Williams - Referencing and Understanding Plagiarism

REFERENCING
& UNDERSTANDING PLAGIARISM

POCKET STUDY SKILLS

Series Editor: Kate Williams,
Oxford Brookes University, UK
Illustrations by Sallie Godwin

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REFERENCING
& UNDERSTANDING
PLAGIARISM

POCKET STUDY SKILLS

Kate Williams and Mary Davis

SECOND EDITION

Kate Williams and Mary Davis 2017

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Many people have contributed to this guide both to the original book and to this revised and updated edition and we would like to thank them all. First, thanks to students who have discussed queries and dilemmas with us and special thanks to the students whose work appears here: Alex, Nuri, Peter and Phivos.

We are most grateful to critical readers of the first edition, who have pointed out their favourite pages and made suggestions for this new edition.

We are grateful to Jude Carroll for her valuable contribution to the first edition. Thanks also to colleagues at Oxford Brookes University: to Richard Persaud (Library) for his advice and sharp eye for detail, and colleagues at the Upgrade study advice service, for sharing their insights into referencing dilemmas.

The authors and publisher wish to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce their materials: Carly Dove and Gill Rowell at Turnitin, Dr John Morley at the University of Manchester for the use of Academic Phrasebank and Dolores Campanario at WHO.

Thanks too to Sallie Godwin for her astute illustrations and to Suzannah Burywood, Helen Caunce and colleagues in the editing and production teams at Palgrave for their supportive and creative work with us.

Introduction

If you have ever had feedback like this on your work and wondered what it means and what you should do about it, then this guide is for you.

Comments like these suggest two things:

you need to get to grips with referencing

you are not yet confident about how to draw on other writers and sources in your own writing.

This book is designed to show you:

how to reference, both in your work and in your reference list

how to write with confidence: to be able to discuss the work of other writers, and use it to shape the points you want to make in your work

what plagiarism is and how it can happen. It shows you how to develop good study habits and skills so you dont have to worry about plagiarising by accident.

This new edition has been extensively revised and updated with new extracts and examples reflecting changes both in referencing norms and practices and in understanding plagiarism. Technology has introduced a whole new raft of opportunities to develop good study habits with new online resources and reference management tools. It has also created many more choices and dilemmas with the help you can get and more opportunities for poor practice in study. Your work must always be your work!

About this book

The Harvard referencing style is used throughout Parts 14 of the book. Part 5 illustrates the use of four other styles used in particular subject areas.

Part 1: Understanding referencing gives an overview of what referencing is, why it matters and how it is part of the overall task of understanding, researching (and using referencing tools), planning and writing an assignment.

Part 2: Writing and referencing shows you how to use sources in your writing, the language to use when you refer to a source summarising, paraphrasing and more.

Part 3: Understanding plagiarism shows you the steps to take in doing your own work, good practice in getting help, and how some tools can change your work so its not really yours. Test your understanding with the quizzes and learn about Turnitin (Feedback Studio).

Part 4: Referencing: the practicalities starts with answers to frequent questions, and gives examples of how to reference the most frequently used sources, both in your text and how to list it in your reference list.

Part 5: Other referencing styles outlines the use of four other styles used in particular subject areas: Vancouver, MHRA, APA and MLA.

UNDERSTANDING REFERENCING

Part 1 gives an overview of what referencing is, why it matters and how it is part of the overall task of understanding, researching (and using referencing tools), planning and writing an assignment.

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