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DIT referencing guide?

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  • 14-10-2008 1:29pm
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    shoutman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭


    Hey

    I'm trying to find the referencing guide that DIT produced, I'm sure its on the library website or something but have had no luck with that or google.

    any help would be great.
    It's the document that goes on about harvard referencing and stuff.

    thanks.


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    shoutman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭shoutman


    Still haven't found this? Anyone have it?


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    campuslife
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    There's a section in this year's DIT Student Handbook and Diary about Referencing. It's on p199.

    You can also have a look on the Library website on this page:
    http://www.dit.ie/library/subjectgateways/planning/

    "Citing Sources" is about two-thirds down the page.

    If you don't have the Handbook/Diary mentioned above, here's the relevant text (apologies for the long post) which I have obviously plagiarised completely from the Diary!!

    "Referencing
    Citing or acknowledging a source of information in an academic paper is referred to as referencing.

    Citing a source involves two elements:

    • The method for referring to the source in the text of the document. The Harvard style takes the form of surname followed by the year of publication for example Cohen (1997).
    • The bibliographic details at the end of the paper this should include sufficient information to identify the source used. A book referenced using the Harvard style would be referenced in the following way.

    Flynn, J. (1997) The way it was. 2nd ed. London: OUP.

    • Referencing styles include standard ways for both referencing in text and in the bibliography at the end of an academic paper or report.
    • The Harvard style is the one most commonly used in DIT. Check which style is expected with your supervisor.

    Other referencing styles include MLA, APA and the Numeric style. Below are lists of good Internet sites which describe the various styles. Instruction in referencing is available from DIT Library services.
    Harvard: http://www.lisa.lsbu.ac.uk/helpsheets/hs30.pdf
    MLA: http://www.ajph.org/misc/ama_references.shtml
    APA http://apastyle.apa.org/
    Numeric: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/training/referencing/numeric.htm


    Facts about Plagiarism

    • Plagiarism can be described as the use of another persons words or ideas without acknowledgement.
    • Plagiarism is not involved when the information is generally known such as the name of the British Prime Minister.
    • Plagiarism is dishonest.
    • It is your responsibility to ensure that you do not plagiarise either intentionally or unintentionally.
    • The use of information from the Internet whether found in a Blog, E-mail, Wiki or other source if unacknowledged is plagiarism.
    • It is increasingly easy to identify Internet plagiarism by the use of software such as Turnitin.
    • It is recommended that you attend one of the many courses on plagiarism run by DIT Library Services to ensure that you do not unintentionally plagiarise.

    There are many excellent sources on the Internet which describe plagiarism and online quizzes which help clarify what is and is not plagiarism, see the list below.

    Description: of Plagiarism:
    • http://sja.ucdavis.edu/files/plagiarism.pdf

    Quizzes :
    • http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/sourcebk/frost3sumframe.html

    • http://www.mcmaster.ca/academicintegrity/students/quizzes/aiquiz.htm "


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