Another inane project related question- info on referencing dictionaries in academic work needed this time....

[ScummyMummy]

Do I put the name of the dictionary or the name of the editor(s) in the intext referencing, does anyone know? Not sure whether to treat it like any other book or if dictionaries have their own rules.
e.g. is it
A) Collins dictionary defines 'rabbit' as

1. a domesticated animal for pet or pot
2. a sex toy (Collins, 1986:1231)

or

B) Collins dictionary defines 'rabbit' as

1. a domesticated animal for pet or pot
2. a sex toy (nameofeditor(s), 1986:1231)

Eternal gratitude for any advice.

what theories are youlooking at - my spelling needs some attentionor maybe it's my keyborad skills

It sounds tough, hope you've got good academic support when you need it.

Glad it's getting there, jjh.

Had some good planning chats with my supervisor, yes, but there is no one there over the summer so we've been on our own since term ended. I'm not even sure what theory I'm going to include yet tbh, gm! Literature review section is as yet unstarted... gulp panic gulp!

I'm sure it'll get there SM

Is there no-one there to help via e-mail even?

Thanks, gm. In fact the panic I started feeling properly a couple of weeks back has been good for the project overall, I think. My word count and the quality of the work doesn't yet(!) reflect the fact properly but I have been working harder and thinking a lot so hopefully this will pay dividends in the end if I keep trudging along doggedly.

LH- I think my supervisor isn't allowed to offer any more advice now. We had a set number of 3 sessions and these were offered in term time, before anyone had really started their dissertations. We were all on placement (full time) at the time, like GM says, so few people had made massive inroads into their research design or any reading really. I'm sure if I hit a total crisis my supervisor would try to help as he seems like a v lovely guy but the way the dissertation support has been structured hasn't been particularly helpful, tbh.

SM: You should let them know how you feel when it comes to giving feedback--just so they know.

Good luck.

Don't worry lh- they know! The cohort are a bolshie bunch who as a group tend to accentuate the negative when it comes to feedback, imo. I think their hands may be tied by fitting everything the professional body demands into a two year course tbh.

bolshie is good 'cos they do have to pay attention to the consumer nowadays, not so good the negative feed-back is seen as a comment on the lecturers, rather than the course.

bolshie is good 'cos they do have to pay attention to the consumer nowadays, not so good the negative feed-back is seen as a comment on the lecturers, rather than the course.

go with the first reference but make sure you put the editors nae in the reference list a t the back (are you doing harvard refernecing as most colleges/uni's wont accept anything else???)