logging in or signing up plagiarism and good practice Acastaff Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 443 Category: Education License: Some Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 27, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description A fifteen-minute talk given to Psychology Department undergraduates by Karl Drinkwater on Thursday 30th September 2010. It covers the basics of what plagiarism is and how to avoid it by adopting good academic practice. Subtitles havebeen added. Video available on our blog. October 2011 - this has now been updated as a Prezi: http://prezi.com/r4n1autyoc2y/plagiarism-vs-good-practice-final/ Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Plagiarism and good practice : Plagiarism and good practice Karl Drinkwater Thursday 30th September 2010 Information literacy : Information literacy “Information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner.” Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals What is plagiarism? : What is plagiarism? What is plagiarism? : What is plagiarism? Plagiarism!! Good practice What is plagiarism? : What is plagiarism? A specific form of cheating where you present someone else’s words or work as if it is your own. That is, when you use words from elsewhere, and don’t credit the author. It is plagiarism even if… : It is plagiarism even if… You change some words or summarise material without citing the source. You cut and paste the text from the Internet without citing the source. You do it accidentally. You copy the work of other students. Slide 7: www.aber.ac.uk/en/student/handbook/section-13 Not just academia… : Not just academia… Will I get away with it? : Will I get away with it? “Surely – although my tutors are extraordinarily brilliant and clever – they can’t have read everything in the world? I’ll get away with it just this once?” Network monitoring : Network monitoring Safeassign : Safeassign What can I do? Good practice! : What can I do? Good practice! Record details of every source you look at for assignments. Cite things correctly in assignments. Include a full bibliography. Use the resources that are available to help you. 1. Record details of all items : 1. Record details of all items Record details of everything you read. Even things you decide not to quote from. Benefits you too! Don’t cut corners – author, title, year of publication, page reference etc. See departmental guidelines. 2. Cite things correctly : 2. Cite things correctly In academic research, it is essential that precise information on all sources consulted is included in your assignments. 2. Cite things correctly : 2. Cite things correctly Why? So that readers can: See the breadth of your research. Check the evidence on which your argument is based. Use the references for further reading. And so that lecturers can see what you looked at, see if there are any gaps in your knowledge they need to correct, or if you used a source that is misleading or problematic. 2. Cite things correctly : 2. Cite things correctly A citation in the text; bibliography at the end. Use a good referencing book or departmental guidelines. Better marks! 2. Cite things correctly : 2. Cite things correctly Machan, T. W. (2009) Language anxiety: conflict and change in the history of English. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Dewey, R. A. (2004). APA Style Resources by Russ Dewey. Retrieved September 14, 2010 from www.psywww.com/resource/apacrib.htm 2. Cite things correctly : 2. Cite things correctly 3. Helpful resources : 3. Helpful resources Hugh Owen Library - Effective Study and Life Skills Collection 3. Helpful resources : 3. Helpful resources Primo – the library catalogue http://primo.aber.ac.uk Save records of items you look at 3. Helpful resources : 3. Helpful resources Use referencing software: EndNote (and EndNote Web) “Citations & Bibliography” tools in Word 2007 and 2010 Zotero 3. Helpful resources : 3. Helpful resources www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/infoskills/bibliographic/ Develop your own ideas : Develop your own ideas Have the confidence to use your own words and ideas. Use the ideas of others sparingly, and only to support your argument. Summary : Summary Record details of every source you look at for assignments. Cite things correctly in assignments. Include a full bibliography. 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plagiarism and good practice Acastaff Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 443 Category: Education License: Some Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 27, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description A fifteen-minute talk given to Psychology Department undergraduates by Karl Drinkwater on Thursday 30th September 2010. It covers the basics of what plagiarism is and how to avoid it by adopting good academic practice. Subtitles havebeen added. Video available on our blog. October 2011 - this has now been updated as a Prezi: http://prezi.com/r4n1autyoc2y/plagiarism-vs-good-practice-final/ Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Plagiarism and good practice : Plagiarism and good practice Karl Drinkwater Thursday 30th September 2010 Information literacy : Information literacy “Information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner.” Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals What is plagiarism? : What is plagiarism? What is plagiarism? : What is plagiarism? Plagiarism!! Good practice What is plagiarism? : What is plagiarism? A specific form of cheating where you present someone else’s words or work as if it is your own. That is, when you use words from elsewhere, and don’t credit the author. It is plagiarism even if… : It is plagiarism even if… You change some words or summarise material without citing the source. You cut and paste the text from the Internet without citing the source. You do it accidentally. You copy the work of other students. Slide 7: www.aber.ac.uk/en/student/handbook/section-13 Not just academia… : Not just academia… Will I get away with it? : Will I get away with it? “Surely – although my tutors are extraordinarily brilliant and clever – they can’t have read everything in the world? I’ll get away with it just this once?” Network monitoring : Network monitoring Safeassign : Safeassign What can I do? Good practice! : What can I do? Good practice! Record details of every source you look at for assignments. Cite things correctly in assignments. Include a full bibliography. Use the resources that are available to help you. 1. Record details of all items : 1. Record details of all items Record details of everything you read. Even things you decide not to quote from. Benefits you too! Don’t cut corners – author, title, year of publication, page reference etc. See departmental guidelines. 2. Cite things correctly : 2. Cite things correctly In academic research, it is essential that precise information on all sources consulted is included in your assignments. 2. Cite things correctly : 2. Cite things correctly Why? So that readers can: See the breadth of your research. Check the evidence on which your argument is based. Use the references for further reading. And so that lecturers can see what you looked at, see if there are any gaps in your knowledge they need to correct, or if you used a source that is misleading or problematic. 2. Cite things correctly : 2. Cite things correctly A citation in the text; bibliography at the end. Use a good referencing book or departmental guidelines. Better marks! 2. Cite things correctly : 2. Cite things correctly Machan, T. W. (2009) Language anxiety: conflict and change in the history of English. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Dewey, R. A. (2004). APA Style Resources by Russ Dewey. Retrieved September 14, 2010 from www.psywww.com/resource/apacrib.htm 2. Cite things correctly : 2. Cite things correctly 3. Helpful resources : 3. Helpful resources Hugh Owen Library - Effective Study and Life Skills Collection 3. Helpful resources : 3. Helpful resources Primo – the library catalogue http://primo.aber.ac.uk Save records of items you look at 3. Helpful resources : 3. Helpful resources Use referencing software: EndNote (and EndNote Web) “Citations & Bibliography” tools in Word 2007 and 2010 Zotero 3. Helpful resources : 3. Helpful resources www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/infoskills/bibliographic/ Develop your own ideas : Develop your own ideas Have the confidence to use your own words and ideas. Use the ideas of others sparingly, and only to support your argument. Summary : Summary Record details of every source you look at for assignments. Cite things correctly in assignments. Include a full bibliography. Use the resources that are available to help you. = Good academic practice, make it your habit right from the start. Questions? : Questions? Video… : Video… www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwbw9KF-ACY