Referencing correctly and avoiding plagiarism

1. Referencing correctly and avoiding plagiarism Understanding the requirements

2. You submit work that is not your own You simply re-type the information You take all of your ideas from one source You are a plagiarist if….. You incorrectly cite your sources You don’t use quotation marks to cite You copy most of a text but only change a few words EgNo-one Nobody can make you feel inferior bad without your consent permission.

3. Referencing is a system used in the academic community to indicate where ideas, theories, quotes, facts and any other information used to complete an assignment, can be found.

4. Why is correct referencing important? It is a requirement to give credit to the authors & sources you have used. Allows others to easily find your sources – give as much information as you can Puts your current work into context Helps you re-trace your reading in the future Provides supporting evidence for facts, opinions, data, approaches taken etc Poor information sources and poor referencing loses marks Gives your work academic credibility Shows the breadth of your reading Avoids plagiarism!

5. What are references and citations? Citation Appears in the text of your essay, wherever you use a quote or incorporate an idea you have picked up from another source Appears at the end of your essay or chapter, or sometimes at the bottom of each page, and gives full details of the source of your information Reference Reference List or Bibliography A list at the end of your essay which gives the full details of all sources which you have read or even if they are not referred to within the text

7. The following images are taken from ‘The Harvard referencing manual’ by Student Learning Development, University of Leicester that is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales License

10. Harvard Referencing • Harvard doesn't have one style of punctuation so make sure you are consistent throughout your assignment. • This is how to reference a book. The title of the book can be either in italics or underlined. You can use one or the other but not both! eBooks are generally referenced in the same way as printed books.

11. This is how to reference a book with more than one author.

12. Example: • referencing an edited book

13. referencing a journal article

14. Example: • referencing an ejournal

15. referencing a website or web page Sometimes it is necessary to include [Online] in square brackets after the website title to denote that it is an online source.

16. referencing an image from a website

17. A reference list or bibliography should be on a new page at the end of an assignment. • The list contains all the details of the works cited in your assignment. In an author-date system. • The list is arranged alphabetically by author surname.

18. Citing and referencing All written work should: Acknowledge the work of others wherever you make use of it. Present these acknowledgements in a consistent way, using a recognised citation system. Include a detailed reference list or bibliography at the end.

19. References University of Bolton (2013) Guide to Harvard Referencing [online]. Available from: http://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/LibraryPublications/CribSheets/LibrarySeries/HarvardReferencing.pdf [Accessed 1 May 2015] University of Leeds (2015) Harvard style reference lists and bibliographies [online]. Available from: http://library.leeds.ac.uk/skills-referencing#activate-harvard_style [Accessed 1 May 2015] University of Leicester The Harvard referencing manual [online]. Available from: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/resources/writing/harvard/content/contents [Accessed 1 May 2015]

20. Citing and referencing:taking the frights out of your cites! An entertaining and informative look at accurate citation and referencing and avoiding plagiarism from the University of Cardiff • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpob6zmmeEs