References and citations
| Think ahead. Make notes whenever you access a
web site, book or articles
or watch a video. In your notes include details of the web site or book so that you can find it again. Useful details are the
URL, author,
title, date and so on.
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Details such as these are known as the reference or citation.
If you are not sure how to write a citation, check the Library web site
or ask Library staff.
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When you come to writing your own work, your notes will make it easy to
acknowledge the writers you have used for your research.
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It's good to base your arguments on the work of others, but you have to
acknowledge their work. If you simply copy slabs of work from a textbook
or web site and pretend it is yours, you are plagiarising. Most teachers
apply heavy penalties for this theft.
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Practice
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Here is an example of a student trying to pass someone else's work off
as his or her own. Pretend you're a teacher. See if you can detect where
the student is using someone else's words. Highlight the plagiarism, that
is, the part of the work that changes in voice and tone.
"My research is into interpersonal behaviour. I spoke to some
couples. I took notes and observed them. It focuses solely on the
intrapersonal association between attributions and behaviour. This also
contrasts with the contextual model, which emphasises attributions in
relation to interpersonal exchanges of behaviour."
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