Introduction to Referencing

Success Criteria for Digital Citizenship Badge

  • Define the terms: Referencing, Plagiarism, Creator, Copyright, Public Domain, Fair Use,

  • Name 2 sources that you need to Reference

  • Name 2 sources that you not need to Reference

Presentation on Referencing

Referencing Dig Cit.pptx

Presentation & Activities

This presentation contains all of the material, videos and activities to cover the topic.

  1. Please see bottom of page for Videos to Demonstrate the use of Google Docs and Ms Word Referencing Tools

Meaning of Common Terms in Referencing

Glossary of Terms

  • Bibliography – the entire list of sources of information and data that were used in the development of your written assessment work, including sources sources that you read/engaged with, but did not cite in the work.

  • Citation - a reference to the source of information used in your research/written assessment work.

  • Cite – to refer to a source of information.

  • Paraphrase – saying the same thing that another author or source says but using different words.

  • Quotation marks – These are used to indicate the beginning and end of a “quoted phrase” or “quoted passage” from a particular source.

  • Quotation – where the actual words, text or speech of another person/author is used.

  • Reference – mentioning or alluding to something such as the source of a piece of information.

  • Reference list – a list of all the sources that you have referred to within the main body of your written assessment work that have been compiled in alphabetical order at the back of your written assessment work.

  • Source – the place from where the information originates.

  • Summarise – including the main points from a source in a brief statement.


Taken from the FESS Student Handbook for Referencing

Referencing Defined

Definition

When you use someone else's work, you must acknowledge (cite) the original source, meaning who wrote it or where you got it. To do this you acknowledge (cite) the source in the body of your work and then again at the end in your Bibliography where you list the works that you cited (used).

Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism

Plagiarism is when a person presents the work or ideas of someone else as your own. When you incorporate someone else's work into your own work without full acknowledgement it is plagiarism.


Example, if you copy and something from a website or book without acknowledging where you got it, then it is as if you are saying that you wrote it yourself.

What Do You Need to Reference

What to Reference:

  • You should reference all the sources of information that you use.

These could be:

  • Art

  • Facts

  • Figures

  • Graphs

  • Ideas

  • Research

  • Statistics

  • Suggestions

  • Images

  • Music

  • Photographs

  • Theories

  • Thoughts

  • Words


Source: FESS Student Handbook for Referencing

What Do You Not Need To Reference

What you don't need to reference:

  • You don’t have to reference ‘common knowledge’. Common knowledge is information in society or in your area of study which is widely or generally known.

This includes:

  • Known time and date information. For example: there are twelve months in a year

  • Known historical facts. For example: Julius Caesar was a Roman

  • Geographical pieces of information easily verified by a non-specialised map. For example, Dublin is in Ireland

  • General information that most people know about the environment in which they live n Information shared by a cultural or national group, such as the names of famous heroes or events in the nation’s history that are remembered and celebrated

  • Knowledge shared by members of a certain field such as science


Source: FESS Student Handbook for Referencing

Videos Demonstrating the use of Google Docs Referencing Tools

1 Intro to Referencing Tool.mp4

Introduction to Referencing

2 Inserting Textbook for citation.mp4

Inserting a Textbook for Reference

3 Inserting Online Publication for Citation.mp4

Inserting an Online Publication for Reference

4 Inserting Webpage for Citation.mp4

Inserting a Webpage for Reference

5 Inserting YouTubeVideo for Citation.mp4

Inserting a YouTube Video for Reference

6 Inserting Class Notes for Citation.mp4

Inserting Class Notes for Reference

7 Generating the References or Bibliography.mp4

Generating the Bibliography/Reference List

Video Demonstrating the use Microsoft Word Referencing Tools

Example of using MS Word for Referencing.mp4

Video on MS Word Referencing Tool

This video is demonstrated how to use referencing tools in MS Word for referencing and your bibliography.

Invaluable Handbooks for Referencing & Academic Writing

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