Pulling The Case Together

You now need to use the clues you have found and apply your knowledge to discover who owns the deadly necklace!

Now that you have gathered your evidence and you are building your case, it is important that you follow due process. When you are referring to ideas, images or words that are not your own, you must acknowledge this.

Plagiarism is taking another person’s work, ideas or words and using them as if they were your own. There are severe penalties for plagiarism. Use the picture below to find out how to avoid plagiarism when referring to research material.

Citing Your Sources

(You do not need to cite common knowledge ie something commonly known eg in 2015 John Key was the current prime minister of New Zealand.)

Citing means providing the source of the information you are using in your text.

At ASHS we generally use APA (American Psychological Association) referencing - currently the 6th edition. Please note the History Department uses Chicago referencing.   This presentation takes you through the APA referencing guidelines.

Some useful APA and Chicago Referencing Tools

Massey University's APA Interactive:

http://owll.massey.ac.nz/referencing/apa-interactive.php

AUT's APA 6th Referencing Style Guide:

http://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/APA6th

Scribbr:

https://www.scribbr.com/

Citation Machine:

http://www.citationmachine.net/

BibMe:

http://www.bibme.org/

Massey University notes on Chicago Style

You can even use the add on 'Easy bib' on google docs. Here is a video to illustrate how to do it

Some General Points in Referencing

Paraphrasing

This is when you take information from a source and put it in your own words. You still need to cite the original source by including the author’s name, and year of publication in brackets. eg ..the spread of cancer is called metastasis (Cancer Society, 2011). The full reference will be in your bibliography at the end of your document.

Quotes

When you use the exact wording from a source, you must enclose this within quotation marks followed by the author’s last name, year and page in brackets eg “metastasis is the spread of cancer” (Cancer Society, 2011, p7)

Bibliography

A bibliography is a separate section which includes full details of all sources you have used for your investigation. This supplies evidence of your research and acknowledges your sources. Follow the APA format to list these sources.

Test your knowledge by attempting the student activity quizzes below