1. How to reference and avoid plagiarism

2. Learning Outcomes Identifying what is meant by the term plagiarism
Recognising the causes of plagiarism/poor sholarship
Avoiding Plagiarism by appropriate use of note taking, paraphrasing, citation and referencing

3. What is plagiarism? Plagiarism: How to avoid it
… and can you identify it?
Activity 1: Is it plagiarism?

4. Definitions Plagiarism
‘Passing off someone else’s work whether intentionally or unintentionally as your own...’ (Carroll, 2002)
Collusion
‘Working together to produce assessed work in circumstances where this is forbidden.’
(Barrett and Cox, 2005).
Taken from UWE’s Assessment Offences Policy

5. Develop good study habits
Reading and note taking
Paraphrasing
Referencing – everything you use
Good time management is key!

6. Survey Question Read Recall Review The SQ3R method

7. The SQ3R method explained
Survey: Skim read the text
Question: Ask questions: Do I need to read it? What do I want to find out?...
Read: Read once for a general gist, re-read key sections
Recall: Put the text down, make notes in your own words
Review: Remind yourself of the main points

8. Your notes Useful subheadings: Reference Main point Supporting detail
Critical thoughts

9. Improve my reading and note taking
How to make notes from reading or listening - online advice and tutorials
How to make notes from reading or listening – workshop
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10. How do you “reference” it?
Comes in 2 parts:
In-text citation (who said it, when did they say it)
Reference list at the end – the whole, bibliographic reference

11. Paraphrasing, Summarising and Quoting
Paraphrasing is re-writing someone’s work in your words .
Summarising is a shorter version, still in your own words
Quoting is copying – must be identified as such!

12. Top tips for paraphrasing or summarising
Not a translation
Use reference reminder phrases – who said it? (whose voice?)
e.g. Saville (2012) argues that… Saville’s research also shows that…
In-text citation for each new voice
e.g. Saville (2012) argues that… Similarly, Smith (2015) found that…
Check the original: Has the meaning changed?
(Don’t forget to add your own critical thought)

13. Top tips for quotations
Make it clear it is a quotation
Short, single sentences in speech/quotation marks
Longer quotes indented
Citation for quotes also need a page number!

14. WHO SAID IT, WHEN DID THEY SAY IT?
How to cite
....( Author surname, Year of publication )...
WHO SAID IT, WHEN DID THEY SAY IT?
The need for care and guidance (Pearson et al., 2007) is evident. (pearson et al said it, in 2007)
Pearson et al. (2007, p.4 ) states that ‘decision making in health care has changed profoundly’.
In 2007, Pearson et al. suggested that the need for care is evident.

15. Paraphrasing and Summarising
Activity 1
Have a go! .

16. Do your own research
It is plagiarism to present someone else's lines of reasoning as your own, even if you put the material in your own words.

17. Improve my paraphrasing
Writing - online advice and tutorials
How to use different sources in your writing – workshop
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18. PLAGIARISM! Activity 2: Is it plagiarism?
Activity 1: Is it plagiarism? Quiz
Exercise + feedback: 10 mins
As a class
Feedback/review correct answers
PLAGIARISM!

19. The full, bibliographic reference
The bit that goes in the reference list at the end…
..and the info you need to note down when you read or use a source

20. Key elements of a reference
Who said it?
When
Did they say it?
What
Did they say?
Where

21. How to reference… a book
Author surname, Initials.
(Year of publication)
Title in italics.
Edition (if not first).
Place of publication:
Publisher.
Capitalise each main word of the book title
Pearson, A., Field, J., Ford, D. and Jordon, Z.
(2007)
Evidence-Based Clinical Practice in Nursing and Health Care: Assimilating Research, Experience and Expertise.
2nd ed.
List all the authors. Use ‘and’ not abbreviations
Edition noted, if not the first
Oxford: .
Blackwell Publishing.

22. Where do you find this info….?
Print book… inside the fly leaf or library search.
e-book…bit more tricky! library search/ ebook platform

23. Activity 3: Have a go
A book….reference and citation
Starr, C. and McMillan, B. (2014) Human Biology. 10th ed. Pacific Grove: Brookes/Cole.

24. Referencing: True or false?
Citing and referencing are the same
Lecturers love lots of quotations
A quotation needs a page number
A reference list should be in alphabetical order (by author surname)
If you paraphrase, you don’t need to cite
References are always required
Photographs, tables, diagrams etc. do not need a reference
Activity 4: Referencing – True or false?

25. Tools to help you Now that you understand how
referencing works – here are
some tools to help you
Library web pages
Refworks
Write ’n cite
Refme

26. Referencing REMEMBER! You must acknowledge ALL of your sources
In-text citations
Reference list (at the end of your work)
Referencing webpages
What referencing style should I use?
Referencing tools

27. SafeAssign
SafeAssign is a coursework originality checker provided by Blackboard

28. Employability Improves your employability
Developing your academic skills
Improves your employability

29. Further help
Workbooks
Workshops