This easy-to-use guide identifies and addresses the key areas where most students need help in searching for literature and referencing their sources in a correct academic manner and provides practical tips and solutions to help avoid plagiarism. It provides solid advice on integrating and referencing sources and research and on all of the major referencing styles currently in use. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit TheeBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access yourdigitalebookproducts whilst you have yourBookshelf installed.
Introduction 1. The importance of correct citation and referencing - how to understand the conventions of academic writing Key concepts of citation, referencing and plagiarism 2. Facts about plagiarism - how this form of academic dishonesty occurs and how it can be identified. 3. Misconceptions about plagiarism - how this form of academic dishonesty occurs and how it can be identified. 4. Basics of literature searching - how to be aware of the sources of literature. 5. Understanding the structure of text - how to elicit meaning in material for potential citation. 6. Principles and techniques for reporting source material - how to introduce the work of others into your own text. 7. Quoting from source material - how to use extracts from other texts correctly. 8. Summarising and paraphrasing - how to use your own words to express the work of others. A case study of citing and referencing 9. A sample text to demonstrate the conventions in practice - how to complete the process from initial brainstorm to final text. Conventions and terminology of citation and referencing 10. Different practices in citation and referencing - how to observe linguistic, grammatical and notational forms. Five referencing styles 11. American Psychological Association (APA) Style 12. ChicagoStyle 13. Harvard Style 14. Modern Languages Association (MLA) Style 15. VancouverStyle References and further reading Glossary Grammar Toolkit Rules of punctuation Rules of spelling Index
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