Plagiarism, Referencing and Record Keeping School of Management Library Team.

Plagiarism, Referencing

and Record Keeping

School of Management Library Team

Learning Objectives

1. To understand what plagiarism is.2. To know how to use the APA 6th full guide to

complete in-text citations and a reference list.

3. To know that a record keeping system is needed to help with 1. and 2. above.

Direct Quotation (obviously, but....)

Don’t use too many direct quotes. Your lecturers want to see that you can interpret the information for yourself.

Someone’s work or idea

You must give credit to the sources you used. Including yourself!

Don’t quote this source.....

.....first read, then quote the quality sources found here.

Unintentional plagiarism

Is unfortunate, but you will still be penalised.

You need a system to make sure you don’t slip up.

Plagiarism detection softwareused at Swansea University

Read widely, Create your own thinking

research

textbook journal

report

Opinion – what I think

Referencing

APA 6th The Rules

Why do it?To show what you have read

So someone

can find

your

sources

To show where you got your information

What does it look like?

http://my.ilstu.edu/~jhkahn/APAsample.pdf

This is just to give you an idea of what it looks like.

Follow the instructions given to you by your lecturers (handbook) on

formatting your paper.

It’s a two part thing

In-text citationIn the text of your assignment.Looks like: Blah blah blah de blah (Author, Year).

ReferenceIn a list at the end of your assignment. Full details.

Looks like: Last name, initial(s). (Year). Title. Place:

Publisher

Where to find the guide

•Library Webpage (quick links) •Blackboard/mystudies•APA 6th blog

How to start1. Determine what type of source

you are using:• Book• Journal article• Web page• Industry report• Company profile• Etc

How to start (cont.)

2. Find what information you need with the APA 6th Full Guide• Determining author

(personal, corporate)

How to start (cont.)3. Use the guide to help you

format your reference correctly• Double spaced• Indented• What gets capitalised• How many authors (slide 20)• Author names• Full stops

How to start (cont.)

4. As you compile your list of references, remember they must be alphabetised by author surname

How to start (cont.)Determine how many authors for the resource• In-text citation (pg. 6)

Up to 2 authors 3-6 authors More than 5 authors

• Reference list (pg. 14) Up to 7 include all More than 8 authors, list 6

then .... Followed by last author

Worked example

http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?eid=2-s2.0-28444466589&origin=inward&txGid=F16291DFE420C79BFE0CBD298A9674B4.Vdktg6RVtMfaQJ4pNTCQ%3a11

Worked example

http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=154e3def-2068-4571-83e0-bf483cbba18a%40sessionmgr111&vid=4&hid=101

Record Keeping

Why do it?Easier to do your referencing So you know

where you

got what

Record page number for direct quote (in-text citation)

Choose a method that works for you!•Index Cards (old school!)•Word Document or handwritten notes•EndNote online (bibliographic software)

Brown, SamuelMoney is the name of the gameChicago, Bullet Publishers, 1998

This book gave me some good background information about various selling techniques. Blah, blah, blah .

Etc. etc.

Index Cards

Word

or

Handwritten

Why EndNote Online?

• Easy system to manage your references• Import references from the library catalogue /

databases = no typing in needed!• Format a bibliography in the right style• Links up with Word as you write your

assignment

Getting Started

• Register at http://www.myendnoteweb.com/EndNoteWeb.html (on a campus PC)

• EndNote Web info: http://goo.gl/Wrb8b• EndNote Web Workbook on

Blackboard Library Support area• Download the “Cite-while-you-write” plugin

for your own PC / laptop

Word Plugin

Try it out!

https://www.myendnoteweb.com/EndNoteWeb.html

Remember!

• Plagiarism – remember the rules• Referencing – where to find the

guide and how to use it• Keep track of your reading,

writing and references

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Need help? – Just ask!