Referencing

BSSS 4.3.12.1 Plagiarism Plagiarism is the copying, paraphrasing or summarising of work, in any form, without acknowledgement of sources, and presenting this as a student‘s own work. Examples of plagiarism could include, but are not limited to: ▪ submitting all or part of another person‘s work with/without that person‘s knowledge ▪ submitting all or part of a paper from a source text without proper acknowledgement ▪ copying part of another person‘s work from a source text, supplying proper documentation, but leaving out quotation marks ▪ submitting materials which paraphrase or summarise another person‘s work or ideas without appropriate documentation ▪ submitting a digital image, sound, design, photograph or animation, altered or unaltered, without proper acknowledgement of the source. 4.3.12.2 Student information Colleges are responsible for informing students about what constitutes plagiarism and the appropriate ways of acknowledging sources. Positive advice should also be offered about how students can avoid plagiarism. Advice on plagiarism should be provided to students well before their first assessment item is due. Colleges must also inform students that any incident of plagiarism will be treated as a serious breach of discipline in assessment and the penalties that may be imposed. (BSSS Handbook, 2012)

Harvard style Reference list Surname, Firstname 2012, Book Title. Location: Publisher name. Surname, Firstname(or organisation) 2012, Title of page, Publisher (if applicable), Location(if applicable), viewed date, URL. Surname, Firstname, ‘Title of journal article – in single quotation marks’, Title of journal – italicised, Volume, Issue or number, Page number(s). http://www.citethisforme.com/

Harvard style in line citations Ideas or direct quotations taken from a source must have an in line citation following them.

In line citations continued Direct quote: “Thirty percent of US adults do not drink at all”(Goodwin 2000, p.107). Referring, but not directly quoting: The placebo effect also plays a role in how drunk a person feels (see Goodwin 2000, p.13).

Chicago style footnotes

Chicago style footnotes continued Footnotes are easy to add in Microsoft Word. Under the ‘References’ tab, simply click on ‘Insert footnote’. Footnotes are completely editable, you can change any text including the numbers.

Chicago style vs Harvard style Ann Charters, The story and its writer (Boston: St. Martin’s Press, 1983), 15. Harvard Charters, Ann 1983, The story and its writer, St. Martin’s Press, Boston.

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