Holmes Institute Study Support: Referencing Your Sources
Holmes Institute Study Support: Referencing Your Sources
Holmes Institute Study Support: Referencing Your Sources
Holmes Institute
Study Support
Referencing your
Sources
Comparative
Business Ethics and
Social Responsibility
HC2121
What is Plagiarism?
Paraphrasing someone
else’s work without
acknowledgement
All the assignments, essays, reports, presentations that you are expected to
produce will rely on the work of others – experts in their area
In your assignments you are expected to read widely to gain knowledge from
experts
You are expected to acknowledge in your work the ideas, thoughts, opinions
of others that you have used
Acknowledge your Sources (The Harvard Method)
In Text Citation
Stage One
In Text Citation
Harvard Referencing
what do you think?
Many people think you only need to reference when you have copied the
words of another author
But there is more to it than that .
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Quoting
Original text Australia has never had-and would certainly benefit from – a
Ellard (2014) reliable, long-term policy for funding the ongoing medical
research necessary to retain our best talent
Student 1 Ellard (2014) believes Australia would benefit from a
dependable, ongoing funding policy for medical research which
is needed to keep our top talent
Student 2 It has been claimed that Australia has never developed a
“reliable, long-term policy for funding … ongoing medical
research” (Ellard,2014,p2)
Student 3 In her recent article, Ellard (2014) links the increasing migration
of Australian medical researchers to the USA to a lack of stable
funding
Which student has plagiarised ?
As long ago as `963, Martin Luther King lamented that African Americans were still
living “on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material
prosperity”1 For many, little has changed except that they have now been joined by
another minority group. 2 The 2010 census data in Table 1 3 clearly shows the gap
between black and Hispanic Americans on one hand, and their white and Asian
countrymen on the other
As long ago as `963, Martin Luther King lamented that African Americans were still
living “on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material
prosperity”1 For many, little has changed except that they have now been joined by
another minority group. The 2010 census data in Table 1 clearly shows the gap
between black and Hispanic Americans on one hand, and their white and Asian
countrymen on the other
Jen decides to embed a video clip from YouTube into one of her
oral presentation slides. Does she need to acknowledge the
source?
Jen decides to embed a video clip from YouTube into one of her
oral presentation slides. Does she need to acknowledge the
source?
Citation Managers to help
Citation Managing Software
Avoiding Plagiarism