The University uses 7 different referencing styles, set by each department. To learn about which style you need to use for your course, you can either visit your subject guide or find your department in the list below. If you take modules from other departments, you can also check if they use a different style.
Once you know what style your department uses, you can scroll down on this page to find links to style guides, videos, information, and opportunities to practice constructing citations in your departmental style.
Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
Essex Pathways: CSEE and Maths
East 15
Economics
Edge Hotel School
Essex Business School
Government
Health and Social Care
Life Sciences
Sociology
Essex Pathways: EBS and Economics
Essex Pathways: Humanities and Social Sciences
Essex Pathways: Life Sciences
University of Essex Online: Business, Education, Criminology, Health, Computing
Essex International College: General
Language and Linguistics
Psychology
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Essex Pathways: Psychology
University of Essex Online: Psychology
Essex International College: Law
Law
Essex Pathways: Law
University of Essex Online: Law
History
Chicago: Notes and Bibliography
Interdisciplinary Studies Centre
Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
Philosophy and Art History
Vancouver: [square brackets] "Cite Them Right"
Mathematics, Statistics, and Actuarial Sciences, School of
Sociology
Vancouver: non super-scripted "Cite Them Right"
Sports, Rehabilitation and Exercise Science
Essex Pathways: Sports Science
Style guide: APA 7th ed. "Cite Them Right"
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Style guide: Chicago: Notes and Bibliography
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Style guide: Harvard "Cite Them Right"
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University of Essex Online version of Harvard
Style guide: Harvard: UoEO stylised
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Style guide: IEEE
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Style guide: OSCOLA
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Style guide: Vancouver: [square brackets] "Cite Them Right"
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Style guide: Vancouver: non super-scripted "Cite Them Right"
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