avoiding plagiarism and referencing skills areas to be covered in this workshop: ◦ what is...
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Avoiding Plagiarism and Referencing skills
Areas to be covered in this workshop:◦ What is plagiarism?◦ How to avoid plagiarism using referencing◦ Referencing: voices in academic writing◦ Referencing conventions: Harvard on-line◦ Strategies to avoid plagiarism
◦ NB: workshop 3: “Summarising and Paraphrasing”
PLC Transition Workshop
Susan, why have you and your brother written the same essay about ‘My dog’?
But Miss Jones; it’s the same dog!
Plagiarism?
Your lecturers want you to demonstrate that:
◦ You have understood your task◦ You have read widely◦ You have understood what you have read and how the
research/findings/ideas/opinions of scholars to give authority to your work
Academic writing is about your understanding of and/or position on a particular topic and requires support from reliable sources
Purpose of Academic Writing
‘Plagiarism is passing off someone else’s work, whether intentionally or unintentionally, as your own for your own benefit’ (Carroll, 2002, p.9)
‘someone else’s’…whatever the source
What is plagiarism?
Reduced grades Failure of the assignment Failure to complete the course Expulsion
University plagiarism policywww.adelaide.edu.au/policies/230
Activity: Where do you draw the line??
Penalties
To avoid plagiarism
To add strength and credibility as evidence to support your position
To indicate the scope and depth of your research
To allow others to independently follow up the presented content
What is the purpose of referencing?
The only unlabelled voice is YOURS! Your voice introduces new points, presents arguments, refers to other sources…”the same dog”
There are 3 ways to refer to the voices of others: A direct voice uses the exact words of the source An indirect voice paraphrases the source and
identifies the source as part of the sentence An external voice paraphrases the source and
identifies the source outside of the sentence(Brick, 2006)
Voices in academic writing
Direct voice
Smith (2004, p45) states that critical thinking is “the most important skill that students develop in tertiary study.”
The exact words of the sourceShould be used for emphasis – do not exceed 10%
Voices in academic texts
Indirect voice
Smith (2004) believes that the development of critical thinking skills is of central importance to all university students
Author prominenceMost commonWritten in your style
Voices in academic texts
External voice
Many researchers have concluded that critical thinking skills are extremely important for all university students (Smith 2004; Jones 2005)
Information/research prominenceWritten in your style
Activity: your turn to try!
Voices in academic writing
www.library.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/.../uow025425.pdf
Google: Harvard Referencing System◦ Harvard referencing guide - Library
Harvard on-line
Time Management
Read widely
Note references as you research
Reference and paraphrase
Ways to avoid plagiarism
Academic writing requires you to use authoritative sources. Your role is to use sources to support your ideas - but you must make clear what is your voice and what is the voice of othersDoing this well enhances your writing and helps you to avoid plagiarism
Academic writing
Analysing questions…Wed 27th March *Paraphrasing…Wed 10th April* Oral Presentations…Wed 1st May Exam revision…Wed 8th May
Thank you