I just wondered if you would be able to help me with how to
reference what I think is a chinese proverb?
The quote is:
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I
understand.
and was said by Confucius. I found the quote in an article, so wasnt sure whether to
reference this?
Thanks for your enquiry. You could certainly reference the article if you feel that the
content of the article is relevant to your assignment. The article is from ‘The
Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy’, guidance on referencing journal
articles is available on the library website here, https://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/a-guide-to-referencing/journals
.
If you prefer to reference the proverb separately from the
article it may be a little bit more time consuming as it would be good to be
able to quote from an authoritative source. If you have the time you
could aim to locate the quote in this book on the library catalogue, http://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b1308594~S20
. You could then reference the quote from the book.
An easier to find but slightly less reliable source would be a
website such as this, http://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/12-famous-confucius-quotes-on-education-and-learning#
. It is from the Open University so has some academic authority, but as it is a
website it may not be available in the long-term future.
You could also try searching for the quote on DISCOVER (see https://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/ ) and Google
Scholar. This may throw up other useful examples of how the proverb has been
used in an educational context.
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