how recent should references in an essay be?
At the End [edit]. At the end of your essay you should include a list of references. Such a list of references provides more details than just the name of the author and the year of publication. Itâs this list that allows identifying the work cited.Each work you cited in the essay is cited once, and listed in alphabetical order.y referencing the sources you use in your essay, you do a number of things. First of all, you comply with an academic convention. Secondly, you make your essay look more professional. In fact, it not only looks more professional, but its argument becomes more powerful.