Referencing Senior

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Referencing 

What is referencing?

Why do we reference sources? 

Why? 

To show that you have not cheated

To protect copyright

To allow you maximum marks

To impress your teacher by showing how many sources you've read

To protect yourself! 

What do you know about referencing??? 

You speak with your elderly neighbour and include information from them in your assignment. Do you need to reference them?

1. Yes
2. No

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
- Albert Einstein
This is an example of a...

1. Summary
2. Footnote
3. Quotation
4. Piece of data

Do you need to reference a photograph that you use in an assignment?

1. Yes
2. No

Do you need to reference a photograph in an assignment if you have obtained permission to use it from the publisher?

1. Yes
2. No

Does this need to be referenced?

World War II started in 1939?

1. Yes
2. No

You write an analysis of some data you read in a science report. The analysis is your own work. Do you need to reference the data?

1. Yes
2. No

If you are using quotation marks " ", does the quotation need to be exactly the same as the original writing?

1. Yes
2. No

The order of a reference list is done by...

1. The order of the sources used
2. The name of the sources
3. The year of publishing
4. The author's surname

You worked as part of a group in an assignment. Do you need to reference the others in your group?

1. Yes
2. No

Do you need to reference blogs?

1. Yes
2. No

You used 5 different websites and summarised 100 pages into 5 pages of notes. It's pretty much your work now. Do you need to reference the sites?

1. Yes
2. No

If there are more than three authors, do you need to include all of their names in the reference?

1. Yes
2. No

When to reference?

When you quote, paraphrase, summarise or copy information from the sources you are using to research your work, you must always acknowledge the source.

There are two places where you need to acknowledge the source: in the text, and at the end of the text.

What sources need
be referenced?

Where?

The place where you use the information in the text of your work should be shown with an 'in-text citation'. At the end of your work, you should provide a reference list of all the works that you have 'cited' in your work.

Quote

Repeating a spoken or written passage that is not your own

Put the quote in quatation marks " " Followed by the (Author, Date, and Page) e.g. "Referencing is extrememly important (Smith, 2007, p.32)

OR

In this chapter, Smith (2007, p.32) asserts that referencing "is extremely important".

Excerpt from book

Coastal landforms come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Though they may seem very different they all share 2 common factors; one is that they reside where the land meets the sea and the second that they were all formed under the forces of erosion and deposition. Some were carved out of the Earth and others grow and feed off the left-overs of their eroded counter-parts. Features such as arches, headlands, blowholes, stacks, cliffs, rocky Platforms, caves, spits and Beaches are commonly found around the millions of kilometers of coastline worldwide. 

Mraz,J et al. 2007, Humanities Alive Geography 2: for Victorian essential learning standards John Wiley & sons, Milton, Queensland 

The Twelve Apostles 

The Twelve Apostles are an example of a coastal landform, that are of great significance to Australia. The apostles are limestone stacks, which were formed by the forces of erosion by wind and waves. They share characteristics with all coastal landforms, as they are found on the coastline and are formed through similar forces. 

Which one is correct?

The Twelve Apostles are an example of a coastal landform, that are of great significance to Australia. The apostles are limestone stacks, which were formed by the forces of erosion by wind and waves. They share characteristics with all coastal landforms, as they are found on the coastline and are formed by erosion (Mraz,J et al. 2007, Humanities Alive Geography 2: for Victorian essential learning standards John Wiley & sons, Milton, Queensland ). The Twelve Apostles are a significant drawcard for domestic and international tourists. 

Which one is correct?

The Twelve Apostles are an example of a coastal landform, that are of great significance to Australia. The apostles are limestone stacks, which were formed by the forces of erosion by wind and waves. They share characteristics with all coastal landforms, as they are found on the coastline and are formed by erosion (Mraz, J et al. 2007). The Twelve Apostles are a significant drawcard for domestic and international tourists. 

Website

In text- (Author or Publication, date)

Bibliography: White. 2016. Inside

the private lives of orangutans. (Online). (Accessed online on 02/02/2017).
Available from: https://goo.gl/ZkGmxb   

Bibliography

Mraz, J et al. 2007, Humanities Alive Geography 2: for Victorian essential learning standards, John Wiley & Sons, Milton, Queensland. 

Researching

The Internet is a tremendous resource for finding information, but you need to use it critically and with care. One important thing to be aware of is that unlike resources found in a library in printed form, those found on the internet may not have been through a review or editing process.

When researching online you should:

know appropriate search engines to use

not rely exclusively on sources found on the Internet

have a clear and focused research question to help you search more directly on the Internet (given the amount of information available it is easy to be overwhelmed!) 

critically evaluate the reliability and validity of the information presented on the Internet 

keep a detailed record of all references, in accordance with the IB’s minimum requirements, ensuring that the URL of where the source was located is written down correctly. This includes recording the date that the site was accessed. The Researcher's reflection space (RRS) is a good tool for supporting this practice.

Searching tips

Direct quotations "     " - Find the exact wording 

Advanced fields- types, date

Minus - 

More tips

* find like words

econom* looks for economy, economical, economics 

And, Or, Not

Sources

Primary Sources?

Articles

Journals

Interviews

Surveys

Secondary Sources

Data