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Your Research Assignment. Some important rules when taking information from other peoples work . Plagiarism . From Latin : plagiarius kidnapper, seducer, plunderer . “the use of someone else’s words or ideas as your own”
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Your Research Assignment Some important rules when taking information from other peoples work
Plagiarism From Latin : plagiarius kidnapper, seducer, plunderer • “the use of someone else’s words or ideas as your own” • You must make it clear who originally created the information • Deliberate and Accidental plagiarism … Plagiarism can be readily detected, and the penalties are severe. It is your responsibility to ensure that you know how to avoid it… ! ! ! Eeeek ! ! !
Paraphrasing • Read, understand the information you are using • Re-word the information in your essay / report Citation / Reference • State where the information has come from • Put name of person who created the information and year it was • published • Name and year follow on from where the information first appears in • your essay / report • Link to full details of where the information can be found at the end • of essay / report • Direct quotes in “quotation marks”
Citing / Referencing … the huia is an extinct member of the wattle birds from New Zealand, about twice the size of a blackbird with glossy black plumage and orange wattle (Falla et al. 1991). Examination of museum specimens of huia corpses have revealed the existence of a new species of feather mite (Dalbert and Alberti 2008). References Falla, R. A., Sibson, R. B., & Turbott, E. G. (1991). Collins guide to Birds of New Zealand. Auckland: Harper Collins (New Zealand) Ltd. Dabert, J., & Alberti, G. (2008). A new species of the genus Coraciacarus (Gabuciniidae, Pterolichoidea) from the huia Heteralocha acutirostris (Callaeatidae, Passeriformes), an extinct bird species from New Zealand. Journal of Natural History, 42(43-44), 2763-2776. N.B – Citations NOT coloured in real document
Prepared by Nathan Curtis, Tutor, Ecology Department, Lincoln University