Plagiarism & Referencing 2014

Plagiarism & Referencing 2014

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  Referencing Stuff
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  By the endof this session, you should: • understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it in your work. • know how to reference your work using the Harvard system. Learning Outcomes
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  What is plagiarism?
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  …the copying, …summarising, ….or paraphrasing of someone else's work or ideas and not acknowledging them and either directly or indirectly passing them off as your own independent work. What is plagiarism?
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  Or in otherwords…. …cheating or stealing! What is plagiarism?
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  Clone: submitting someoneelse’s work, word-for-word, as your own CTRL-C: taking large portions of text from a single source without alterations. Find-Replace: changing key words and phrases but keeping the essential content of someone else’s work Remix: paraphrasing from several sources and making their content fit together seamlessly Recycle: borrowing generously from your own work without citation (also known as self-plagiarising) TURNITIN, 2013. The Plagiarism Spectrum. <http://pages.turnitin.com/rs/iparadigms/images/ Turnitin_WhitePaper_PlagiarismSpectrum.pdf> [accessed 13.02.13]. TURNITIN, 2013. The Plagiarism Spectrum. <http://pages.turnitin.com/rs/iparadigms/images/ Turnitin_WhitePaper_PlagiarismSpectrum.Types of plagpidfa> [arcciesssemd 13.02.13].
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  • Working togetherto produce a piece of work which you then submit as your own individual work. • Getting someone else to write all or part of any piece of work you submit as your own. • Copying all or part of someone else's work (or letting them copy yours), with knowledge and consent for it to be presented as their work. If you are unsure what appropriate collaboration is for an assignment, check with your tutor. Collusion
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  Read the statementson the cards you have been given. In your groups, decide whether or not each scenario is plagiarism or not. What is plagiarism? - Exercise
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  Plagiarism is aserious academic offence If you plagiarise, you will fail your assignment, may not be awarded your qualification, and could be dismissed from your course. So what?
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  Using good academicpractice in citation and referencing will help you to avoid plagiarism, even inadvertently. How to avoid plagiarism
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  • System usedacross college and on your course • Two part process: – Citing: the writer refers within the text to the sources (references) used. – Referencing: creating a bibliography or list of sources used. (usually at the end of the assignment) Harvard Referencing
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  When referring toideas you have seen or read, all you need to do is mention the author and date of publication for the work . – The work of Wilson (1973), Coles (1969) and Khan (1975) demonstrated… – The research proved inconclusive (Scholefield 1989) – Radcliffe’s hypothesis (1990) was later disproved (Pearson 1992) If you are quoting word-for-word you should also include the page number – There was only tea available, because “coffee is the devil’s drink” (Sutton 2003, p.42) Harvard - Citations
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  • System foryour bibliography (the list of everything you have mentioned in your assignment) • Requires you to give specific information in a specific order (Putting things in this order make it easier for your reader to follow, and means that you won’t forget to include any of the important details) • Referencing can seem complicated, but once you learn the basics there’s not much else to it! Harvard - References
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  Author Date Title  Place of publication Publisher Web address (URL) When you read it Why is it important to record these things? Common features of a reference
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  • Citethisforme.com (onlineresource which orders and references websites instantly) • RefMe (scan books with your mobile device for an near-instant reference) • Referencing Guides (available from the Library for £1, with advice on every format) Help available with referencing
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  Book: AUTHOR, Yearof publication. Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher. Magazines & Newspapers: AUTHOR, Year of publication. Article title. Journal title, volume number (issue or part number), page numbers. Website: AUTHOR or EDITOR, year. Title [online]. Place of publication: Publisher. Available at: URL [accessed date]. Online Images: CREATOR, Year. or n.d. Title or Description. [medium]. Available at: URL [date accessed]. Referencing layouts
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  Practical Referencing
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  • How toevaluate the information you have found • Using the information you find in assignments • Correctly referencing sources and avoiding plagiarism Coming up…
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