Referencing and Plagiarism
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Positive spin
• Do acknowledge/reference work of others
• Referencing is a scholarly skill
– Demonstrates research and reading
– Helps construction of your argument
– Ensures your work is authentic
• Keys to success
– Accuracy of details
– Consistency of style
• Much help and guidance in Course handbook
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May well sound negative
• Don’t plagiarise
• “Plagiarism is a very serious offence under
the University’s regulations on cheating and
will be penalised.”
– PaIS Student Handbook MA/Diploma Programmes
2011-2012
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Importance of referencing
• “(a) the inclusion in your essay of passages, sentences
or even phrases quoted directly from other authors
without acknowledgement by quotation marks and
appropriate references; or
• (b) the unacknowledged paraphrasing of the work of
other authors, i.e. the representation, even in your
words, of the work of other authors without a proper
reference to the original source; or
• (c) the use of arguments (or parts of arguments)
derived from other authors, and the presentation of
evidence taken from other authors without proper
references”…
– PaIS Student Handbook MA/Diploma Programmes 2011-12
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Good habits to avoid plagiarism
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Be aware throughout the research process
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Reading and taking notes for essays
Drafting and writing an assignment
Proof-reading your work and references
Paraphrasing v. copying commonly difficult
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English language help and guidance
Centre For Applied Linguistics – guidance on
academic writing
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More good habits
• Organisation saves your time and effort
• Keep records of your source materials at the
time you consult them
• Compile your bibliography as you write
• Consider reference management software
– EndNoteWeb and EndNote
• collect and store of details of materials
• automatically create and format references
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Cited lists from Proquest
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EndNote Web
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Help from your Library
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We can assist in a number of ways
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Style manuals and study/research guides
Library Web Guide to Bibliographic Citation and
Referencing
Library Catalogue “View citation in WorldCat”
Proquest – bibliographical export
Support for EndNote Web
Discussion with Academic Support Librarian
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More help: online tutorials
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http://web.warwick.ac.uk/services/elearning/plato/
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Questions?
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