Students place little value on the honesty of research, according to a new study of cheating at Univ

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Students place little value on the honesty of
research, according to a new study of cheating at
Universities (Lane 2005).
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REFERENCE STYLES HOW WHY
Victoria University Library 6 April 2006
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OVERVIEW

• This session will cover
• Plagiarism
• Where to get help
• Referencing styles
• Library resources
• Details needed to cite a book/article/non-book
  items

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PLAGIARISM DEFINED

• Presentation of another's intellectual output as
  your own
• Submitting anothers work without acknowledgement
• Quoting or paraphrasing without acknowledgement
• Using information from the Internet without
  acknowledgement
• Submitting your assignments (even if referenced)
  more than once
• Copying layout structures from texts
• Copying diagrams
• Copying graphics/animation/multimedia/sound
  without acknowledgement

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ACADEMICHONESTY

• A commitment to giving credit to the true
  originator or creator of any knowledge is a core
  value in scholarship, where the products are
  often intangible and in the public domain
  (Victoria University 2005).

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PLARIARISM POLICY

• Policy is available on the University Intranet
• It outlines the procedure followed if a student
  is found to have plagiarised material
• The University takes plagiarism SERIOUSLY

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WHERE TO GET HELP
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REFERENCING STYLES

• We expect you to use Harvard Style
• Information on how to apply styles is available
  in hand out provided
• Library provides a 4 page guide to HARVARD
• Library also links to an e-copy of the LITTLE
  BLACK BOOK
• Library website - click link REFERENCING
  STYLES

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REFERENCING STYLES
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HINTS TIPS

• Photocopy title page/publication details page
  (its verso) and/or
• Write the details down when you START to read a
  new resource
• Work on your reference list AS YOU GO
• DONT leave it to the very end!
• LIBRARY CATALOGUE ENTRY can help you identify the
  details required
• Best way to avoid plagiarism is accurate and
  frequent referencing (Victoria University 2005)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY ORREFERENCE LIST

• Terminology varies depending on discipline
• Terms often used interchangeably
• Both must include all sources cited or referenced
  in the text of your assignment

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DETAILSNEEDED FOR A REFERENCE LIST

• FOR A BOOK
• The details required, in order, are
• name(s) of author(s), editor(s), compiler(s) or
  the institution responsible
• year of publication
• title of publication and subtitle if any
• series title and individual volume, if any
• edition, if other than the first
• publisher
• place of publication
• page number(s) if applicable

Lathrop, A Foss, K 2000, Student cheating and
plagiarism in the Internet era a wake-up call,
Libraries Unlimited, Englewood, Colorando.
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EXAMPLEBOOK
Wiener, J 2005, Historians in trouble plagiarism
fraud and politics in the ivory tower, New Press,
New York.
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DETAILSNEEDED FOR A REFERENCE LIST

• FOR NON-BOOK ITEMS
• The details required, in order, are
• name(s) of author(s), editor(s), compiler(s) or
  the institution responsible
• year of publication
• title of publication and subtitle if any
• series title and individual volume, if any
• edition, if other than the first
• Format for eg. video recording, CD-ROM
• publisher
• place of publication
• page number(s) if applicable

Format
Stolen generations 2000, video recording, Ronin
Films, Canberra. Written and directed by Darlene
Johnson.
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DETAILSNEEDED FOR A REFERENCE LIST

• FOR AN ARTICLE
• The details required, in order are
• name(s) of author(s) of the article
• year of publication
• title of article
• title of journal/periodical/magazine
• volume number
• issue (or part) number
• page number(s)

Title of Article
Callahan, D 2006, On campus author discusses
the cheating culture with college students,
Plagiary Cross Disciplinary Studies in
Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, vol
1, no. 4, pp.1-8.
Title of Journal
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ELECTRONICJOURNAL
Callahan, D 2006, On campus author discusses
the cheating culture with college students,
Plagiary Cross Disciplinary Studies in
Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, vol
1, no. 4, pp.1-8, viewed 4 April 2006,
lthttp//www.plagiary.org/cheating-culture.pdfgt.
Date viewed
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DETAILSNEEDED FOR A REFERENCE LIST

• FOR ELECTRONIC SOURCES for eg websites
• name(s) of author(s) or the organisation
  responsible for document, web page or site
• year of publication of document, creation of
  page/site or date last revised. Note if you
  cannot establish the date of publication, use
  n.d. (no date)
• title of document or page, if applicable
• edition, if other than first
• type of medium, if necessary
• name and place of the publisher, sponsor or host
  of the source
• date item viewed
• web page or site address, or name of database on
  internet (if applicable)

Roberts, T McInnerney, J 2006, Assessment in
higher education plagiarism, Central Queensland
University, viewed 4 April 2006,
lthttp//ahe.cqu.edu.au/plagiarism.htmgt.
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SOFTWARE

• Software is available to help you create your
  bibliographies/reference lists
• RefWorks
• Ask at the Service Desk for more information
• Suitable if you have large numbers of reference
  citations to manager
• This software does take some time to learn to use
  effectively
• It is important to know how to reference manually
  before using software!

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Turnitin

• www.turnitin.com
• Plagiarism detection website for electronic
  assessment tasks submitted by students
• Visit for more information http//tls.vu.edu.au/S
  LED/QTIU/policies/plagiarism/turnitin.htm

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RESOURCES

• Germov, J 2000, Get great marks for your essays,
  2nd edn, Allen Unwin, St Leonards, NSW.
• Style manual for authors, editors and printers,
  2005, 6th edn, Australian Government Publishing
  Service, Canberra.
• Victoria University Library 2005, Harvard AGPS
  style A guide to referencing sources used in
  assignments, viewed 1 August 2005,
  lthttp//w2.vu.edu.au/library/infolink/vrc/styles/f
  iles/HarvardAGPSstyleguide.pdfgt.