A Guide to referencing and plagiarism for university students, which focuses on the Harvard referencing method & APA referencing

1. Plagiarism & Referencing Orna Farrell Orna.farrell@dbs.ie

2. Learning outcomes At end of this session you will: Know what plagiarism is Use a referencing method Understand the difference between in-text and bibliographic referencing Be able to write a bibliography

3. Discussion questions What is referencing? What is plagiarism? Why should I cite and reference sources? How do you avoid plagiarism? What is common knowledge? Which referencing style should I use?

4. What is referencing? Referencing is a standard method of acknowledging your sources of information References enable the reader to find the sources of documents There are two types of references: In text Bibliography/ reference list

5. What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is cheating. It is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own. These ideas may be in printed or electronic format Giving credit to the original authors by citing and referencing your sources is the only way to use other people’s work without plagiarising

6. Activity: Is this plagiarism? Copying & pasting text from the internet Passing off someone else’s work as your own Failing to put a quotation in “”marks Summarising or paraphrasing Changing words or phrases but copying the sentence structure of the source

7. Why should I cite and reference sources? To acknowledge your sources To add weight to your discussion To show that you have read widely on a topic

8. How do you avoid plagiarism? At all times reference your information Use your own ideas and the ideas of others sparingly When taking notes & using the internet record referencing info & save your notes Use quotes when directly stating another persons words Include a bibliography

9. What is common knowledge? In all academic areas there is some information regarded as common knowledge “This is generally defined as facts, dates, events and information that are expected to be known by someone studying or working in an area

10. How do I know it’s common knowledge? Did I know this information before I started my course? Did this information come from my own brain? If the answer is NO then the information is not common knowledge and you need to reference it

11. When do you give a reference? You must give a reference whenever you draw on a source of information: As your inspiration As your source for a particular theory, argument or viewpoint For specific information like statistics, examples or case studies For direct quotes Reporting or paraphrasing an authors words

12. Which referencing style should I use? Dublin Business School Business students: Harvard Business Method Arts students: APA method

13. References http://library.dbs-students.com/LibGuide/LibGuide.aspx?WebPageID=5009 Pears, R. & Shields, G.(2008) Cite them right. Durham: Pear Tree. http://www.apa.org/