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Information Services and Systems What is referencing? When you are writing a piece of work you must reference when you use someone else's words or ideas. You need to include detailed information on the sources of information that you have used. Failure to reference is referred to as plagiarism.

Information Services and Systems What is plagiarism exactly? “ Plagiarism is defined as using, without acknowledgment, another person's work and submitting it for assessment as though it were one's own work; for instance, through copying or unacknowledged paraphrasing. This constitutes plagiarism whether it is intentional or unintentional.” (Swansea University’s Academic Guide 2015/16 – section 33 on Unfair practice.)Academic Guide 2015/16 – section 33 on Unfair practice NOT JUST WORDS but also IDEAS, DATA, IMAGES.

Information Services and Systems Three steps to successful referencing 1.Keep track of the sources you’ve used (the appropriate details + page numbers). 2.Give an author/date in-text citation AND a full reference in a list at the end. 3.Pay attention to detail (punctuation & formatting). Follow the APA guidelines on Blackboard and on the APA Style website.APA guidelines on Blackboard APA Style website

Information Services and Systems What type of references will we cover today? Books Journal articles Websites In-text citations in your essay (author and date). Reference list at the end: alphabetical order by author.

Information Services and Systems In text citations

Information Services and Systems Basic rule is (Name, Year of publication) e.g. (Davies, 2013) But ask yourself: How many author names should be included in each citation?

Information Services and Systems In-text citation – one author Basic rule: (Shakespeare, 1599) Variations: Shakespeare explored the life of Henry V (1599)..... In 1599 a play was performed (Shakespeare)....

Information Services and Systems In-text citation – two authors Basic rule: (Lennon & McCartney, 1967) Variation: Lennon and McCartney (1967) wrote A Day in the Life...

Information Services and Systems In-text citation (3-5 authors) In-text citation First mention (Parkin, Powell, & Matthews, 2012) Subsequent mentions (Parkin et al., 2012) Full reference Parkin, M., Powell, M., & Matthews, K. (2012). Economics, 8 th.ed. Harlow: Addison Wesley.

Information Services and Systems In-text citation (more than six authors) If there are six authors or more only the first author is cited followed by et al. IN-TEXT:(Lin et al., 2011) Lin, D., Sanders, J., Sun, I., Shipton, P., Pin, Y. & Mooi, E. A. (2011). From Customer-Oriented Strategy to Organizational Financial Performance: The Role of Human Resource Management and Customer-Linking Capability. British Journal Of Management, 7(4),

Information Services and Systems APA Citing in the text activity Fill in the blanks to complete the in text citations in the APA style.

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Information Services and Systems How to reference a book Author(s) Surname, Initials. (Year of publication). Title (Edition). Location: Publisher Example (two authors): Malhotra, N. K. & Birks, D. F. (2007). Marketing research: An applied approach (3rd ed.). Harlow: FT Prentice Hall.

Information Services and Systems How to reference a chapter in an edited book Author(s) Surname, Initials. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In Editor(s) Initials. Surname (Eds.), Title of book, (page numbers). Location: Publisher Example: Jermier, J. M. & Forbes, L.C. (2003). Greening organizations: Critical issues. In M. Alvesson & H. Willmott (Eds.), Studying management critically (pp ). London: Sage

Information Services and Systems How to reference a journal article Author(s) Surname, Initials. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of journal, volume number, pages Example: Bellis, M. A., Hennell, T., Lushey, C., Hughes, K., Tocque, K., & Ashton, J. R. (2007). Elvis to Eminem: Quantifying the price of fame through early mortality of European and North American rock and pop stars. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(10), 896–901.

Information Services and Systems Online journal articles If online version is the same as printed version, reference it as a printed journal article. If not then include article Digital Object Identifier (DOI). A DOI is a long unique numeric code. If a DOI is unavailable use a URL instead.

Information Services and Systems How to reference a journal article from a database Author(s) Surname, Initials. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of journal, volume number, pages. Retrieved from URL Example: Lim, M. S. C., Hellard, M. E., & Aitken, C. K. (2005). The case of the disappearing teaspoons: Longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute. British Medical Journal, 331(7531), 1498–1500. Retrieved from &partnerID=40&md5=0c4e37ba252fd7f34920c0b8 c3c &partnerID=40&md5=0c4e37ba252fd7f34920c0b8 c3c96857

Information Services and Systems How to reference a document from the web Author(s) Surname, Initials. (Year of publication). Title of work. Retrieved from URL Example (corporate author): Bank of England. (2013). Inflation report. Retrieved from nts/inflationreport/2013/ir13aug.pdf nts/inflationreport/2013/ir13aug.pdf

Information Services and Systems How to reference dataset and statistics (e.g. from FAME) Corporate author. (Year of publication). Title of dataset. Retrieved from URL Example 1 (single company financial report from FAME): Financial Analysis Made Easy. (2012). John Wiley & Sons Ltd: Company financial data. Retrieved from

Information Services and Systems How to reference dataset and statistics (e.g. from FAME) Corporate author. (Year of publication). Title of dataset. Retrieved from URL Example 2 (data derived from results of a search on FAME using several criteria): Financial Analysis Made Easy. (2011). Data derived from: Construction companies in Wales with a turnover exceeding £10,000. Retrieved April 21, 2011 from Financial Analysis Made Easy (FAME database).

Information Services and Systems APA Reference Jumble Write the elements of the reference in the order in which they should appear to give a correct complete reference in the APA style. If you finish early, write your own APA references using the information on the front pages of the two journal articles and the web page

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