Avoiding Avoiding PlagiarismPlagiarism

“Plagiarism is a form of cheating in assessment… it is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is your own”.

(RMIT International University Vietnam Student Guide 2004, p. 14)

What is it?What is it?

‘If you misrepresent the work of another as your own and do not acknowledge or give credit to the author, you are guilty of academic dishonesty.’ Pears and Shields, 2005, p 1

Every person must develop and

express their own ideas and opinions

Because of this, it becomes more important to identify which ideas are

yours, and which come from authors you have

read

Why reference?Why reference?

• To acknowledge & show respect for the ideas of someone else

• To provide evidence & support for your point of view/fact

• Provides evidence of your research

• To give details so reader can find source of your information

• To avoid plagiarism

• To pass because referencing is a skill assessed in most assignments

Cheating PlagiarismCheating Plagiarism

"But their words are better" Making the Grade

“Everyone else is doing it" Poor planning

“I don’t know how to reference”

Plagiarism vs. Paraphrasing?

“I was just copying my notes”

“I couldn’t find the source”

“I thought we didn’t have to quote facts”

Accidental PlagiarismAccidental Plagiarism

Best ResourcesBest Resources

1. Professional journals

2. Published textbooks

3. Government reports

4. Research backed publications

5. Newspapers

6. Popular magazines

7. Internet

8. Leaflets/ pamphlets

9. Dictionaries

10. Personal communication

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Types of ReferencesTypes of References

In-text

• References (citations) which are placed within the body of the text for support.

Reference list

• Alphabetical list of all references used in the document

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Referencing booksReferencing books

Author Surname, Initial. Woodruff, R. Year of publication XXXX, 2002.

Title Italics. (underline if you write it by hand) Palliative medicine. Edition #, 2nd ed,

Publisher’s name, Oxford University Press, Place of publication. Oxford

Woodruff, R. 2002. Palliative medicine, 2nd ed, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

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Put this book reference in the Put this book reference in the correct ordercorrect order

Handbook of Diabetes/ Williams, G/ Blackwell Publishing/ 3rd ed/ Pickup, J.C./

2004 / and/ Oxford

Did you get it right?Did you get it right?

Williams, G. and Pickup, J.C. 2004. Handbook of Diabetes. 3rd ed. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.

Look closely at Look closely at punctuation & italicspunctuation & italics

Williams, G. and Pickup, J.C. 2004. Handbook of Diabetes. 3rd ed, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.

Now, put in the correct Now, put in the correct punctuationpunctuation

. . . . , , Seedhouse D 2004 Health Promotion

Philosophy Prejudice and Practice 2nd ed Wiley Publishing London

Were you correct?Were you correct?

Seedhouse, D. 2004. Health Promotion Philosophy, Prejudice and Practice. 2nd ed. Wiley Publishing, London.

Journal ArticlesJournal Articles • author of article surname, initial. Schofield, I.• year of issue. 2002.• title of article.’ ‘Caring for older people who

have a hearing disability’. • name of journal italics. Nursing Older People.• volume number italics, 13, • issue number, 10, • pages of article. pp.20–25.

 

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Journal ArticleJournal Article

• Schofield, I. 2002. ‘Caring for older people who have a heading disability’. Nursing Older People 13, 10, pp.20–25.

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Now you do it!Now you do it!

• Nursing Standard.• Roberts, D.• ‘Learning experiences of seconded pre-

registration nursing students.’• 20 (36)• 2006.• pp. 41-45.

Now, check your answersNow, check your answers

Roberts, D. 2006. ‘Learning experiences of seconded pre- registration nursing students.’ Nursing Standard. 20 (36), pp. 41-45.

Internet sourcesInternet sources

• author of webpage: surname, initial. • Year • ‘Name of article’ • Title. Italics name of web page• Available at: (e.g. www.)• (Accessed year, month and day)

Cole, N. 2001 Citing electronic sources. Available at:www personal.usyd.edu.au/~nacolema/elecrefs .html.

(Accessed 2002, July 24.)

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Write this internet referenceWrite this internet reference

• www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/basic01.htm• 2005• Accessed (2006 June, 5)• Cole, N.• Available at:• Basic Facts One: Smoking Statistics.

Now check your answersNow check your answers

Cole, N. 2005. Basic Facts One: Smoking Statistics. Available at: http://www.ash.org.uk. (Accessed 2006 June 5).

Reference ListReference List

Cole, N. 2005 Basic Facts One: Smoking Statistics. Available at: http://www.ash.org.uk. (Accessed: 5 June 2006).

Department of Health. 2000 Comprehensive Critical Care: a review of adult Critical Care services. Department of Health Publications, London.

Roberts, D. 2006. ‘Learning experiences of seconded pre-registration nursing students.’Nursing Standard, 20 (36), pp. 41-45.

Seedhouse, D. 2004. Health Promotion: Philosophy, Prejudice and Practice. 2nd ed. Wiley. London

Williams, G. and Pickup, J.C. 2004. Handbook of Diabetes. 3rd ed. Blackwell Publishing. Oxford.

In-text referencesIn-text references

• Just the author or authors’ surnames, NEVER their initials!!! OR just the name of the organisation.

• Just the year, NEVER the date, volume/issue number, journal name, WHATEVER!!!

• ONLY use page numbers with direct quotations, ie. the exact words that were written on the page

In-text - examplesIn-text - examples• Since the 1950s, the number of women who smoke has increased

dramatically (Action on Smoking and Health, 2005).

• An imperative in wound care is the avoidance of tissue necrosis (Chambers, 1999).

• Improvement of critical care has been an important focus for government policy (Department of Health, 2000).

• Seconded student nurses felt a greater pressure to perform than their non-seconded peers (Roberts, 2006).

• Nurse education abounds with models of care and practice (Seedhouse, 2004).

• Obesity is a major contributory factor to the onset of type two diabetes (Williams and Pickup, 2004).

Direct quotations & page numbersDirect quotations & page numbers

• Douglas (1999, p.330) describes how critical incident analysis of significant events in practice ‘dissects the event into a snapshot in time’.

• Douglas (1999, p.322) discusses how easy it is not to reflect on our practice.

• “It is all too easy to coast along in our practice, frequently oblivious to the need for minor adjustments or changes. Left unchecked, presumptive and anticipatory action can follow”. (Douglas.1999, p.322)

ReferencesReferences

Pears, R. and Shields, G. 2005 Cite them Right:

the Essential Guide to Referencing and Plagiarism.

2nd ed. Pear Tree Books. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Douglas, D. n.d. Introduction to Harvard referencing, University of South Hampton, London.

The college of nursing, 2003, Referencing. Available at.

www.collegeofnursing. (Accessed 2010 July 7)