{"id":3011,"date":"2024-07-30T11:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T10:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/plagiarism-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T23:32:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:32:16","slug":"why-is-referencing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/why-is-referencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is referencing important?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3011\" data-postid=\"3011\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3011 themify_builder\">\n\n    \n\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix repeat module_row_0 themify_builder_3011_row module_row_3011-0 tb_969b39c\">\n\t    <div class=\"builder_row_cover\"><\/div>\t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_3011_column module_column_0 module_column_3011-0-0 tb_109e92c\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t    \n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text text-3011-0-0-0  repeat   tb_8563402\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Why is referencing important?<\/span><\/h1>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\n\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix module_row_1 themify_builder_3011_row module_row_3011-1 tb_703cb07\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_3011_column module_column_0 module_column_3011-1-0 tb_48a5a9c\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t    \n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text text-3011-1-0-0     tb_ales325\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>Referencing helps you to avoid <strong>plagiarism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Plagiarism is when you present someone else\u2019s words, ideas, theories or data as your own. This can occur deliberately or accidentally, whenever you do not acknowledge the author.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a University of Southampton student, you are expected to follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/about\/governance\/regulations-policies\/student-regulations\/academic-responsibility-conduct,\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">academic responsibility and conduct policies<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\n\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix module_row_2 themify_builder_3011_row module_row_3011-2 tb_tpaf538\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 first tb_3011_column module_column_0 module_column_3011-2-0 tb_rfth538\" style=\"width: 41%\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t    \n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text text-3011-2-0-0     tb_f3j617\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>Your research and writing should be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Respectful<\/li>\n<li>Responsible<\/li>\n<li>Ethical<\/li>\n<li>Fair<\/li>\n<li>Honest<\/li>\n<li>Correctly referenced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on this topic, you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/about\/governance\/regulations-policies\/student-regulations\/academic-responsibility-conduct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the University of Southampton academic responsibility and conduct regulations<\/a>.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 last tb_3011_column module_column_1 module_column_3011-2-1 tb_ffjo538\" style=\"width: 55.8%\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t    \n\n    <!-- module image -->\n    <div  class=\"module module-image image-3011-2-1-0  image-full-overlay   tb_nhs0863\">\n                <div class=\"image-wrap\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2024\/08\/Academic-responsibility-dog2.jpg\" class=\" wp-post-image wp-image-3268\" alt=\"Graphic showing the six areas of academic responsability and conduct; respectful, responsible, ethical, fair, honest, correctly reference.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2024\/08\/Academic-responsibility-dog2.jpg 711w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2024\/08\/Academic-responsibility-dog2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/>            \n                        <\/div>\n            <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n        \n        \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/module image -->\n\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\n\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix module_row_3 themify_builder_3011_row module_row_3011-3 tb_6a33932\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_3011_column module_column_0 module_column_3011-3-0 tb_9ee3259\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t    \n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text text-3011-3-0-0     tb_z1uc667\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h2>When do you need to use references\/in-text citations?<\/h2>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\n\n    <!-- module accordion -->\n    <div  class=\"module module-accordion accordion-3011-3-0-1   tb_57cd924\" data-behavior=\"toggle\">\n        \n        <ul class=\"ui module-accordion plus-icon-button  \">\n                            <li aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-title\">\n                        <a href=\"#\">\n                            <i class=\"accordion-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>                            <i class=\"accordion-active-icon fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t    <span class=\"tb_title_accordion\">Using the exact words of someone else<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-content clearfix  default-closed\">\n                        \t\t\t    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Whenever you use the\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">exact words<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fof an author,\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">you must include these words in quotation marks<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fto indicate they have originated with someone else. Then, you must acknowledge the source from which you obtained this information. If you do not do this, you are guilty of plagiarism.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Example<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> <br \/><strong>Source<\/strong>: L P.J. Casey, K.T. Cullen &#038; J.P. Duignan,\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Irish Doctors in the First World War<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Kildare: Merrion Press, 2015, p. 101.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 0px;\">\u202f\u201cFrom October 1914 to February 1919 forty-six hospital ships arrived in Dublin carrying 19,255 wounded soldiers who were allocated to various hospitals in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, the Curragh and other places throughout the country.\u201d<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px;\"><strong>Student writing sample<\/strong>: Casey et al have investigated the role played by Irish doctors in WW1. In their study they note that throughout the war hospital ships arrived in Dublin. Forty-six ships arrived in the period October 1914 to February 1919 (p.101). The authors note that there were \u201c19,255 wounded soldiers who were allocated to various hospitals in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, the Curragh and other places throughout the country\u201d (p.101).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--<\/p>\n<table data-tablelook=\"1184\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"65552\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f\u201cFrom October 1914 to February 1919 forty-six hospital ships arrived in Dublin carrying 19,255 wounded soldiers who were allocated to various hospitals in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, the Curragh and other places throughout the country.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"65536\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Student writing sample<\/strong>: Casey et al have investigated the role played by Irish doctors in WW1. In their study they note that throughout the war hospital ships arrived in Dublin. Forty-six ships arrived in the period October 1914 to February 1919 (p.101). The authors note that there were \u201c19,255 wounded soldiers who were allocated to various hospitals in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, the Curragh and other places throughout the country\u201d (p.101).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>--><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Is this plagiarism?\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">No, the sample uses information from the authors and acknowledges this. It also includes a direct quotation and properly acknowledges the source of the information<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t    <\/div>\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-title\">\n                        <a href=\"#\">\n                            <i class=\"accordion-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>                            <i class=\"accordion-active-icon fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t    <span class=\"tb_title_accordion\">Paraphrasing the words of someone<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-content clearfix  default-closed\">\n                        \t\t\t    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you take the exact words of an author, and change\u00a0a number of\u00a0words in the sentence, you are slightly rephrasing the words of another. These small changes are not enough however to make it your own sentence. So, while you do not need to include the words in quotation marks,\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">you still must cite the source from which you obtained the information.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Example<br \/><\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: L P.J. Casey, K.T. Cullen &#038; J.P. Duignan,\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Irish Doctors in the First World War<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Kildare: Merrion Press, 2015, p. 101.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table data-tablelook=\"1184\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"65552\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f\u201cFrom October 1914 to February 1919 forty-six hospital ships arrived in Dublin carrying 19,255 wounded soldiers who were allocated to various hospitals in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, the Curragh and other places throughout the country.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"65536\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Student writing sample<\/strong>: Between October 1914 and February 1916 there were forty-ships hospital ships which arrived in Dublin. These ships carried nearly 20,000 wounded soldiers who were, in turn, dispatched to hospitals in major cities such as Dublin, Cork, Belfast, as well as other places throughout the country.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Is this plagiarism?\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yes, while there has been some attempt to paraphrase from the original text, there is no acknowledgement of the original author. The passage is therefore using information and ideas from Casey, Cullen &#038; Duignan but, since this has not been documented, it is plagiarism.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t    <\/div>\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-title\">\n                        <a href=\"#\">\n                            <i class=\"accordion-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>                            <i class=\"accordion-active-icon fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t    <span class=\"tb_title_accordion\">Using the ideas or data of someone else<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-content clearfix  default-closed\">\n                        \t\t\t    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you summarise another person\u2019s ideas or data but you do not acknowledge this in your citation, you are guilty of plagiarism.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Example<br \/><\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: L P.J. Casey, K.T. Cullen &#038; J.P. Duignan,\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Irish Doctors in the First World War<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Kildare: Merrion Press, 2015, p. 186.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table data-tablelook=\"1184\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"65552\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIn the course of three major wars the Royal Army Medical Corp dealt with 14,000,000 casualties and according to its own testimony has been awarded 14 Victoria Crosses (2 with Bars), 1 George Cross, 603 Distinguished Service Orders, 1,806 Military Crosses, 464 Distinguished Conduct Medals and 2,375 Military Medals. All this was obtained at a high cost \u2013 1,180 officers and 8,165 men died in the course of these conflicts.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"65536\">\n<td style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Student writing sample<\/strong>: There were 464 Distinguished Conduct medals and 2,375 Military Medals awarded by the Royal Army Medical Corp over the course of three conflicts which saw 1,810 officers and 8,165 men die.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Is this plagiarism? <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yes. The sample uses data from Casey, Cullen and Duignan that is not common knowledge and does not acknowledge the source of this information.<\/span> <span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table data-tablelook=\"1184\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"65552\">\n<p><strong>Same Source and Quotation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"65536\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Student writing sample 2<\/strong>: \u202fIn their study on the role played by Irish doctors during WW1, Casey et al record that there were 464 Distinguished Conduct medals and 2,375 Military Medals awarded by the Royal Army Medical Corp over the course of three conflicts which saw 1,810 officers and 8,165 men die (p. 186).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Is this plagiarism?<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> No. The sample properly acknowledges the source of this information.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t    <\/div>\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-title\">\n                        <a href=\"#\">\n                            <i class=\"accordion-icon fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>                            <i class=\"accordion-active-icon fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t    <span class=\"tb_title_accordion\">Using your own words\/ideas from a previous piece of writing<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-content clearfix  default-closed\">\n                        \t\t\t    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you re-use material you wrote from a previous assignment, copying the words exactly and not acknowledging this, you are guilty of plagiarism.<\/span><\/p>\n<table data-tablelook=\"1184\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"65552\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: Jane Connolly, Assignment 3: Compare and Contrast the literary modes prevalent in the poetry of the 1930s. 210ENG261 Poetry of the 30s Generation. Submitted 15 Dec 2016.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe poetry of the 1930s generation \u2013 poems written by luminaries such as Auden, MacNeice, Day-Lewis, and Spender \u2013 can be characterised by a freedom of poetic form, a reaction against symbolism, a keen social perception, leftist political sympathies and accessibility of style. These poets foresaw vast social change and aimed to writing truly popular poetry, shared by all; poetry which did not seek to be elitist. They aimed to set up the notion of public poetry: poetry which could contain slang, poetry which did not exclude, poetry which was not private or learned, and poetry which was set against the backdrop of their troubled time.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"65536\">\n<td style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n<p><strong>Student writing sample:\u00a0<\/strong><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jane Connolly, Assignment 2: Discuss the themes of the poetry post-WW1. 110ENG783 20<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fCentury Poetry. Submitted 22 Jan. 2018.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Poets from the 1930s were concerned with writing poetry that was for all, poetry that did not exclude, poetry which was not private or learned, and poetry which was set against the backdrop of their troubled time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Is this plagiarism?<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Yes. 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Referencing helps you to avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism is when you present someone else\u2019s words, ideas, theories or data as your own. This can occur deliberately or accidentally, whenever you do not acknowledge the author.\u00a0 As a University of Southampton student, you are expected to follow the academic responsibility and conduct policies.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5650,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3011","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"builder_content":"<h1>Why is referencing important?<\/h1>\n<p>Referencing helps you to avoid <strong>plagiarism<\/strong>.<\/p> <p>Plagiarism is when you present someone else\u2019s words, ideas, theories or data as your own. This can occur deliberately or accidentally, whenever you do not acknowledge the author.\u00a0 <\/p> <p>As a University of Southampton student, you are expected to follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/about\/governance\/regulations-policies\/student-regulations\/academic-responsibility-conduct,\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">academic responsibility and conduct policies<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your research and writing should be:<\/p> <ul> <li>Respectful<\/li> <li>Responsible<\/li> <li>Ethical<\/li> <li>Fair<\/li> <li>Honest<\/li> <li>Correctly referenced<\/li> <\/ul> <p>For more information on this topic, you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/about\/governance\/regulations-policies\/student-regulations\/academic-responsibility-conduct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the University of Southampton academic responsibility and conduct regulations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2024\/08\/Academic-responsibility-dog2.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic showing the six areas of academic responsability and conduct; respectful, responsible, ethical, fair, honest, correctly reference.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2024\/08\/Academic-responsibility-dog2.jpg 711w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2024\/08\/Academic-responsibility-dog2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/>\n<h2>When do you need to use references\/in-text citations?<\/h2>\n<ul><li><h4>Using the exact words of someone else<\/h4><p>Whenever you use the\u202f<b>exact words<\/b>\u202fof an author,\u202f<b>you must include these words in quotation marks<\/b>\u202fto indicate they have originated with someone else. Then, you must acknowledge the source from which you obtained this information. If you do not do this, you are guilty of plagiarism.\u00a0<\/p> <p><i>Example<\/i> <br \/><strong>Source<\/strong>: L P.J. Casey, K.T. Cullen &amp; J.P. Duignan,\u202f<i>Irish Doctors in the First World War<\/i>. Kildare: Merrion Press, 2015, p. 101.\u00a0<\/p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style=\"padding: 0px;\">\u202f\u201cFrom October 1914 to February 1919 forty-six hospital ships arrived in Dublin carrying 19,255 wounded soldiers who were allocated to various hospitals in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, the Curragh and other places throughout the country.\u201d<\/td> <td>\u00a0<\/td> <td style=\"padding: 18px;\"><strong>Student writing sample<\/strong>: Casey et al have investigated the role played by Irish doctors in WW1. In their study they note that throughout the war hospital ships arrived in Dublin. Forty-six ships arrived in the period October 1914 to February 1919 (p.101). The authors note that there were \u201c19,255 wounded soldiers who were allocated to various hospitals in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, the Curragh and other places throughout the country\u201d (p.101).<\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <p><\/p> <p><b>Is this plagiarism?\u00a0<\/b>No, the sample uses information from the authors and acknowledges this. It also includes a direct quotation and properly acknowledges the source of the information<b>.<\/b>\u00a0<\/p><\/li><li><h4>Paraphrasing the words of someone<\/h4><p>If you take the exact words of an author, and change\u00a0a number of\u00a0words in the sentence, you are slightly rephrasing the words of another. These small changes are not enough however to make it your own sentence. So, while you do not need to include the words in quotation marks,\u202f<b>you still must cite the source from which you obtained the information.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p> <p><i>Example<br \/><\/i><strong>Source<\/strong>: L P.J. Casey, K.T. Cullen &amp; J.P. Duignan,\u202f<i>Irish Doctors in the First World War<\/i>. Kildare: Merrion Press, 2015, p. 101.\u00a0<\/p> <table data-tablelook=\"1184\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\"> <tbody> <tr> <td data-celllook=\"65552\"> <p>\u202f\u201cFrom October 1914 to February 1919 forty-six hospital ships arrived in Dublin carrying 19,255 wounded soldiers who were allocated to various hospitals in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, the Curragh and other places throughout the country.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <\/td> <td data-celllook=\"65536\">\u00a0<\/td> <td style=\"padding: 18px;\"> <p><strong>Student writing sample<\/strong>: Between October 1914 and February 1916 there were forty-ships hospital ships which arrived in Dublin. These ships carried nearly 20,000 wounded soldiers who were, in turn, dispatched to hospitals in major cities such as Dublin, Cork, Belfast, as well as other places throughout the country.\u00a0<\/p> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <p><b>Is this plagiarism?\u00a0<\/b>Yes, while there has been some attempt to paraphrase from the original text, there is no acknowledgement of the original author. The passage is therefore using information and ideas from Casey, Cullen &amp; Duignan but, since this has not been documented, it is plagiarism.<\/p><\/li><li><h4>Using the ideas or data of someone else<\/h4><p>If you summarise another person\u2019s ideas or data but you do not acknowledge this in your citation, you are guilty of plagiarism.\u00a0<\/p> <p><i>Example<br \/><\/i><strong>Source<\/strong>: L P.J. Casey, K.T. Cullen &amp; J.P. Duignan,\u202f<i>Irish Doctors in the First World War<\/i>. Kildare: Merrion Press, 2015, p. 186.\u00a0<\/p> <table data-tablelook=\"1184\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\"> <tbody> <tr> <td data-celllook=\"65552\"> <p>\u201cIn the course of three major wars the Royal Army Medical Corp dealt with 14,000,000 casualties and according to its own testimony has been awarded 14 Victoria Crosses (2 with Bars), 1 George Cross, 603 Distinguished Service Orders, 1,806 Military Crosses, 464 Distinguished Conduct Medals and 2,375 Military Medals. All this was obtained at a high cost \u2013 1,180 officers and 8,165 men died in the course of these conflicts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <\/td> <td data-celllook=\"65536\"> <td style=\"padding: 18px;\"> <p><strong>Student writing sample<\/strong>: There were 464 Distinguished Conduct medals and 2,375 Military Medals awarded by the Royal Army Medical Corp over the course of three conflicts which saw 1,810 officers and 8,165 men die.\u00a0<\/p> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <p>\u00a0<b>Is this plagiarism? <\/b>Yes. The sample uses data from Casey, Cullen and Duignan that is not common knowledge and does not acknowledge the source of this information. \u00a0<\/p> <table data-tablelook=\"1184\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\"> <tbody> <tr> <td data-celllook=\"65552\"> <p><strong>Same Source and Quotation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <\/td> <td data-celllook=\"65536\"> <p><strong>Student writing sample 2<\/strong>: \u202fIn their study on the role played by Irish doctors during WW1, Casey et al record that there were 464 Distinguished Conduct medals and 2,375 Military Medals awarded by the Royal Army Medical Corp over the course of three conflicts which saw 1,810 officers and 8,165 men die (p. 186).\u00a0<\/p> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <p>\u00a0<b>Is this plagiarism?<\/b> No. The sample properly acknowledges the source of this information.\u00a0<\/p> <\/li><li><h4>Using your own words\/ideas from a previous piece of writing<\/h4><p>If you re-use material you wrote from a previous assignment, copying the words exactly and not acknowledging this, you are guilty of plagiarism.<\/p> <table data-tablelook=\"1184\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\"> <tbody> <tr> <td data-celllook=\"65552\"> <p><strong>Source<\/strong>: Jane Connolly, Assignment 3: Compare and Contrast the literary modes prevalent in the poetry of the 1930s. 210ENG261 Poetry of the 30s Generation. Submitted 15 Dec 2016.\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u201cThe poetry of the 1930s generation \u2013 poems written by luminaries such as Auden, MacNeice, Day-Lewis, and Spender \u2013 can be characterised by a freedom of poetic form, a reaction against symbolism, a keen social perception, leftist political sympathies and accessibility of style. These poets foresaw vast social change and aimed to writing truly popular poetry, shared by all; poetry which did not seek to be elitist. They aimed to set up the notion of public poetry: poetry which could contain slang, poetry which did not exclude, poetry which was not private or learned, and poetry which was set against the backdrop of their troubled time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <\/td> <td data-celllook=\"65536\"> <td style=\"padding: 18px;\"> <p><strong>Student writing sample:\u00a0<\/strong>Jane Connolly, Assignment 2: Discuss the themes of the poetry post-WW1. 110ENG783 20th\u202fCentury Poetry. Submitted 22 Jan. 2018.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Poets from the 1930s were concerned with writing poetry that was for all, poetry that did not exclude, poetry which was not private or learned, and poetry which was set against the backdrop of their troubled time.\u00a0<\/p> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <p>\u00a0<b>Is this plagiarism?<\/b> Yes. 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