THE REFERENCING TEST- please choose answer A, B or C and be prepared to give reasons...
1. WHAT IS REFERENCING?
'When writing a piece of work, whether essay, seminar paper, dissertation, project or article, it is essential that detailed and precise information on all sources consulted is included in your text and in the reference list at the end of your work. This allows the reader to locate the information used and to check, if necessary, the evidence on which your discussions or argument is based. (Pears and Shields, 2010, p.1).
2. WHY REFERENCE?
'In addition to adding weight to your discussion and arguments, references also show that you have read widely on the subject and considered and analysed the writings of others. Appropriately used, references can strengthen your writing and help you attain a better mark or grade.' (Pears and Shields, 2010, p.1).
3. WHAT IS THE STYLE OF REFERENCING THAT WE USE?
'This book uses the Harvard referencing system and many universities have adopted this system as standard. Harvard is an author-date system - in-text citation with a final list of references. This should not be mixed with a footnote system.' (Mann, 2011, p.115).
4. WHAT IS A CITATION?
'You need to identify these documents by citing them in the text of your assignment (called citations or in-text citations) and referencing them at the end of your assignment (called the reference list ... )' (Pears and Shields, 2010, p.1).
5. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 'REFERENCE LIST' AND A 'BIBLIOGRAPHY'?
6. WHAT ARE THE PUBLICATION DETAILS YOU NEED FOR REFERENCING A BOOK?
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HOW TO REFERENCE A BOOK (THE BASICS) - the easy bit
If you click on this image it will take you to HOW TO REFERENCE A BOOK (THE EXTRAS) - more complicated
7. WHAT ARE THE PUBLICATION DETAILS YOU NEED FOR REFERENCING AN INTERNET SITE?
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8. WHAT ARE THE PUBLICATION DETAILS YOU NEED FOR REFERENCING A QUOTATION OR IN-TEXT CITATION?
'Your citations should follow this format
- Author or editor's surname
- Year of publication, followed by a comma
- Page number(s) if required.
If you are quoting directly or using ideas from a specific page or pages of a work, you must include the page number(s) in your citations. Insert the abbreviation p. (or pp.) before the page number(s).
If your citation refers to a complete work or to ideas that run through an entire work, your citation would simply use the author and date details ... ' (Pears and Shields, 2010, p.4).
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INTERMISSION FOR LIGHT RELIEF AND FAG BREAK
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9. HOW SHOULD QUOTATIONS BE SET OUT?
'Short direct quotations, up to two or three lines in your assignment, can be set in quotation marks (single or double - be consistent) and included in the body of your text ...
Longer quotations should be entered as a separate paragraph and indented from a main text. Quotation marks are not required.' (Pears and Shields, 2010, p.6).
10. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN QUOTING AND PARAPHRASING?
'Quote - "To copy out or repeat (a passage, statement etc) from a book, document, speech etc with some indication that one is giving the words of another" ' (The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary in Williams and Carroll, 2009, p.30).
'When you paraphrase, you express someone else's writing in your own words, usually to achieve greater clarity. The is an alternative way of referring to an author's idea or arguments without using direct quotations from their text. used properly, it has the added benefit of fitting more neatly into your own style of writing and allows you to demonstrate that you really do understand what the author is saying. However, you must ensure that you do not change the original meaning and you must still cite and reference your source of information.' (Pears and Shields, 2010, p.7).
11. DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE REFERENCED?
'In all academic or professional fields, experts regard some ideas 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 a particular field ... Such information does not generally have to be referenced.' (Pears and Shields, 2010, pp.2-3).
12. WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON REFERENCING QUESTION PAULINE IS ASKED?
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UNLUCKY 13. WHAT IS PLAGAIRISM?
'Plagiarism is a specific form of cheating and is generally defined as presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own ... giving credit to the original authors by citing and referencing your sources is the only way to use other people's work without plagiarising.
All the following are considered forms of plagiarism:
- Using another person's work or ideas (for example, copying and pasting text or images ... ) without crediting (citing) the original source
- Passing off someone else's work as your own
- Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
- Quoting, summarising or paraphrasing material in your work without citing the original source
- Changing words or phrases but copying the sentence structure of a source and not crediting the original author
- Citing sources you did not use' (Pears and Shields, 2010, p.1).
RESULTS
IF YOU HAVE SCORED MAINLY As
Where have you been for 2 years? Asleep?
IF YOU HAVE SCORED MAINLY Bs
At least you tried.
If YOU HAVE SCORED MAINLY Cs
Well done top swot but maybe you need to get out more?
IF YOU HAVE SCORED MAINLY As
Where have you been for 2 years? Asleep?
IF YOU HAVE SCORED MAINLY Bs
At least you tried.
If YOU HAVE SCORED MAINLY Cs
Well done top swot but maybe you need to get out more?
REFERENCES ... OBVIOUSLY ... (BUT THIS IS NOT A BIBLIOGRAPHY)
Mann, S. (2011) Study skills for art, design and media students. Harlow: Pearson.
Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2010) Cite them right - the essential referencing guide. 8th edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Williams, K. and Carroll, J. (2009) Referencing and understanding plagiarism. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Mann, S. (2011) Study skills for art, design and media students. Harlow: Pearson.
Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2010) Cite them right - the essential referencing guide. 8th edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Williams, K. and Carroll, J. (2009) Referencing and understanding plagiarism. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
