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In-text citation & Referencing

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What does APA stand for?

American Psychological Association

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What 3 pieces of information must you provide when citing a direct quotation from a source?

Author's name, year of publication and page number

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What 2 pieces of information must you provide when summarising or paraphrasing a source?

Author's name and year of publication

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Paraphrasing someone else's ideas, giving credit to the author and a reference to where you found the information. Is this plagiarism?

Of course not!

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Finding your answer or part of your answer on an internet site, pasting it into your text and adding two or three sentences of your own to make it coherent. Is this plagiarism?

Yes

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Stating a generally accepted fact, e.g. the earth is round, without giving proof of where you found this information. Is this plagiarism?

No. This is a well-known fact.

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Submitting an assignment you have cleverly crafted by merging your own writing with a just a few sentences from online sources. Is this plagiarism?

Yes! It might be 'just' a few sentences but they are not your own.

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Students who owned computers scored 10 points higher than those who did not. - Imagine you use the following information in an essay. Does this information require you to cite the source?

Yes! The information has statistics which must have come from a published source.

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Donald Trump is the president of the United States of America. Does this information require you to cite the source?

No. The rule of thumb is if the information has appeared in 5 or more sources, you don't have to cite.

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A new analysis of data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that the death toll for COVID-19 currently stands at 2.97M. Does this information require you to cite the source?

Yes! The information has statistics which must have come from a published source.

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Google Chrome is a commonly used web browser. Does this information require you to cite the source?

No. This is a well-known fact.

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When you compare a citation for paraphrasing/summarising and a citation for direct quoting, there is one striking difference. What is that?

Page number

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You use a few photographs you took on your holiday with your friends in your assignment without citing the source. Is this plagiarism?

No! The photographs were taken by you, so you are not 'stealing'.

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Rearrange to create an APA reference.

Leong, K. Y. (2021). Maximum Ride. Oxford Press. (italicize title)

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Rearrange to create an APA citation.

(Leong, 2021)

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Rearrange to create an APA reference.

Tesfaye, A. M., & Grande, A. (2022, June 4). Mercedes F1 potential is “dangerous” admits Red Bull’s Marko. The Sun. https://www.thesun.com/f1/news(italic source

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