This document discusses academic honesty and how to properly incorporate sources into writing. It defines academic honesty as correctly citing sources to avoid plagiarism. It provides guidance on finding and using sources, including analyzing authors' ideas and perspectives, directly quoting or paraphrasing sources to support arguments, and citing sources in-text with an author-date style. Examples are given of direct quotes and paraphrasing and how to introduce, present, and analyze the source material. Students seeking additional help are directed to library resources and staff.

1. Academic
honesty
How to use sources ethically
with in-text referencing

2. What is academic honesty?
 Academic honesty is the understanding and
valuing of ethical practices when locating and
using information.
 Academically honest students avoid
plagiarism by correctly citing their sources
both in text and in a Reference List
(Bibliography).
 AIS has an Academic Honesty policy.

3. AIS library resources supporting
academic honesty
 http://libguides.ais.com.sg/academichonesty
 Understanding and using these resources will help
you get better grades.

4. Thinking about sources.
 Prior to writing, you will read widely from a
variety of sources, noting your sources, their
ideas and your responses to them.
 You will learn about the authors, their
background and perspectives.
 Analysing and responding to their ideas is a
bit like having a conversation with them.

5. Using sources in an essay 1.
To acknowledge sources in an essay, you can
 use a direct quotation
 paraphrase an idea or argument
 summarise a number of ideas
 At AIS we use the Harvard (author-date) style of
referencing. (Twitchett 2013)

6. Using sources in an essay 2.
 Your essay or task will have a central thesis
or argument.
 You will use a discussion of sources to
support your argument.
 You can also use sources to disagree with the
thesis. It is a good idea to examine multiple
sides of an argument.

7. Using sources in an essay 3.
Your in-text reference or citation will contain 3
elements:
 an introduction
 the quote, paraphrase or summary
 your analysis

8. Example 1. Direct quotation
 In his discussion of Hitler’s personality, Brown
(2012, p.62) writes
“Hitler was intent on ruling the world, a typical
megalomaniac, ultimate power was his primary
goal.” This interpretation is too narrow, and
overlooks the influential people Hitler surrounded
himself with and relied upon. Rather than seeking
power for itself, Hitler used power to achieve other
goals, such as ethnic cleansing.

9. Example 2. Paraphrase
 Brown (2012, p.81) claims that Hitler’s
primary goal was to rule the world without
peer. This interpretation is too narrow and
overlooks the men in Hitler’s inner sanctum
that he was reliant on. Hitler, rather than
seeking power for itself, wanted to use power
to achieve his goal for ethnic cleansing and
world dominance of the aryan race.

10. Need more help?
 See Mrs T. in the library.
 http://libguides.ais.com.sg/academichonesty
Subpages:
Academic honesty
In-Text referencing
Bibliographic referencing.
Acknowledgement:
Klaudinyi, J n.d., Incorporating sources into your project, Cooperative Library Instruction
Project, Accessed 10 June 2012, <http://www.clipinfolit.org/tutorials/incorporating-sources-into-
your-paper>.