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Academic

Writing

Margaret Low, James


Pennington, David Reynolds
eBusiness Fundamentals
1 | © WMG 2024
What is Referencing

Acknowledging the source of the information use to create your


work.
It shows how you have used other people’s work to create your
argument and ideas.

Citation: how you acknowledge the author in your writing at the


point you refer to their work
Reference: each citation should appear in a reference list at the end
of your document.

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/academic-skills-kit/good-academic-practice/referencing/
Referencing

Whatever the information sources is:

Websites
Textbooks
Journals
Articles
Magazines etc.
Why should you reference

Provides authority to your work showing the breadth of research


Helps a reader to see how you’ve developed your argument
Provides the reader with the original source so they can review of
needed
Allows others to use your work as a research source
Shows which ideas are your own
What Should be Referenced

Something that you would not ordinarily have known.


Information that can’t be assumed to be known by the reader

You should also reference when:


summarising / paraphrasing ideas of an author
using direct quotations
using statical or other data
images, graphics etc.

https://holyfamily.libguides.com/citingsources
Evaluating Sources

CRAPP…..
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose

https://researchguides.ben.edu/source-evaluation
Currency

How timely is the information?


You should be asking about the when the information was
published.
Remember, this is eBusiness and 10 years can make a big
difference to what your trying to state.
Is there newer information that provides a different viewpoint

https://researchguides.ben.edu/source-evaluation
Relevance

Does the information you’re taking relate to the area you are
discussing
Is the audience and context correct
The source is it at the correct level, not to basic

https://researchguides.ben.edu/source-evaluation
Authority

Is the author or organisation trusted


Is the author of the report / website / article an authority in this
area
What qualifies them to write on this area or publish articles in this
space

https://researchguides.ben.edu/source-evaluation
Accuracy

Is the information reliable and trustworthy


Is there any additional supporting evidence
Has the information been verified by any additional source
Is there any potential bias from the author (is it written by a
software vendor)
Is the spelling / grammar correct

https://researchguides.ben.edu/source-evaluation
Purpose

Is the article you’re reading to provide information, to teach or to


persuade?
Is the information fact or opinion
Is the writing objective or impartial

https://researchguides.ben.edu/source-evaluation
Plagarism

Paraphrasing a source to closely


Quotations without quotation marks
Copying elements from multiple sources
Omitting in-text citations
Submitting text that’s not yours

https://www.scribbr.co.uk/preventing-plagiarism/examples-plagiarism/
Paraphrasing Plagarism

You need to rewrite someone else ideas in your own words


You need to cite the original source still
It doesn’t mean just changing a few words

https://www.scribbr.co.uk/preventing-plagiarism/examples-plagiarism/
Original text
‘So much of modern-day life revolves around using opposable
thumbs, from holding a hammer to build a home to ordering food
delivery on our smartphones. But for our ancestors, the uses were
much simpler. Strong and nimble thumbs meant that they could
better create and wield tools, stones and bones for killing large
animals for food’ (Handwerk, 2021).
Example: Paraphrasing plagiarism
A lot of life today involves using opposable thumbs, from using a
hammer to build a house to ordering something on our
smartphones. But for our predecessors, the uses were much more
simple. Powerful and dexterous thumbs meant that they could
better make and use tools, stones and bones for killing large
animals to eat.
Examples of plagarism

Direct Plagiarism:
Copying another authors work without acknowledgment

Direct “Patchwork” Plagiarism:


Copying form multiple writers and rearranging with citations. Not
enough student contribution

Insufficient Citation and Quotes:


Using another authors work and not inkling quotations or citations.

https://www.niu.edu/academic-integrity/faculty/committing/examples/index.shtml
Criticality v Descriptive

Descriptive: Critical:
shows what you know reflects your own reasoning
show you can remember and
understand instead of what? It provides
the so what?
ability to summarise previous
work what does it mean and why
does it matter
provides the background for
your argument considers reasons for what
you’re saying and the
implications and limitations
Writing Tools

Criticality:
University of York:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12IBlcqUgI3cebnKNuWD6
4gCdZp27LXg8PiS9wtuW1J8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.9isemxdxe
emm

Manchester Phrase Bank:


https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
Do you
have any
questions?

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