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Plagiarism
or creation as ones own. If a student refers to the work of another person, it must be acknowledged
(Raffles Design Institute Student Handbook 2008, p.14).
Plagiarism
Why is plagiarism common?
Plagiarism
To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use another person's work. This means that whenever you use KEY information obtained from another source including ideas, QUOTE examples, theories or opinions, you must give a full reference to that source (Acknowledging Sources, 2004)
Provide full and correct citations and references In the report/presentation, you must give CITATIONS At the end of the report/presentation, you must give REFERENCES
Both of these parts must be given If not, it is PLAGIARISM
Lesson Six Research Writing 1
When do you give credit? Discuss with your partner(s). Should you provide references and/or citations if you
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copy the authors words exactly? change the authors words but keep the meaning? copy a photo from the Internet to be included in an academic paper? take a graph from a published report? mention that the Earth travels around the sun once every 365.25 days? Christopher Columbus first voyage to America was in 1492? Columbus was not the first European to discover the Americas?
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Record referencing details during research Put all sources cited in the text Use the Author-Date Referencing System List in alphabetical order Book, website and periodical titles italicised Full details, plus the URL & retrieval date (todays date) for Websites
References Hose, C. (1912). The Pagan Tribes of Borneo. London: MacMillan. Sukandar, R. (2007). Negotiating Post-Conflict Communication, PhD Thesis, Ohio University. Retrieved: November 19, 2010, from http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/sendpdf.cgi/Sukandar%20Rudi.pdf?acc_num=ohiou1178895788 Transition to Crisis in the Indonesian Countryside. (2004). UCLA International Institute. Retrieved: November 19, 2010, from http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=6780
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Text 1 Book Copyright Page Marchington, M. TitleWilkinson, A. (1996). Core Personnel and & page Development. London Institute of Personnel and Development. London: 2 3. Give the full title of the book and put it in italics. 3 5. Give the name of the publisher 1 5 2. Provide the year of publication. Use the most recent copyright date for books
1. List author in the order they are given on the title page, with family names first, followed by the initial of their first names
Bell, J. (1999). Doing Your Research Project (3rd ed.). Buckingham: Open University Press. Lesson Six Research Writing 1 Lesson Six Research Writing 1
Write a list of References Use the sources provided (texts 1-3) & the Referencing Handout to make a list of references
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Article title
Pages of Article
Volume, number: the number of years the journal has been publishing, followed by the number of parts this year
Website address
References Bell, J. (1999). Doing Your Research Project (3rd ed.). Buckingham: Open University Press. Buruma, I. (2001). Nothing surprises the Chinese. The Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved: May 4, 2011, from http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,579120,00.html Kenny, C. & Williams, D. (2001). What do we know about economic growth? Or, why dont we know very much? World Development, 29(1), 1-22. Marchington, M. & Wilkinson, A. (1996). Core Personnel and Development. London: Institute of Personnel and Development. The Case for Brands. (2001, September 8). The Economist, p. 9.
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TASK Is this research writing worthy of an A grade or an F grade? Students were asked to write a paragraph on the topic The Origins of Australias Aborigine People using whichever of the 5 sources (Handout p. 9) they thought were suitable. Grade the students paragraphs (Handout p.10):
A B BC CD NG = = = = = = = exceptional performance above average average below average above essential minimum requirements fail no grade
No clear evidence of research no quotations, paraphrases or citations; No analysis of research links not discussed Poorly presented and incorrectly formatted Source of ideas and information unclear Uses a poor source: Wikipedia
Over-quoting Research not clearly introduced, linked together or explained Citations and List of References incomplete and incorrect Poor source
Lesson Six Research Writing 1
Links between sources discussed highlights different information in the two books Good use of quotation and paraphrase Clear explanation and comment on research
Extensive analysis of multiple sources; clear topic sentence and explanation Good use of quotation and paraphrase Complete and correct citations and references Lesson Six Research Writing 1 Explores ideas as well as information
No evidence of research given Paraphrased without citations or references Writer pretends the ideas and information are his/her own The final sentence copied but quotation marks are not used Plagiarism!
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REFERENCES
Acknowledging Sources. (2004). Language and Learning Skills Unit The University of Melbourne. Retrieved: 31 July 2010 from
http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/llsu/resources/ref00 9.html
Harvard (Author/Date) Style. (2005). The University of Melbourne Library. Retrieved: 31 July 2010 from http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cite/harvard_dis/ Harvard Referencing. (2005). Curtin University. Retrieved: 12 March, 2010 from http://library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/harvard.pdf Raffles Design Institute Student Handbook 2008, Student and Administrative Services Department, Singapore. Summers, J. & Smith, B. (2004). Communication Skills Handbook, Australia: John Wiley and Sons.