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Week 3 Citing Sources v3.0

The document provides guidance on properly citing sources and avoiding plagiarism when writing academic works. It defines referencing as acknowledging ideas, information, or quotations from other sources to avoid misleading readers into believing the work is original. The document explains that universities use plagiarism detection software to check for copying. It outlines how to cite sources in the text of a work and provide full references in a bibliography, typically using the Harvard style. Penalties for plagiarism at the university include failing grades and restrictions on resubmitting assignments. The document advises appropriately citing sources to avoid plagiarism.

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Week 3 Citing Sources v3.0

The document provides guidance on properly citing sources and avoiding plagiarism when writing academic works. It defines referencing as acknowledging ideas, information, or quotations from other sources to avoid misleading readers into believing the work is original. The document explains that universities use plagiarism detection software to check for copying. It outlines how to cite sources in the text of a work and provide full references in a bibliography, typically using the Harvard style. Penalties for plagiarism at the university include failing grades and restrictions on resubmitting assignments. The document advises appropriately citing sources to avoid plagiarism.

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FY026-Preparing for

Success: Knowledge
and Creativity

Citing Sources
Learning Objectives

• What does referencing mean?


• Why should you include references in your
work?
• What is Harvard Style?
• How do I reference my work?
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What does referencing mean?

You may write your coursework using the words and


knowledge coming out of your own brain. However,
such a work would not be considered as academic work.
To produce good coursework, you should bring together
ideas, evidence and arguments of other academics too.

If you use and copy the work of others, you should not
claim such a work as your own.

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What does referencing mean?
We use other people’s work to:
 support our own arguments,
 provide evidence,
 give examples,
 present findings, etc.
 discuss what other people/organisations have said/done & provide an
analysis
 to provide definitions, explanations, etc.

We should acknowledge the


referred materials or ideas taken from other authors.
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What does Plagiarism mean?

A person is said to commit plagiarism when he/she inserts or


includes someone else’s work in his/her own work (coursework,
assignment, article, book, etc.) in a manner such that it misleads
the reader into believing that work was their own work.

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How to detect plagiarism?
Universities use a
powerful software tool
called Turnitin. Turnitin
matches the text in your
assignment with text in
millions of other online
sources such as books,
journals, web pages,
and the work of other
students.

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What are the penalties for plagiarising at LSST?

▪ 0 marks for your assignment


▪ The highest possible mark for resubmitted work is a pass (40% capped)

How can I avoid plagiarism?

▪ By appropriately acknowledging the


referred materials or ideas taken from other authors
▪ By listing all the sources you have used in your work at the end
of your assignment with
▪ By not claiming other’s work as your own
What does referencing mean?

• When writing an academic piece of work you need to


acknowledge any ideas, information or quotations which are the
work of other people. This is known as referencing or citing.

• Getting good marks for your assignment is dependent on many


Factors; one of them is accurately referencing the information
sources that you have consulted.

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How do I reference my work?

• Your references should be consistent and


follow the same format. Various systems have
been devised for citing references, but most
Schools use the Harvard system

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How do I reference my work?
Your references should be consistent and
follow the same format. Various systems
have been devised for citing references,
but most schools use the Harvard system.

At
LSST, you need to follow the Harvard refe
rencing style indicated in LSST Harvard
Referencing Guide.

https://portal.lsst.ac/mod/resource/view.php?id=1308 10
Referencing while writing

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Referencing while writing

References will be indicated in two places of your work:

1. Where a source is referred to in the text (Citation)

2. In a list (the Bibliography/List of references) at the end of


the assignment.

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Referencing while writing

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Showing the Relationship Between In-text Citations & the
Reference List

 Citation ▪Reference List


You make a short reference You make a list at the end of
(author’s last name and year your essay of all the sources
of publication) in the text of you have referred to in you
your essay every time you work – you give complete
refer to someone else’s work. details here including
publisher, etc.

The citation acts as a key


so that your reader can
find the full reference
easily on the list of
references at the end of
your essay.
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How to add in-text citation

Your citation(s) should include:

The author or editor’s surname

 If there are up to 3 authors you should include each


author’s surname. The year of publication
 If there are more than 3 authors you only need to put in
the first author’s surname
followed by ‘et al’.  You can find the publication date of a
 If there is no named author you can use a book in the first few pages.
corporate/organisation author name (this is  For a website, the publication date is
often the case for websites). usually at the top of the page.
 If there is neither a named or corporate author you can  If you cannot find a publication date for a
use ‘Anon’ as the author’s source put in the initials nd which stands for
name. ‘no date’.
In-text Citation - example

According to Holbeche (2009) developing a


strong employee brand is a key component to
attracting prospective job candidates.
In-text Citation
A market forecast is an assessment of the how
environmental factors will impact on the
demand for a business’ services and products
(BPP Learning Media, 2010).

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to


recognize a problem before it becomes an
emergency” (Glasgow, 1993).

(Kazmi, 2019)
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Citing works by more than one author

If your source has two authors, you should include both names in the text.
– Anderson and Poole (1998) note that a ‘narrow line often separates plagiarism from good
scholarship.’ (p.16).

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Citing works by three or more authors

• If there are three or more authors you should include the first
named author and then add ‘et al.’ in italics followed by a full stop.
This is an abbreviation of ‘et alia’ which means ‘and others’ in Latin.

E.g. In the United States revenue from computer games now exceeds that of movies
(Kline et al., 2003).

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In-text Citation – 3 situations
a) Paraphrasing b) Quoting

Restating information taken Quoting is when you insert the exact c) Quoting from direct
from someone else’s work words from another author inside your speech
in your own words. work.
- Double quotation marks are
Examples: The page number needs to be included
used.
if it comes from a book, newspaper
article etc (not if it’s taken from a - No page number is mentioned.
According to Holbeche
website).
(2009) developing a strong Example:
employee brand is a key Example: “One of the tests of leadership is
component to ‘A written marketing plan is the the ability to recognize a problem
attracting prospective job backdrop against which operational before it becomes an
candidates. decisions are taken’ emergency” (Glasgow, 1993).
(McDonald & Wilson, 2011, p.30).
Referencing: Part 2 – The Reference list

The reference list comes at the end of


your assignment and should be:

▪listed in alphabetical order of author/editor


(You can use “sort” command in MS Word.)
▪ Formatted in the Harvard referencing style
How to format your reference list in the Harvard
referencing style?
It is important to understand that;

• There are essential components that you should insert.


• Those components should be in a specific order.

• The components and the order of them differ from one source
to another. This means that your reference for academic book
is different from the reference of an online news article.
Formatting your reference list Harvard style

Printed Book

Order Component

1. Author/Editor (if there is no named author include a corporate author/publisher)


2. Year of publication (this should be in brackets)
3. Title (this should be in italics)
4. Edition (if not the first edition)
5. Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)
6. Publisher

Example: BPP Learning Media (2010) Marketing and promotion. United Kingdom: BPP Learning
Media.
Online/Electronic Book
▪ Author/Editor (if there is no named authors include a corporate author/publisher)
▪ Year of publication (this should be in brackets)
▪ Title (this should be in italics)
▪ Edition (if not the first edition)
▪ Online [should be in square brackets]
▪ Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)
▪ Publisher Available from: URL
▪ Date of access [this should be in brackets]

Example:
▪ Emerson, R. (2009) Business Law, 5th edition. [Online] New York: Barons Education.
Available from: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=60TRO4E3o7YC&printsec
[Accessed 18th June, 2010].
Journal Article: Print
▪ Author
▪ Year of publication (this should be in brackets) Title of journal article
▪ Title of journal (this should be in italics)
▪ Volume number
▪ Issue number
▪ Page numbers of the article (do not use ‘p’. before the page numbers)

Example:
▪ Poria, Y., Reichel, A. & Brandt, Y. (2011) Dimensions of hotel experience
of people with disabilities: an exploratory study. International Journal of
Contemporary Hospitality Management 23 (5), 571591.
Journal Article:Online/Electronic
▪ Author
▪ Year of publication (this should be in brackets)
▪ Title of journal article
▪ Title of journal (this should be in italics)
▪ Online [this should be in square brackets]
▪ Volume number
▪ Issue number (in brackets)
▪ Page numbers of the article (do not use ‘p’. before the page numbers)
▪ Available from: URL
▪ Date of access [this should be in square brackets]
Example:
▪ Tan-Solano, M. & Kleiner, B. H. (2001) Effects of telecommuting on organisational behaviour.
Management Research News, 24 (3), 72-78. Available from:
Newspaper article
▪Author
▪Year of Publication (this should be in brackets)
▪Title of article
▪ Full Title of Newspaper (this should be in italics)
▪Day and month of publication
▪Page numbers

Example:
▪Masters, B. & Goff, S. (2011) Bankers accused of dishonest lobbying.
The Financial Times, 23 November, p.1.
Newspaper article: online
▪ Author (if the article has no author, use the name of the newspaper)
▪ (Day, month and year of publication) Title of article
▪ Title of newspaper (this should be in italics)
▪ Online [this should be in square brackets]
▪ Page numbers of the article if given (use ‘p.' before a single page number and ‘pp.' where there
are multiple pages)
▪ Available from: URL
▪ Date of access [this should be in square brackets]

Example:
▪ Peacock, L. (24 November 2011) Thomas Cook faces restructuring as advisers are called in.
The Telegraph [Online]. Available from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysect
or/retailandconsumer/leisure/8911030/Thomas- Cook-faces-restructuring-as-advisers-
calledin.html [Accessed 23rd November, 2011].
Web Page/Website
▪ Author/Editor (use the corporate author if no individual author or editor is named)
▪ Year of publication (this should be in brackets if available; if there is no date, use
the abbreviation n.d.)
▪ Title (this should be in italics)
▪ [Online] Available from: URL
▪ Date of access [this should be in square brackets]

Example:
▪ Larson, A. (2010) Contract law – an introduction [Online]. Available from:
http://www.expertlaw.com/library/business/contra ct_law.html [Accessed 23rd
November, 2011].
Reference list - exercise
Look carefully at the information given about each item in this list
of references. Can you identify what kind of source each one is?

1. Barton, K. (2012) People in paintings. Cambridge: Cambridge Book


University Press.

2. Baxter, F. (2015) ‘Consumer chemistry’, Journal of Chemistry Journal


Education, 65 (3), pp. 206-219.

3. Ellis, P. (2017) ‘The ability to think critically’, in Barlow, G. and Chapter


Freid, R. (eds.) Thinking skills: How can we teach them? New
York: W. H. Freeman, pp. 197-211.

4. Hopper, C. (2014) ‘Legal Lingo’, The Times, 24 August, p. 25. Newspaper

5. Oxfam (2018) E.ON shelves Kingsnorth. Available at:


http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/campaign/impact/kings Website
north.html (Accessed: 15 October 2018). 29
Activity in class:
References Error(s)?

Http://www.bbc.co.uk/bob/callcentres/ [Accessed 09/08/2004].


BUSINESS STRATEGIES (2000). Tomorrow’s Call Centres: a Research Study.
DEPARTMENT FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY (2004). The UK Contact Centre Industry: a
Study’. [Report]. London: Department for Trade and Industry.
HEALTH and SAFETY EXECUTIVE. Psychosocial Working Conditions in Great Britain in
2004.
HUWS, U (1999). Virtually There: the Evolution of Call Centres. [Report]. London: Mitel
Telecom Ltd.
HUWS, U (1993). Teleworking in Britain: a Report to the Employment Department.
Research Series No 18, Oct 1993. London: Department of Employment.
HUWS, U (1996). eWorking: an Overview of the Research. [Report]. London:
Department of Trade and Industry.

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How to format your reference list in the Harvard referencing
style?

Class activity using a computer game:

Visit the site below and play Harvard Referencing game.


https://xerte.plymouth.ac.uk/xerte/play.php?template_id=107

Using your BUCKS id and password, Complete the


tutorial on
https://www.citethemrightonline.com/Tutorial
Print or screenshot the guide below

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Thank You!!

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