1. Research Referencing Writing
Report Writing The 3 R’s
Research
Referencing
Writing

2. At the end of this unit you should be able to
Define report writing
Describe the components of a report
Appreciate the range of services offered by the library
Analyse the benefits and drawbacks of a range of primary and secondary research resources
Define plagiarism and demonstrate writing and referencing strategies to prevent plagiarism in practice.

3. Choose 3 of the following activities (or others of your choice!)
Task
Choose 3 of the following activities (or others of your choice!)
Clubbing, playstations, work, babysitting, playing a sport, cooking, in the pub
Describe the type of language you use when orally communicating with others during each activity

4. Report
a written document that presents an investigation of a thesis, question or problem
3 main sections
Preliminaries
Main Body
End

5. Task See handout Components of a Report
Pick out the 3 main sections of the report
Preliminaries
Main body
Ending

6. STYLE – The 4 C’s of Report Writing
Clear
Concise
Complete
Correct

7. Academic Sources
List as many sources of information used in report writing

8. Academic Sources Lecture notes Recommended reading Reference books
Journals
Core text
Internet & web based
Subject expert

9. Plagiarism- Tutorial Exercise B
Read the scenarios and indicate which constitute plagiarism

10. Referencing Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”
Mark Twain ( )
“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything”

11. Why Reference?

13. Harvard Referencing System

14. In text citation
The work of Rubin (1915) made a significant contribution to the understanding of perception
The work of Rubin (1915a) made a significant contribution to the understanding of perception
Rubin (1915b) states that perception is critical to our understanding of human behaviour
Perception is critical to our understanding of human behaviour (Rubin 1915b)

15. In text citation – direct quote
Rubin (1915b:96) states that “perception is critical to our understanding of human behaviour and should be not be ignored”.

16. In text citation – several writers
Perception is critical to our understanding of human behaviour (Rubin 1915, Gallagher 1992, Quinn et al 1999).
Use ‘et al’ if four or more authors wrote the book.

17. Composing the Bibliography
Alphabetically by author (then year)
See handout
Refer to my Moodle site

19. Exercise: Referencing
Correct the references in this handout.

20. Quoting versus Paraphrasing
Quoting means using someone else's exact words.
Paraphrasing is putting someone else's words or ideas into your own words.

21. Example: Paraphrasing

22. Summarising
Involves extracting key ideas and condensing them into a smaller amount of text.

23. Synthesising
Creating original writing that combines ideas from other sources but is developed to include your own individual thinking

24. Writing Skills Audit

25. Task

26. Within the essay - Writing
Less description, more analysis
Don’t wander off the subject
Don’t leave it to the last minute
Don’t PLAGIARISE
Write clearly…good sentences, proper punctuation, correct spelling
Don’t waffle
Avoid the use of ‘I’
Put in something a bit original
Show evidence of independent thought

27. Punctuation
See rough guide to punctuation
The apostrophe ‘

30. Task To be completed for next class To be done individually
See page 139 to 141 in your book

31. Summary- The 3 R’s Writing…….beginning, middle, end Referencing
Quoting,
Paraphrasing,
Synthesising,
Summarising