How to reference your sources

How to avoid plagiarism

How to create a bibliography

Referencing why do it?

When you start researching a project you will be
expected to find and use information that will help you.
This might be from such items as

Books
Encyclopaedias
Newspapers
Magazines
the Internet

These are called sources of information.

Sources of Information
Which of these images represent sources
of information?

Referencing why do it?

Sources need to be acknowledged when
you are writing your project.
This allows your teacher to
Check your work
See which sources of information you have
used
Ensure you havent just made up the
information

Referencing why do it?

Plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
It is cheating!
Examples:
using someone elses words and ideas and
presenting them as if they were your own.
copying and pasting from the Internet.

You must write using your own words and

thoughts when you complete your
projects.

Examples of plagiarism
Example 1:
I copied and pasted a paragraph from the
Internet into my report without changing
any words. Information on the web is free
after all

Examples of plagiarism
Example 2:
I used the ideas of an author and wrote
them in my own words in my research.

Examples of plagiarism
Example 3:
I submitted parts of the same essay for
two different projects.

Examples of plagiarism
Example 4:
I copied a diagram I liked from the
Internet but put a note beside it to say
where Id copied it from.

Examples of plagiarism
Example 5:
I copied a few lines of a paragraph from a
newspaper article. I enclosed them in
quotation marks and presented the
information as a quote from a newspaper.

Gathering your information

Remember!

When you first start to

research a topic you
should use the skills
which you have been
taught:
Identify keywords
Identify useful resources
Use indexes and contents
pages in books and
encyclopaedias
Skimming and scanning
Note taking

Gathering your information

Remember to write down
not just the useful
information you discover
but where you have found
it too.
Its very difficult to
backtrack later if you
cant remember which
book or website the
information comes from.

When should I reference information?

Three steps to referencing correctly

Step 1: Citing in your text
Include the abbreviated details of the work you are
referring to
Authors surname
Year of publication, followed by a comma
Page number(s)

Example:
Moore (2009, p.9) states that the best place to find
crude oil is at depths of 2,000 to 2,900 metres.

Three steps to referencing correctly

Step 2: create a reference list

At the end of your assignment you should list all the references
you have
cited in a certain order.
This list will contain all the information that someone reading
your work
will need to locate your sources.

For example the five elements required for the reference of the book
mentioned earlier would be as follows:

Three steps to referencing correctly

Author

Moore, H.

Year of Publication

(2009)

Title of the book

The story behind oil.

Place of Publication

London:

Publisher

Heinemann Library.

So put together the final reference list entry looks like this:
Moore, H. (2009) The story behind oil. London: Heinemann Library.

Three steps to referencing correctly

You need to have all
the full stops,
commas, colons and
brackets in the right
places to make your
references correct!

Three steps to referencing correctly

Step 3: How to create a bibliography

A bibliography is a list of all the sources you have looked at. This
should include sources you have quoted from but also other sources
that have help you form your ideas and opinions while you have
written your assignment.

An example bibliography is shown in the booklet

A few final thoughts..

Give yourself time to do

your referencing

Check over
your work

Dont panic!

Ask for help