This document discusses academic writing and referencing. It introduces plagiarism and how to avoid it using citations and references. Formatting guidelines are provided for different types of references, including books, book chapters, and journal articles. Students are instructed to use EndNote software to organize their references and generate in-text citations and bibliographies in Word documents. Activities are outlined for students to practice identifying reference elements, entering references into EndNote, and using EndNote's "Cite While You Write" function with a provided exercise.

1. EBD 3:
Paula Funnell
p.a.funnell@qmul.ac.uk
Senior Academic Liaison Librarian (Medicine and Dentistry)
Academic writing

2. Recap
• Search engines
• Databases
Try the quiz to see how much you can
remember
Global Epidemiology & Evidence-Based
Dentistry: BDS Year 1
Introduction to databases and search
engines
Quiz – search engines and databases

3. Learning outcomes
• To understand what plagiarism is and
how to avoid it
• To be able to incorporate references
into academic documents
• To manage references using Endnote

4. Referencing activity
In groups decide which elements you
would need in references for the following:
• A book reference

5. A book reference
Hackshaw, A. K., Paul, E. A. and
Davenport, E. (2006) Evidence-based
dentistry : an introduction, Oxford:
Blackwell Munksgaard.

6. A book chapter
Needleman, I. (2003) Introduction to
evidence based dentistry. In:
Clarkson, J., (ed.) Evidence based
dentistry for effective practice,
London: Martin Dunitz, pp.1-17.

7. Referencing activity
In groups decide which elements you
would need in references for the following:
• A book reference
• A journal reference

8. A journal reference
Norkin, F. J. (2012) An era of evidence-
based implant dentistry: 30 years since
Toronto, Compend Contin Educ
Dent, 33(8), 618-9.

9. Referencing activity
In groups decide which elements you
would need in references for the following:
• A book reference
• A journal reference
• A webpage reference

10. A webpage reference
CEBD (2012) What is EBD? [online].
Available at: http://www.cebd.org/what-is-
cebd/ [accessed 6/10/12]

11. Plagiarism
Try the plagiarism quiz to make sure
you understand plagiarism
Global Epidemiology & Evidence-
Based Dentistry: BDS Year 1
Academic writing
Plagiarism quiz

12. EndNote
Login in to EndNote using the
Firefox browser
my.endnote.com

13. EndNote activity
• Use the EndNote activities on QM Plus
to practice getting references in to
EndNote
• Work in pairs – one do exercise 1 and
the other exercise 2
Global Epidemiology & Evidence-Based
Dentistry: BDS Year 1
Academic writing
Getting references into EndNote
exercise 1 / 2

14. Cite while your write activity
• Download the cite while you write
exercise and modify it using the
EndNote toolbar in Word
• Upload the modified document to QM
Plus
Global Epidemiology & Evidence-Based
Dentistry: BDS Year 1
Academic writing
Cite While You Write exercise

15. Sharing references activity
• Set up a group of references and
share them with your partner
• Use the traveling library to share the
references from the cite while you
write activity with your partner

16. Summary
• Always ensure that you cite your
sources correctly to avoid plagiarism
• Use EndNote to store your
references and create in-text
citations and bibliographies in Word