How to find references (for academic writing)

If you’re engaged in academic writing, then how to find references is probably a common challenge.
And if you’re new to university, finding quality references can be pretty overwhelming. So in this video, we have compiled several tips that we’ve gathered from our own experience and from our viewers. So keep watching if you’re new to academic writing or if referencing is a painful experience.

How many references should you use? What is a "good quality" reference? How can you filter results within databases to narrow your search results to find relevant references? It's all here.

⭐️ 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝.
⭐️ 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞!

⏲ 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬
0:00 Introduction
0:48 How many references do you need?
1:28 What is a “quality” reference?
3:13 Sources – Your school online library
4:45 Sources – Google Scholar (and some tips!)
6:50 Sources – Peer-reviewed journal sites
7:57 Sources - Wikipedia
9:50 Sources – Double dip
10:54 Sources – Google search
11:55 Sources – Endnote online database
13:04 Search words and combinations.
13:25 Using references
14:36 Finding what you need in a reference.
16:18 Final tips
16:45 Hypothetical scenario – what do you think??
17:20 More final tips and wrap up

📋 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀
Peer-Reviewed Journals

Endnote X9 Tutorial

🤝 𝐒𝐚𝐲 "𝐡𝐢" 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚

☎ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲

📹 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞? 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥

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[PeterJButko]

The “cited by” function is so useful to narrow searches!

[HessaBallaith]

3 years later and still incredibley useful thank you

[azovstorme]

I agree with the cited by filter. And as for the scenario, I’d absolutely use the reference. As long as it supports your premise then it’s still relevant.

[FiniteMind_]

You are amazing, just singed up for academic writing jobs and your tutorial means a lot. Thank you.

[ianmzatimboola]

You're a true Captain, thank you!

[seyifunmi]

Thank you so much!! You really helped me with this video. God bless you.

[billelguechi]

Thanks for sharing knowledge worldwide, All respect From north Algeria

[shoq]

You guys are Gem. Can you show in details how to use Harvard style referencing please. I love how detail you are. XoXOXOXOOXOXO

[namikamarba]

Thank you, your vedio is very helpful! God bless!

[bharathkumarpatil]

But how to write essays of project report with referencing from journals which are super lengthy and answer to my essay questions specifically with referencing? what I mean to ask is how would I find exactly what I wanted from lengthy journals, I am finding it super tedious task, please help me

[NeddyPaul]

Thank you so much the video really help me ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[kampretgabersayap]

For the hypothetical scenario, I think we couldn't use it as reference because the content that we wrote and the reference that we got is different. I mean, child behavior and the aggression of a malnourished dog is a different matter

[mercylineofosu]

Sir please I went to get a current reference from from a work which was done long years ago

[jstudios]

How do you do a keyword search on any article? Is it an app that scans the screen or a built in function (sorry if this is obvious I haven’t went to look for it yet) amazing video thank you!

[ssenkatukaharry]

good work need more help on use of k words

[kabokbl]

use the reference bro, you gotta meet the deadline

[TheBullOfLewisham]

Monday Thirty-First of October Two Thousand And Twenty-Two.
21.17pm.
Dear Sir. Good-evening. How are you? I hope you are well.
What, a very good Video. 🙂
You, are obviously a well educated Man. I am a beginner, with references, so I cannot say alot about them.
Yours Faithfully.
Sir Francesca Kray.

[itsurboysuuuran]

Almost all of my needed references are needed membership (money) to access💀

[kylesmithplayz]

I am not so sure if your advice is right. What are your references?

[cgbrodie]

Oh god, I have 4 days for my case study/business report