academic integrity - general advicec

Some important points of general advice to remember are:
  • Any word for word quotation, no matter how short, should always be placed within quotation marks, or indented, and followed with a clear reference.
  • A reference at the end of a copied passage, without also using quotation marks, is only partial referencing and may still count as plagiarism.
  • Referring to an idea or discovery belonging to another author does require referencing, but not quotation marks, providing that the words are your own.
  • Paraphrasing - changing words and phrases so they appear different to the source but say the same thing - can still count as plagiarism if not referenced properly.
  • A bibliography alone is unlikely to be enough! Including a list of references at the end of your assignment or project only says that you referred to those sources during your research - not how you used them.
  • If you submit the same piece of work (or a significant part of the same work) twice, this is considered 'self-plagiarism'. This applies equally to work you have submitted to the same programme, as well as work submitted to different programmes, institutions or publications in the past. If you use your own previous work, you must reference it the same way as any other source.

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