Primary and Secondary ResourcesPrimary resourcesPrimary resources are the texts that you are analysing directly as part of your essay.Secondary resourcesSecondary resources are any texts that you used to enhance your understanding of the primary resource, and help you form an essay response. These could include: dictionary definitions, academic articles, YouTube videos, or artworks, to name just a few.

Question: Explore how Shakespeare presents the theme of love in Romeo and Juliet.Primary resource:

Secondary resources:

What is referencing?Referencing is a system used in the academic community to indicate where ideas, theories, quotes, facts and any other evidence and information used to undertake an assignment, can be found.1 Simply put, referencing is giving credit where it is due. If you have discussed the work of someone else in your essay, you must let your reader know by using quotation marks, footnotes, and a bibliography. It is good practice to include a variety of information in your essays. You must reference both primary and secondary sources. __________________________________________________________1 Staffordshire University, A Quick Guide to Harvard referencing, 2013, https://www.staffs.ac.uk/assets/harvard_quick_guide_tcm44-47797.pdf., (accessed 14th May 2015).

Why reference?

Show that you acknowledge, and value different points of view, and can compare and contrast them.Give others credit to avoid plagiarism.Enable readers to consult the original source.Demonstrate how your research has led you to your current argument.Validate your argument, and demonstrate your ability to evaluate the credibility of sources.To highlight a point by quoting the original.PlagiarismWhat is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the act of presenting someone elses work or ideas as your own.

Does it really matter?Just like copying in exams, if you are found to have plagiarised anothers work during your degree or career at a university, you will be severely disciplined by the institution (and could be forced to leave your course of study). This is the case even if you plagiarised accidentally.That is why it is important to practise referencing properly now.

Deliberate plagiarismAccidental plagiarism Downloading, buying or borrowing essays.Recycling an old essay (yes, you can plagiarise yourself!)Copying from books or articles.Not knowing how to reference properly.Pasting sections of text from the internet.Not knowing how to paraphrase or summarise anothers ideas.Where do I find bibliographic information?

Bibliographic information can be found on the copyright page at the front of the book.

What information do we need?

Title of text: All the Way to Second StreetAuthor: Nancy CaseyPublisher (name): Logwood Stone MoscowPublisher (place): IdahoDate of publication (this edition): 2011

Footnote: N. Casey, All the Way to Second Street, Idaho, Logwood Stone Moscow, 2011, p. 12.

Bibliography: Casey, N. All the Way to Second Street, Idaho, Logwood Stone Moscow, 2011.