Plagiarism & Referencing

• Definition of Plagiarism


  the unacknowledged use of someone else's work

  a v serious academic offence - even if done accidentally

  inc pictures, graphs, audio + text
• Variants of Plagiarism - Worst


  copying someone else's work word-for-word + presenting it as ur own

  e.g. from a book, journal or another student's work
• Variants of Plagiarism - Middle Ground


  starting the correct reference but not changed the content at all

  e.g. giving a whole paragraph of text from a book + telling the reader who wrote it, but not changing any part of the text
• Variants of Plagiarism - At Least


  using someone else' work w a reference, changing a few words but the structure is the same

  = poor paraphrasing
• Qouting

  can avoid plagiarism by quoting

  e.g. Jones (2016, p. 55) states "..."

  but quotes should be used infrequently as they interrupt the structure of the essay + don't represent critical thinking skills adequately
• Paraphrasing


  paraphrase the statement

  e.g. prev literature has suggested that ... (Jones, 2016).

  but paraphrasing = skill to be mastered

  write the statement in ur own words not copy/pasting the text
• Purpose of Referencing


  to demonstrate depth + range in reading

  to acknowledge the authors used
• Harvard Referencing


  in text citation - show author + date

  e.g. blah blah (Jones, 2016).

  reference list - show full literature details in the list

  e.g. Jones, R. (2016) "title", Journal name, pp. 22-30.
• Citation


  make a short reference - author's last name + year of publication

  = in the text of essay every time u refer to someone else's work

  citation acts a key so that readers can find the full reference easily of references at the end of essay
• Reference List


  make a list at the end of essay of all the sources u have referred to in ur work

  give complete details here
• Referencing Books with Authors

  authors - write out all of them w an and at the end

  year of publication in round brackets

  title (in italics

  place of publication: Publisher

  e.g. Wistle, N. and Ramsden, P. (1983) Understanding Student Learning. (in italics) London: Routledge
• Referencing Book with Editors

  editors bring together the work of multiple authors into one publication

  they may not have authored any part of the book

  Editor(s)

  year of publication (in brackets)

  title (in italics)

  place of publication: Publisher

  e.g. Prest, W. (ed.) (2014) The professions in EME. (italics) London: Croom Helm.

  add (ed.) to the reference to state they r an editor, not author
• Referencing Books with Editions


  author(s)/editor(s)

  title (in italics)

  edition of the book (norm text)

  place of publiction: Publisher

  e.g. Waugh, D. (2015) The wider world. (italics) 5th edn. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes.
• Referencing Journals


  author(s)

  year of publication - in brackets

  title of article - in single quotation marks

  title of journal - written fully + in italics

  issue info inc vol + part/series no if there is one in brackets

  page reference

  Jones, R (2018) 'title', Journal Title (italics), 2(30, pp, 223-225.
• Referencing Websites with Authors/Organisations


  author/organisation

  year the site was published/last updated in brackets

  title of web page in italics

  available at: URL (Accessed: date written in full)

  Jones, C.(2017) title of web page (in italics) Available at: URL (Accessed: full date)
• Making Reference List


  place literature in alphabetical order according to surnames

  no bullet points or numbering

  references should inc author initials
• Secondary Referencing


  when u reference one author who mentions another

  u should find the reference for the article if u want to use the primary source