledge building. Therefore, reference as much and as precisely as possible. Precision means here: (i) Properly acknowledging all sources that have been actually used, (ii) Clearly indicating which parts of your statements are supported by each source, and finally (iii) Providing enough information to describe each source accurately.

Referencing external sources

If you edit using the visual editor, the citation tool solves the in-text citation and the full bibliographic reference at the same time. If you edit using code, markup makes the process easier, but it is advisable to have some knowledge of markup coding.

Reference style

Throughout glossaLAB, authors must use APA 7 reference style for the full bibliographic entry that appears in the reference list at the bottom of the page. However, as we will see next, the in-text citation is introduced automatically. The adopted APA 7 (American Psychological Association, 7th edition) reference style is a widely accepted international standard for academic writing across disciplines, including the social, natural, and applied sciences, as well as education and interdisciplinary research. The combination of the in-text citation (here used in a different format) and the comprehensive reference list to ensure precision, transparency, and consistency in source attribution.

Guideline	Description
Author	Format as Last name, Initial(s). List up to 20 authors before using et al. Use an ampersand (&) before the final author.
Year	Place the publication year in parentheses, followed by a period. If no date is available, use (n.d.).
Title	Use sentence case (capitalize only the first word and proper nouns). Italicize book and report titles, but not journal article titles. End with a period.
Source / Publisher information	Books: include the publisher’s name (no location). Journal articles: italicize the journal title and volume; include issue (in parentheses) and page range. Webpages: include the URL (no retrieval date unless content changes). If content is dynamic it is mandatory to append the URL after the retrieval date using the following format: Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL. Include DOI in URL format when available.
Order of elements	Author. (Year). Title. Source / Publisher. DOI or URL

Source Type	Example (APA 7th Edition)
Book	Smith, J. A. (2020). Understanding complexity in education. Routledge.
Journal article	García, M., & Liu, Y. (2021). Cross-domain learning in digital platforms. Journal of Educational Research, 114(3), 245–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2021.1874225
Webpage	American Psychological Association. (2023). APA style guidelines for students. https://apastyle.apa.org

Since the typology of bibliographic sources is large, the following guides provide sufficient guidance to make appropriate references:

• The following link to the Reference section of the APA style official website provides detailed guidance for all kind of documents: APA style for bibliographic references .
• The following link (from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab) provides excellent quick reference for academic writing and coursework: Purdue OWL – APA Formatting and Style Guide

Inserting a reference to a new bibliographic source (in-text cite and full reference entry)

For making a reference to a statement you have just ended; right after the period, select Cite in the toolbar. If the document to be referred has not being cited before within the page, select Basic (as shown in figure 1) and enter the reference as it has to appear in the reference list according to APA style.

Figure 2 shows an example of reference entry in which the form window hoovers above the contents under edition. Wherever the citation tool was called, an in-text reference will be automatically inserted. It is numbered using an increasing identifier and contains a link to a full reference automatically placed at the bottom the page. The links automatically created enable to move back and forth from the corresponding item of reference list to the in-text reference.

Figure 1: Selecting the citation tool for a new reference

Figure 2: Screenshot of the entry of a new bibliographic reference

Reuse of a reference previously given in the page

If the document you want to cite has already been added elsewhere on the same page, select the “Re-use” option when opening the citation tool. This option is shown in Fig. 1, but is the one not selected. When it is selected, a new window similar as the one shown in Fig. 3, is opened, offering the possibility to cite any of the references previously used. Just click on the one you wish and the system will introduce a link to the corresponding full reference at the end of the page.

Figure 3: Selection of a re-used bibliographic source

Links to other articles within glossaLAB

If you want to link other articles ,for example on glossaLAB, you can use the Link-feature shown by a symbol in the toolbar. The Links will be shown in blue if the linked concept has already been clarified, otherwise the link will be red.

According to the APA citation standard, your reference needs to include:

1. Author
2. Publication date (Year)
3. Title
4. Publication media (in which Publication media it was found)
5. When it was retrieved (for digital references)
6. Link(URL) (for digital references)

If no information about the publication date is available, that should be indicated. Short forms (like n.d. for a lacking date) can be used.

In a literal quotation, the reference should be in quotation marks->  "..." The reference should then also include the page of the book or the digital document. That is not needed for non-literal references.

Also, whenever you use AI, indicate where and how it has been used. (It is noteworthy, that AI is never recommended as a source of information)

Here is a picture to explain some of the things mentioned