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Acknowledging Sources FAQ
Q: What is meant by acknowledging sources?A: Acknowledging sources means providing written recognition of any ideas that are used or adapted for students’ work.
Q: What is meant by attribution?A: ‘Attribution’ is a term often used to refer to the acknowledgment of sources.
Q: Why should sources be acknowledged?A: Sources used in the development and presentation of your work should be acknowledged to fulfill your moral and legal obligations to recognise and acknowledge the author(s) of the original ideas. In this way you can avoid plagiarism and ensure that you are not falsely claiming someone else’s work or ideas as your own.
Q: What are the ‘moral rights’ of an author, artist or creator?A: The ‘moral rights’ of an author, artist or creator are a legal requirement that entitles the person(s) to be named as the author, to be protected against false attribution and to have their work treated with respect.
Q: How do you know which referencing style to use when acknowledging sources?A: There are many different referencing styles. The four most common are Harvard, American Psychological Association (APA), Modern Language Association (MLA) and Oxford. You should ask your teacher which referencing style is required for the work you are undertaking.
Q: What is the difference between quoting, summarising and paraphrasing?A: Quoting is using the author’s exact words. Summarising is selecting and shortening the main idea(s) in a text. Paraphrasing includes every point in the text and keeps the same emphasis while changing the words.
Q: How should quotations, summaries and paraphrases be acknowledged in a piece of work?A: Quotations, summaries and paraphrases should be acknowledged within a piece of work using in-text citations, footnotes or end-notes and at the end of a piece of work using a reference list.
Q: What is the difference between in-text citations, footnotes and end-notes?A: In-text citations, footnotes and end-notes refer readers to exact page(s) of a source.
In-text citation is given within the body of an assignment to any ideas directly quoted or copied, any ideas adapted from an original source and any original diagrams or pictures, or major ideas paraphrased to help explain a concept.Footnotes and end-notes are two other ways of acknowledging the sources of any material quoted, summarised or paraphrased on any page of a submitted work. Footnotes provide the information about the source of each numbered reference at the bottom of each page of the text. End-notes provide this information in a list at the end of a piece of work.
Q: What is the difference between a reference list and a bibliography?A: A reference list includes all the sources of information that have been cited in a piece of work and is located at the end of the piece of work.
A bibliography includes all the sources used in the preparation of a piece of work - not just those that have been cited in the text of the work and included in a reference list. The bibliography is located at the end of the piece of work.
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