Referencing and avoiding plagiarism

Contents

1. Referencing and avoiding plagiarism
2. What is plagiarism?
   1. How to avoid plagiarism
   2. Examples of good and bad academic practice
   3. Activity 1
   4. Plagiarism of expression
3. Why you need to reference
4. What is referencing?
5. How to provide references 1
6. In-text citations (Author/date style)
7. How to provide references 2
   1. Footnotes, reference lists and bibliographies
   2. Activity 2
8. To reference or not to reference that is the question
9. Referencing: Think - Who? When? What? and Where?
10. Referencing books
    1. Referencing book chapters
    2. Activity 3
    3. Referencing eBooks
    4. eBooks: Finding the URL
    5. Activity 4
11. Referencing journal articles (print)
    1. Activity 5
12. Referencing electronic journal articles
    1. Electronic journals and Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)
    2. Activity 6
    3. Referencing online reports (Government department)
    4. Referencing the Internet (webpages)
    5. Activity 7
13. Managing your referencing: EndNote
14. Summary

How to provide references 2

How to provide references - at the end of the text
At the end of your assignment you must provide a list of all of the sources you have referred to in the text. This should be headed References so that it is clear to readers that this is where they will find full details of your sources. You must give all of the information required for your readers to obtain the source for themselves from a library or the Internet. For example, if you were referencing the following quote:

In his work entitled Understanding Organisations Handy (1993, p.292), doubts whether change can be 'managed' at all: "To 'manage change' is wishful thinking, implying as it does that one not only knows where to go and how to get there but can persuade everyone else to travel there."

The full reference would be:

Handy, C. (1993) Understanding Organisations. 4th edn. London: Penguin.

This reference has been formatted using the Harvard referencing style with the author's surname and initial first followed by the date of publication, the title of the book and finally the details about the publisher (Location and Name).

Remember - You should take the details from the title page and not the front cover of the book. You may also need to look at the back (verso) of the title page to find all the information you need.

For example, looking at the images below you can see that most of the information you require in order to be able to provide a reference for this book can be found on the title page - see Figure 1. These include details about the author, book title and publisher. You will also notice that this book is part of a series and that the series title is Student-friendly guides. It should be noted that you should include this information in the Harvard referencing style. The Year of Publication (2005) and Place of Publication (Maidenhead) for this book can be found on the back (verso) of the title page - see Figure 2.

Figure 1 (Title page)

Figure 2 (Back or Verso of Title page)

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Images 'reproduced with permission'
Levin, P. (2005) Successful teamwork!: for undergraduates and taught postgraduates working on group projects. Maidenhead: Open University Press. Student-friendly guides.

In an author/date style such as Harvard (or APA) the references or end-text citations are then listed in alphabetical order by author (surname) or if you cannot identify an author, by title.

Remember in the numbered referencing style your references would be listed at the end of your assignment in the numerical order they appeared.