Lesson to learn how to referece and cite appropriately and avoid plagiarism

1. Pl
ag
iar
ism
Source: Attribution: "Lucky Caco"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21054316@N00/4144325882

2. Blending
Borrow
other
people’s
works &
ideas
Source: Attribution: "cooking session with light - blend"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80378665@N00/4379853232

3. In Text Citation CREDIT
Reference List/
Bibliography
Source: Attribution: "History Essay/My Handwriting"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10531030@N07/4063159127

4. Quotation =
“original source”
Paraphrasing =
Translation
Summarizing = Gist

5. Quotation =
“original source”
For Example:
Tilke (2002) emphasized that
“without learning, the library
in a school would be nothing.”
Authoritative Voice
Source: TILKE, A., 2002. Managing your school library
& information service: a practical handbook. London:
Facet Publishing.

6. Quotation =
“original source”
DfES (2001) defined information literacy as
“the ability to locate pertinent information, evaluate its
reliability, analyse and synthesize the information to
construct personal meaning and apply it to informed
decision making.”
(School Libraries: making a difference)
Source: SCHOOL LIBRARIES: MAKING A DIFFERENCE [online] [cited 20 February 2007]
<http://www.schoollibrariesadvocacy.org.uk/welcome.asp>

7. Paraphrasing =
E xpr
you ess
r ow
nw ide
o rd
s
as
in Translation
Original Text:
In winter, many creatures go into a very energy-
efficient state where their heart rate, the activity of their
other organs and the chemical processes in their bodies
slow dramatically. That way, they can conserve energy
while their food sources aren’t available.
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/05/hibernate.html

8. Paraphrasing =
Exp
ress
you
r ow
n wo
idea
rd s
s in Translation
Source: CBC. 2007. Warm winter could hurt hibernating
animals. [online] [accessed 5 Jan 2007] Available at:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/05/hibernate.html
According to CBC News, during winter many
creatures enter a very energy-efficient state in which
their heart rate, the activity of their other organs and
the chemical processes in their bodies slow
dramatically.

9. Reference 
Harvard System
E-Books Place of
Author’s Year Publication:
Surname & Publisher
Title
Initial(s)
WEISEL, E. 2002. Night [online] USA: Spark. [Accessed 15 March 2010].
Available:
http://ecweb.elthamcollege.vic.edu.au/snrlibrary/resources/subjects/english/
senior_english_2007/pdf/night.pdf.
URL

10. Reference 
Harvard System
E- Newspaper
Author’s Year
Surname & Title of Newspaper
Initial(s) Article Title
O'LEARY, M. 2010. Wiesel warns against injustice,
indifference. New Haven Register, 2 Mar [online] [Accessed 15
March 2010]. Available: Date
http://www.jewishberkshires.org/page.aspx?id=216845
URL

11. Reference 
Harvard System
E- Magazine/ Journal
Author’s Year
Surname & Title of Magazine
Initial(s) Article Title
O'LEARY, M. 2010. Wiesel warns against injustice,
indifference. New Haven Register, 2 Mar [online] [Accessed 15
March 2010]. Available: Date
http://www.jewishberkshires.org/page.aspx?id=216845
URL

12. Reference 
Harvard System
Website/ Website Articles
Author’s
Surname & Year Title of
Initial(s) / Article
Organization
THE AMERICAN-ISRAELI COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE.
2010. A Definition of Zionism . [online] [Accessed 15 March 2010].
Available: http://www.jewishberkshires.org/page.aspx?
id=216845
URL

13. Is it PARAPHRASING
or PLAGIARISING?
Source: 21st Century Information Fluency. 2007. MicroModule Companions: Plagiarism [online] [Accessed 14 March
2010]. Available at: http://21cif.com/rkitp/challenge/v1n8/plagiarism2.swf

14. Original Source:
You Tube is a popular free video sharing website which lets
users upload, view, and share video clips. Videos can be rated;
the average rating and the number of times a video has been
watched are both published.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/YouTube
YouTube is a popular free video sharing website,
allowing users to upload, view and share video
clips. Videos can be rated and the average rating
and both the number of times a video has been
watched are published.

15. Original Source:
You Tube is a popular free video sharing website which lets
users upload, view, and share video clips. Videos can be rated;
the average rating and the number of times a video has been
watched are both published.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/YouTube
YouTube users can upload, view, share and rate
video clips on this free video sharing site. Among
the information published on the site is the average
user rating and the number of times a video has
been viewed.
Source: WIKIPEDIA. 2007. YouTube [online]. [Accessed on 28 Feb 2007] Available at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube/

16. Original Source:
You Tube is a popular free video sharing website which lets
users upload, view, and share video clips. Videos can be rated;
the average rating and the number of times a video has been
watched are both published.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/YouTube
According to Wikipedia, YouTube is a popular free
video sharing website. Users can upload, view,
share and rate video clips. Published information
includes the average ratings and the number of
times a video has been viewed.
Source: WIKIPEDIA. 2007. YouTube [online]. [Accessed on 28 Feb 2007] Available at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube/

17. Original Source:
The rapid increase in atmospheric concentrations of the three
main human-made greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide,
methane, and nitrous oxide – is clear from the data sets for
these gases over the last 420, 000 years.
Source: http://www.eoearth.org/article/Greenhouse_gas
“The rapid increase in atmospheric concentrations
of the three main human-made greenhouse gases
– carbon dioxide methane, and nitrous oxide – is
clear from the data sets for these gases over the
last 420, 000 years.”
Source: Encyclopaedia of Earth

18. Original Source:
The rapid increase in atmospheric concentrations of the three
main human-made greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide,
methane, and nitrous oxide – is clear from the data sets for
these gases over the last 420, 000 years.
Source: http://www.eoearth.org/article/Greenhouse_gas
The rapid increase in atmospheric concentrations
of the three main human-made greenhouse gases
– carbon dioxide methane, and nitrous oxide – is
clear from the data sets for these gases over the
last 420, 000 years. (Encyclopaedia of Earth, 2007)

19. Original Source:
The rapid increase in atmospheric concentrations of the three
main human-made greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide,
methane, and nitrous oxide – is clear from the data sets for
these gases over the last 420, 000 years.
Source: http://www.eoearth.org/article/Greenhouse_gas
According to Reay (2007), records from the past
420, 000 years show rapid increases in carbon
dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, the three main
greenhouse gases.
Source: REAY, D. 2007. Greenhouse gas. [online] [Assessed on 23 Feb 2007] Available at:
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Greenhouse_gas

20. Original Source:
The modern puzzle was invented by an American, Howard
Garns, in 1979 and published by Dell Magazines under the
name “Number Place”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku
Sudoku was invented by an American, Howard
Garns, in 1979 and published by Dell Magazines
under the name “Number Place”. (Wikipedia)
Source: WIKIPEDIA. 2007. Sudoku [online] [Accessed 28 Feb 2007] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku.

21. Original Source:
The modern puzzle was invented by an American, Howard
Garns, in 1979 and published by Dell Magazines under the
name “Number Place”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku
According to Wikipedia, Howard Garns, invented
the modern version of the puzzle in 1979. It first
appeared in Dell Magazines as “Number Place”.
Source: WIKIPEDIA. 2007. Sudoku [online] [Accessed 28 Feb 2007] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku.

22. Original Source:
The modern puzzle was invented by an American, Howard
Garns, in 1979 and published by Dell Magazines under the
name “Number Place”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku
According to Wikipedia, “the modern puzzle was
invented by an American, Howard Garns, in 1979
and published by Dell Magazines under the name
‘Number Place’. ”
Source: WIKIPEDIA. 2007. Sudoku [online] [Accessed 28 Feb 2007] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku.