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How to Reference in your AssignmentsDavid Sotir, Advisor, HELPS Centre

Patrick McManus, Information Services Librarian, UTS Library

HELPS + UTS Library

To understand plagiarism and the importance of its avoidance

To become familiar with the Harvard-UTSreferencing system and conventions

To learn how to provide in-text citations and compile reference lists

Workshop Objectives

No acknowledgement of the author or its source

Deliberate cheating or copying and pasting

A type of student misconduct

Results in serious consequences

What is plagiarism?

copying out part(s) of any document withoutacknowledging the source.

using another person's concepts, results, processes or conclusions,and presenting them as your own.

paraphrasing and/or summarising another's work without acknowledging the source.

buying or acquiring an assignment written by someone else on your behalf.

Examples of plagiarism/cheating (this is not an exhaustive list!)

Trust

Reputation

Respect

Accurate

Academic Integrity

Writing assignments involves bringing together two sources of ideas:➔ The ideas of others - discovered in their

research process and readings➔ Your own ideas - formed through critical thinking

in the research and reading processes; also, influenced by what they have read/seen/watched …

Using sources in assignments

When you use others’ ideas, you can:➔ Quote

use the writer’s actual words, which requires the least input from you

➔ Paraphraserewrite the writer’s ideas in your own words, which requires more thinking on your part

➔ Summariserewrite the writer’s ideas in your own words in a shorter form, which achieves the best balance of your thinking and others’ ideas.

Using others’ ideas

You should summarise much more than you paraphrase or quote because when you summarise, you show that you can:

➔ Understand others’ ideas

➔ Synthesise and connect those ideas in order to support your argument

Quotes vs Paraphrase vs Summarise

To quote correctly:

➔ Use quotation marks

➔ Copy the exact words

➔ Give reference details, including the page/paragraph number

Quoting

To paraphrase correctly:➔ Keep the meaning of the original text

➔ Keep the key words

➔ Change most of the words

➔ Change the word order/order of information

➔ Give reference details

Paraphrasing

To summarise correctly:

➔ Keep the authors’ main ideas

➔ Avoid quoting the authors’ words

➔ Make it clear which ideas are yours, and which are the authors’

➔ Give reference details

Summarising

Avoiding Plagiarism Quiz

Harvard UTS ReferencingMost faculties at UTS

APA ReferencingSchool of Education

AGLC ReferencingFaculty of Law

Referencing Styles & Systems at UTS

In-text referencingWhen use others’ ideas in your writing: quotes or paraphrasing or summarising, acknowledge the work or ideas of others!

Reference listFull details of sources you have used for your writing

Components of Referencing

Harvard UTS Referencing Guide

Author Year, Title, Edition, Publisher, Place of Publication.

Exercise: Book

Kesselman-Turkel, J. & Peterson, F. 1981, Study smarts : how to learn more in less time, Universityof Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin.

Exercise: Book - Answer

Author Year, ‘Chapter title’, in Editor (ed.), Book title, Publisher, Place of Publication, Page range.

Exercise: A book chapter

Taylor, M. 2010, ‘Public relations in the enactment of civil society’, in R.L. Heath (ed.), The SAGE handbook of public relations, 2nd edn, SAGEPublications, Los Angeles, pp. 5-16.

Exercise: A book chapter - Answer

Author Year, 'Title of journal article', Journal title, Volume number, Issue number, Page range.

Exercise: Journal article

Freberg, K., Remund, D. & Keltner-Previs, K. 2013,‘Integrating evidence based practices into publicrelations education’, Public Relations Review, vol. 39, no. 3, pp.235-7.

Exercise: Journal article - Answer

Author Year, Title of webpage, Description, Publisher, Place of Publication, viewed date, <URL>.

Exercise: Website

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Riskfactors to health, viewed 26 March 2019, <https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/biomedical-risk-factors/risk-factors-tohealth/contents/tobacco-smoking>.

Exercise: Website - Answer

Get Help!

Referencing guides

Use one referencing software

UTS Library Video (Harvard UTS)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQRQZS_d21U

UTS Library Video (APA)

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APA Referencing

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http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/apa

American Psychological Association

Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial + Quiz

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Find the errors in the following in-text citations that should follow Harvard-UTS referencing conventions.

1. (Sheret, Sultana and Sotir 2016) 7. (Seven news 1994)

2. (Yeo, Oh, Pyke, McDonald 1998) 8. (Turnbull in Shorten 2003)

3. (Charman, 2007) 9. (Minogue 1968, Lopez 1971)

4. (Smith 2009 p 7) 10. (Dickinson 2009, a)

5. (Brown nd) 11. (Copyright Act 1968)

6. According to Sotir (2016), academic literacy is ‘critical for survival’ at university.

Activity: In-text Referencing (Refer to your handout)

Find the errors in Harvard-UTS referencing.

1. Clegg, S., ‘Managing organization futures in a changing world of power/knowledge’, in H. Tsoukas & C. Knud (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of organization theory, Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp. 536-567, 2003.

2. Irvine, J. 2005, Commodity boom is over: Access, ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, 27 July, p. 19.

3. A.J. Kim, 2002, Community building on the web, Safari Tech Books, Boston, Mass., http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/0201874849.

4. Duffield, C., Macneil, H.F., Bullock, C., & Franks, H. 2000, ‘The role of the advanced casualty management team in St John Ambulance’, Australian Health Review, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 191-199.

Activity – Reference Lists (Refer to your handout)

Here are the corrected in-text citations in red according to Harvard UTS style.

1. (Sheret, Sultana & Sotir 2016) 7. (Seven news 1994)

2. (Yeo et al. 1998) 8. (Turnbull, cited in Shorten 2003)

3. (Charman 2007) 9. (Minogue 1968; Lopez 1971)

4. (Smith 2009, p. 7) 10. (Dickinson 2009a)

5. (Brown n.d.) 11. (Copyright Act 1968)

6. According to Sotir (2016, p. X), academic literacy is ‘critical for survival’ at university.

Activity: In-text Referencing Check your answers!

Clegg, S. 2003, ‘Managing organization futures in a changing world of power/knowledge’, in H. Tsoukas & C. Knud (eds), The Oxford handbook of organization theory, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 536-37.

Duffield, C., Macneil, H.F., Bullock, C., & Franks, H. 2000, ‘The role of the advanced casualty management team in St John Ambulance’, Australian Health Review, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 191-99.

Irvine, J. 2005, ‘Commodity boom is over: Access’, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 July, p. 19.

Kim, A.J. 2002, Community building on the web, Safari Tech Books, Boston, Mass.

Check your answers!

Contact academic staff such as your tutor, instructor, lecturer or subject/course co-ordinator about your studies, either face-to-face in class, in a consultation or via email/discussion board

Visit HELPS and talk to a HELPS Advisor:www.helps.uts.edu.au

Refer to the UTS Library Website at: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au

Use HELPS Self-help resources online:http://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/support/helps/self-help-resources/referencing-and-plagiarism

What to do if you need more help with referencing ……

Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial and Quiz:https://avoidingplagiarism.uts.edu.au/

UTS Business Faculty Guide to Writing Assignments:http://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/business-writing-guide-2014.pdf

UTS library guide to using EndNote:http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/help/referencing/endnote

UTS library guide to using RefWorks:http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/help/referencing/refworks

Useful Websites

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