Referencing Workshop: Basics & Importance of Academic Referencing, Lecture notes of Literature

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Referencing

Learning Development Service 29 th of October 2015 Leonie Maria Tanczer, MSc.

LDS Workshop Series

• Week 2 – 8 th October 2015 Independent Study & Time Management
• Week 3 – 15 th October 2015 Literature Search
• Week 4 – 23 rd October 2015 Essay Writing
• Week 5 – 29 th October 2015 Referencing
• Week 6 – 5 th November 2015 Critical Reading and Writing
• Week 7 – 12 th November 2015 Presentation Skills
• Week 8 – 19 th November 2015 Literature Review
• Week 9 – 26 th November 2015 Dissertation and PhD Proposal
• Week 10 – 3 rd December 2015 Study Skills & Exam Preparation Development Service

What this workshop will cover

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• The Basics
• Different Referencing Styles e.g.,
  • Harvard
• Referencing Software
  • Cite2Write
  • Refworks
• Personal Recommendations

The Basics

What is Referencing?

• Is a system used in the academic community to indicate where ideas, theories, quotes, facts and any other evidence and information used to support your assignments can be found
• This means that you need to include detailed information on all sources, both - within your text (in-text citations) and at the… - end of your work (reference list or bibliography) Development Service

Why Referencing?

• To demonstrate the evidence and breadth of the research that you have undertaken to complete and support your ideas in an assignment
• To add authenticity to your argument
• To ensure successful research and ultimately get better marks
• To enable the reader to independently consult the same materials that you have used
• To ensure you give appropriate credit to the sources and authors that you have used to support your research
• To avoid plagiarism , a form of academic theft Development Service

How to Paraphrase / Summarise

• Look away from the source
• Take notes in your own words while reading and after reading
• Say what you want to write e.g., talk to friend
• Be aware:
  • Change sentence structure
  • Change words
  • However, some phrases are so specialized or conventional that you cannot re-word them Development Service

When not to Reference?

• When information is considered as common knowledge
• When you give your own opinion
• When you discuss your own results or provide the results of your own questionnaire in a table Development Service

How to Avoid Plagiarism?

• Read a passage and make notes afterwards
  • This makes it easier to use your own words
• Note down all the details for each source as you work - This will help you to compile a reference list or bibliography - Use referencing software to help you keep track
• Sketch out a structure for your assignment
  • This enables you to refer to the literature in your own words Development Service

Is this Plagiarism?

• Yes
  • If you forget to include quotation marks for a direct quote
  • You cut and paste a section of your own work from an assignment you wrote for a previous module
  • When making notes, you forgot to write down a reference. You can’t find the original source so decide to make up a citation
  • You didn’t reference something said in a lecture, on TV, a podcast, or on Youtube because it is not in written form Development Service

Turnitin

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Referencing Styles

Which System Should I Use?

• There are several referencing styles used within Queen’s
• It is best to check module handbooks for specific style-sheet information.
• Failing that, ask your module tutor or check with your School office
• Once you know which style, use it consistently throughout your piece of work Development Service

Popular Referencing Styles

• Harvard System
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA)
• Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)
• Chicago System
• Modern Language Association of America (MLA)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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