Information on avoiding plagiarism and correctly referencing assignments using the Harvard style.

1. Referencing
Stuff

2. By the end of this session, you should:
• understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it in
your work.
• know how to reference your work using the Harvard
system.
Learning Outcomes

3. What is plagiarism?

4. …the copying,
… summarising,
….or paraphrasing of someone else's work or ideas
and not acknowledging them
and either directly or indirectly passing them off as your
own independent work.
What is plagiarism?

5. Or in other words….
…cheating or stealing!
What is plagiarism?

6. Clone: submitting someone else’s work, word-for-word,
as your own
CTRL-C: taking large portions of text from a single
source without alterations.
Find-Replace: changing key words and phrases but
keeping the essential content of someone else’s work
Remix: paraphrasing from several sources and
making their content fit together seamlessly
Recycle: borrowing generously from your own work
without citation (also known as self-plagiarising)
TURNITIN, 2013. The Plagiarism Spectrum. <http://pages.turnitin.com/rs/iparadigms/images/
Turnitin_WhitePaper_PlagiarismSpectrum.pdf> [accessed 13.02.13].
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Turnitin_WhitePaper_PlagiarismSpectrum.Types of plagpidfa> [arcciesssemd 13.02.13].

7. • Working together to produce a piece of work which
you then submit as your own individual work.
• Getting someone else to write all or part of any piece
of work you submit as your own.
• Copying all or part of someone else's work (or letting
them copy yours), with knowledge and consent for it
to be presented as their work.
If you are unsure what appropriate collaboration is
for an assignment, check with your tutor.
Collusion

8. Read the statements on the cards you have
been given.
In your groups, decide whether or not
each scenario is plagiarism or not.
What is plagiarism? - Exercise

9. Plagiarism is a serious
academic offence
If you plagiarise, you will fail your assignment,
may not be awarded your qualification, and
could be dismissed from your course.
So what?

10. Using good academic practice in citation and
referencing will help you to avoid plagiarism,
even inadvertently.
How to avoid plagiarism

11. • System used across college and on your course
• Two part process:
– Citing: the writer refers within the text to the
sources (references) used.
– Referencing: creating a bibliography or list of
sources used. (usually at the end of the
assignment)
Harvard Referencing

12. When referring to ideas you have seen or read, all you
need to do is mention the author and date of publication
for the work .
– The work of Wilson (1973), Coles (1969) and Khan (1975)
demonstrated…
– The research proved inconclusive (Scholefield 1989)
– Radcliffe’s hypothesis (1990) was later disproved (Pearson
1992)
If you are quoting word-for-word you should also include
the page number
– There was only tea available, because “coffee is the devil’s
drink” (Sutton 2003, p.42)
Harvard - Citations

13. • System for your bibliography (the list of everything
you have mentioned in your assignment)
• Requires you to give specific information in a specific
order (Putting things in this order make it easier for
your reader to follow, and means that you won’t
forget to include any of the important details)
• Referencing can seem complicated, but once you
learn the basics there’s not much else to it!
Harvard - References

14. Author
Date
 Title
 Place of publication
Publisher
Web address (URL)
When you read it
Why is it important
to record these
things?
Common features of a
reference

15. • Citethisforme.com (online resource which orders
and references websites instantly)
• RefMe (scan books with your mobile device for an
near-instant reference)
• Referencing Guides (available from the Library for
£1, with advice on every format)
Help available with referencing

16. Book:
AUTHOR, Year of publication. Title. Edition. Place of
publication: Publisher.
Magazines & Newspapers:
AUTHOR, Year of publication. Article title. Journal title,
volume number (issue or part number), page numbers.
Website:
AUTHOR or EDITOR, year. Title [online]. Place of publication:
Publisher. Available at: URL [accessed date].
Online Images:
CREATOR, Year. or n.d. Title or Description. [medium].
Available at: URL [date accessed].
Referencing layouts

17. Practical Referencing

18. • How to evaluate the information you have found
• Using the information you find in assignments
• Correctly referencing sources and avoiding plagiarism
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