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On the agenda today
Academic honesty vs dishonesty
Writing your term paper/ essay
What does it mean to have access to ”everything”?
IMRAD-structure vs. Essay structure
Guidelines
Referencing
EndNote
Vancouver and Harvard systems for bibliographies
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Academic honesty
Three principles:
When you said you did the work yourself, you actually did it.
When you rely on someone else’s work, you cite it.
When you present research materials as data, documents etc, you
present them fairly and truthfully.
(Lipton 2004, p.3)
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Academic DIShonesty
Common cases:
Incorrect/non-exsistent citation
Data corruption (wilful or as accident)
Copying papers with or without permission
Using copyrighted material without proper authorization
Reasons:
Competition and pressure
Conviction
Ambitions
Difficult to detect
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Avoiding academic DIShonesty
Follow the guidelines (for the school)
Cite what you use
Be open about your data and analysis
Plan your papers well
Remember the three principles..
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Having access to ”everything”
From remembering to understanding
Databases
ACM Digital library
ISI Web of science
ScienceDirect
SpringerLink
Google Scholar
Images
Creative commons
Colourbox
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Writing your paper/essay
Articles and reports:
IMRAD structure (Introduction, Method, Results and Discussion)
Essays:
Not the same requirement for structure, but..
Group your arguments
Find an interesting angle
Build your argument, one point at the time
Both:
Correct referencing and bibliography
The three principles of academic honesty..
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Referencing
Direct quotation
Indirect quotation
Harvard style
Author-date
Ex. ”80 percent of students find academic writing difficult”
(Lastname 2013, p. 3).
Vancouver style
Numbered
Ex. ”80 percent of students find academic writing difficult” (1).
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Examples in-text
Vancouver:
Connor says "due to the international aspect, the definition of
evidence-based knowledge has changed over time"(1), and this is
concurred by several others (2-5). Connor can therefore lean on the
public opinion when she claims that it is hard to come by one,
unified and good definition (1).
Harvard:
Connor says "due to the international aspect, the definition of
evidence-based knowledge has changed over time”(Connor 2007,
p. 7), and this is concurred by several others (Martin 2006; Smith
2009; Oppenhouse 2011). Connor can therefore lean on the public
opinion when she claims that it is hard to come by one, unified and
good definition (2007).
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Example reference list
Vancouver:
1. Connor E. Evidence-based librarianship: case studies and active
learning excercises. Oxford: Chandos publishing; 2007.
Harvard:
Connor, E. (2007) Evidence-based librarianship: case studies and
active learning excercises. Oxford: Chandos publishing
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Bibliography
Lipton, C. (2004) Doing honest work in college. Chicago:
University of Chicago
Suggested reading:
Guntlett, D. (1998) Essay-writing: the essential guide. [online].
Study Skills Institute of Communication Studies. URL:
http://www.theory.org.uk/david/essaywriting.pdf (05.09.2013).