1. Plagiarism and Referencing
Lucy Fleming
Learning Resources Adviser

2. What is plagiarism?
Using the writings or ideas of another person and representing them as your own, (that is without proper attribution or referencing)
Every time you that you quote from someone or paraphrase their idea you must provide a reference

3. Can I use other peoples words or ideas in my work?
Yes, referring to other people’s work and ideas:
Is evidence that you have read around the subject and understand different ideas and concepts
Identifies the main thinkers in the subject area
Just remember to identify whose ideas they are and where you found them.

4. Examples of plagiarism
Quoting without acknowledgement or without using quotation marks
Paraphrasing without acknowledgement
Handing in another students work, with or without that student’s permission
Buying a paper from an external agency
Cutting and pasting from the Internet without acknowledgement

5. Common mistakes Not referencing internet sources
Forgetting to use page numbers
Paraphrasing an idea (putting it into your own words) without citing the originator

6. Why reference? Referencing source material:
Shows where your information is from
Allows the reader to access the source material themselves
Proves that you have read around the subject and have researched your work

7. How to reference
A complete reference allows your reader to trace where you have found your information
It should contain:
Author
Title
Publication details: publisher, place, date
Any electronic access details, such as the URL and the date that it was accessed

8. How to reference
Keep a note of the bibliographic details of the source that you read, including the page numbers
Insert a citation into the text
Provide a bibliography at the end of your work containing a full reference for all the sources that you have used – not just those that you have cited within your work

9. Quotation / Citation A quotation A citation
Is a direct quote from the text
Uses “quotation marks”
A citation
Refers to the original work in a citation, but puts the idea into your own words

10. Citation within your work
Within the text of your work refer to information sources:
(Surname, Date) i.e. (Smith, 2005) or;
Surname (Date) i.e. Smith (2005)
Page numbers should be included in brackets if this is appropriate.

11. How to put the reference together
Referencing a book:
Surname, initials.
(Date)
Title.
Edition.
Place of publication: Publisher
e.g. Bird, J. O. and Ross, C. (2002) Mechanical engineering principles. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann

12. How to put the reference together
Referencing a journal article:
Surname, Initials.
(Date)
‘Article title.’
Journal title.
Volume number
(Part number),
Pages.
e.g. Nathan, S. (2007) ‘High Powered.’ The Engineer. 293 (7736), pp

13. Referencing a webpage Author/Editor/Organisation (Date)
Title of the page.
[Online]
Available from: URL
[Accessed date].
e.g. Wollenhaupt, G. (2007) How cell-phone jammers work. [Online] Available from: [Accessed 18/02/08].