Information Services and Systems Skills for Referencing Correctly & Avoiding Plagiarism

Information Services and Systems

Skills for Referencing Correctly & Avoiding

Plagiarism


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Good quality assignments will have good quality references…

A. Book from the reading list recommended by Delyth or Jo

B. Daily Mail articleC. Welsh Government documentD. British Journal of Social Work

articleE. Information from social work

wikipedia pageF. Mental health website found

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• Once you’ve found stuff to use: books, journal articles, reports, statistics, websites etc. how will you keep track of your material?

• What have you done in the past?

Referencing tips: Take good notes


Do you know what referencing style the College of Human and Health Sciences expects you to use?

A. HarvardB. OscolaC. APA 6th

D. APA 5th

E. MHRA

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It depends on what you are trying to reference but generally:

• The Author (s) or Editor (s)• The Title• Place of publication• Publisher• If online the URL

Common queries: What information do I need...?


Look at the resource you are trying to referenceFor example: A book (look at the reverse title page)

Common queries: Where do I find the information?


There is a set order the information needs to be recorded:

Surname, Initial. (Date). Title (edition). Place: Publisher.

Pilgrim, D. (2009). Key concepts in mental health (2nd ed.).

London: Sage.

Book reference


You still need to include the general details (Author, date etc) , as well as:

• Title of Journal • Volume Number• Issue Number (only required if each issue begins with page 1)• Page numbers• If online include a doi if available

If online version is the same as printed version, reference it as a printed journal article

Common queries: How are journals different?


Look at the resource you are trying to referenceFor example: A journal article



2. Follow instructions....Journal article reference:There is a set order the information needs to be recorded:Surname, Initial. (Date). Title of article. Name of Journal,

vol(issue), pages. doi

Tew, J., Ramon, S., Slade, M., Bird, V., Melton, J., & Le Boutillier,

C. (2012). Social factors and recovery from mental health

difficulties: A review of the evidence. British Journal of Social

Work, 42, 443-460. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr076

Journal article reference


These can be quite tricky!You still need to include the general details (date etc) as

well as:• Author or Corporate author• Title• URL• Sometimes date accessed

Common queries: How are websites/online documents different?


Look at the resource you are trying to referenceFor example: Online document


http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/Documents/816/Mental%20Health%20Act%201983%20Code%20of%20Practice%20for%20Wales.pdf


Common queries

Make sure you include a URL that it works!Online publication

Welsh Assembly Government. (2008). Mental Health Act 1983:

Code of practice for Wales. Retrieved from

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/Documents/816/Mental

%20Health%20Act%201983%20Code%20of%20Practice

%20for%20Wales.pdf

Online publications reference


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Class exerciseReference list

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3. Pay attention to detail...

• ...teeny, tiny, irritating detail

• Everything matters!– Italics– Brackets– Commas, and dots.

Referencing tips: Pay attention to detail


The reference list should include everything you have referred to in your assignment.

• It should be alphabetical according to author

• All lines of each reference are double spaced and after the first are indented

Common queries: AcronymsCommon queries: The reference list


Care Council for Wales. (2015). Code of professional practice for social care.

Cardiff: Care Council for Wales.

Coffey, M., & Hannigan, B. (2013). New roles for nurses as approved mental

health professionals in England and Wales. International Journal of

Nursing Studies, 50, 1423-1430. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.02.014

Golightley, M. (2014). Social work and mental health (5th ed.). Los Angeles:

Sage/Learning Matters.

Example reference list


Care Council for Wales. (2015). Code of professional practice for social care.

Cardiff: Care Council for Wales.

Coffey, M., & Hannigan, B. (2013). New roles for nurses as approved mental

health professionals in England and Wales. International Journal of

Nursing Studies, 50, 1423-1430. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.02.014

Golightley, M. (2011). Social work and mental health (4th ed.). Exeter:

Learning Matters.

Example reference list


..but what about in text referencing and paraphrasing?


Two main ways of citing information in your writing:

• Author’s surname, (year), what the author states or considers.

• Summary of author’s findings, views or conclusions, followed by author’s surname and year in brackets.

What does referencing involve?


For example:• Brown (2012) claims that a far more effective

approach is...• Brown (2012) points out that a far more

effective approach is...• A far more effective approach is... (Brown,

2012)



• Parry (2013) claims that early intervention in cases of sudden cardiac arrest can increase the chance of patient survival.

• Early intervention is necessary to increase the chance of patient survival in cases of sudden cardiac arrest (Parry, 2013).



Paraphrasing

Use paraphrase and summary to acknowledge another author's ideas. You can extract and summarise important points, while at the same time making it clear from whom and where you have got the ideas you are discussing and what your point of view is.


Paraphrasing

A good paraphrase must be:• original• accurate• grammatically correct• referenced properly


Paraphrasing

1. Read the source2. Make notes of the main points3. Write in your own words4. Check against article for accuracy5. Redraft using appropriate academic

style, vocabulary and structure.6. Cite the source


Consider:“attempts to measure dignity will not be straightforward” (Gallagher, 2011, p. 1).

Paraphrase:• It is difficult to measure dignity

(Gallagher, 2011) • According to Gallagher (2011), the

measurement of dignity is complex.

Paraphrasing


Macklin (2003, p. 1) described dignity as “a useless concept arguing that autonomy was the more useful and necessary value.”

Paraphrase: • Macklin (2003) claims that the term

dignity is unhelpful and that it is far better to use a term such as autonomy.

Paraphrasing

And:


Macklin (2003, p. 1) described dignity as “a useless concept arguing that autonomy was the more useful and necessary value”.Paraphrase showing opinion:

• The term dignity is unhelpful, it is far better to use a word such as autonomy (Macklin, 2003)

Paraphrasing

And:


You MUST use page numbers and quotation marks in text if you are directly quoting from the source. Not acknowledging others work is classed as PLAGIARISM!

Macklin (2003) described dignity as “a useless concept arguing that autonomy was the more useful and necessary value” (p. 1).

Dignity is “a useless concept” according to Macklin (2003, p. 1).

Direct Quotations


Class exerciseParaphrasing

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In-text citation – 2 authors

Note the difference inside the bracket and outside the bracket

……. (Coffey & Hannigan, 2013).

Coffey and Hannigan (2013) state that ...

The fiddly bits!In text citation – 2 authors


Common queries

In text (first time you cite)• (Brown, Esdaile, & Ryan, 2003) or Brown, Esdaile and Ryan

(2003)

• Subsequent citations: (Brown et al., 2003) or Brown et al. (2003).

• If there are 6 or more authors, then you must use “et al.” from the outset.

Common queries: What if there’s more than 2 authors?


Common queries

When including Acronyms, you must explain what they mean!

• Guidance provided by the NHS (2012) states that....

Explain what NHS is the first time you cite then you can use only the Acronym after that

• Guidance provided by the National Health Service (NHS, 2012) states that....

Common queries: Acronyms


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• Once you’ve found stuff to use: books, journal articles, reports, statistics, websites etc. how will you keep track of your material?

Referencing tips: Use a tool to help


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