Referencing

Referencing

Poll

Would you rather get away with lying or always be able to tell if someone is lying?

• get away with lying

• tell if someone is lying

Today we are going to talk about...

• Plagiarism

• Referencing

Multiple Choice

Plagiarism is pretending someone else's work is your own?

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Which of these are examples of plagiarism?

• cutting and pasting from a website

• writing things that are common knowledge

• rewriting something you have found in a book

• using quotes and giving credit

Multiple Choice

Edinburgh College uses this computer programme to check for plagiarism in students' work

• Copyrite

• Plagiarite

• Turnitin

Multiple Select

What will Turnitin check your work against?

• Web content

• Other students' work

• Textbooks

• Academic articles

Multiple Choice

How can you avoid plagiarising?

• Use obscure sources

• Just give your opinion

• Acknowledge where statements have come from

Multiple Choice

In academic essays you need to reference...

• throughout and at the end of your essay?

• throughout your essay?

• at the end of your essay?

Multiple Choice

A popular method of referencing is called

• New Style Referencing

• Harvard Referencing

• Comprehensive Referencing

Multiple Choice

If you are directly writing a quote from someone in an essay you should reference

• Who said it

• When it was said

• Who said it and when it was said

Multiple Choice

In text references should be written directly...

• before the quote

• after the quote

Multiple Select

A reference list should

• be at the end of your essay

• include all works you have used in your essay

• include only works you haven't directly quoted from in your essay

• detailed information about all works you have referenced in your essay

• be at the start of your essay

In text citations

• After putting a direct quote in your essay you would then put in brackets after it who said it and when

• "After that I lived like a young rajah in all the capitals of Europe…" (Fitzgerald, 2004).

Reference Lists

• Go at the end of your essay and include all works that you have taken information from in your essay.

• They generally follow the format: Last name, First Initial. (Year published). Title. City: Publisher, Page(s).

• Fitzgerald, F. (2004). The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner.