What is Harvard referencing?

A way of showing what sources of information you have used

Passing off ideas/ word of others as my own

Why do you need to reference?

It shows that I have done research and avoids plagiarism

If I change some information into my own words, do I need to reference it?

Yes – I have still taken that idea from somewhere else

How do you organise your reference list?

One list alphabetically by author's family name

Is it ok to copy-and-paste a sentence found online into your assignment?

Yes - as long as I reference it correctly

Your bibliography should be:

In alphabetical order by author's name

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1
What is Harvard referencing?
A way of showing what sources of information you have used
When you use books from the e-library
Putting a list of websites at the end of my assignment
Using journals in my work
2
What is plagiarism?
Passing off ideas/ word of others as my own
Copying from another student
When I change some information I find into my own words
Copy and pasting from the internet
3
If the source you are using has more than two authors how would you cite this?
(Introwicz, Andrews and George 2015)
(Introwicz 2015)
(Introwicz et al. 2015)
(Introwicz et al.)
4
Which method of IN-TEXT referencing is CORRECT?
Bennett (cited in Hannigan, 1990) always talked about the sun coming out
All of the above
Bennett (1977) always believed that the sun would come out
Bennett (1977: 44) believes “the sun will come out tomorrow”
5
An in-text citation from a book should look like this:
(Health and Safety guidebook – see bibliography)
Jones, C. (2014) Health and Safety guidebook. London: Sage
(Jones, London: Sage)
(Jones, 2014, p.73)
6
If quoting directly from another author in your assignment, how would you cite work?
(Nyantika, 2017 p.35)
(Nyantika 2017: 35)
paste in internet URL in text
(Nyantika 2017)
7
Why do you need to reference?
Because my tutor said
So that I can copy information from the internet
I don't really need to reference for my course
It shows that I have done research and avoids plagiarism
8
If I change some information into my own words, do I need to reference it?
No– I have changed the words so don’t need to reference
Yes – I have still taken that idea from somewhere else
No – I only reference if I take it ‘word for word’
No- you shouldn't change the information into your own words
9
Why do you need to reference?
To avoid plagiarism.
All of the above.
To enable the reader to find your sources.
To give appropriate credit to authors.
10
How do you organise your reference list?
Any order, doesn't matter
Divided by type of source
One list alphabetically by author's family name
In the order they appear in your text
11
I need to put references:
Both of the above
In my assignment
At the end of the assignment in a bibliography
12
Do you need to reference an image from the internet in a PowerPoint presentation?
No, images from the internet are free for all to use
Yes, but only if it's from a reputable website
No if you can't identify the author
Yes
13
Is it ok to copy-and-paste a sentence found online into your assignment?
No - that is plagiarism
Yes - as long as I reference it correctly
No - you shouldn't use websites
Yes - my tutor probably won't notice
14
Your bibliography should be:
In alphabetical order by author's name
In order of date
In the order they appear in your assignment
Separated by type, i.e. books then websites etc
15
You are using the BBC website. You can't find an author. How would you reference and cite this?
Use BBC as the author
Write no author
Use anonymous as the author
Leave it blank
16
For a book reference which part of the reference should be in italics
Title
Author
Publisher
Date
17
How do you cite the research of another person in the text of your assignment ?
(Jones, J. 2016)
(Jenny Jones 2016)
(Get a distinction for your project 2016)
(Jones 2016)
18
When referencing a book in a reference list do you ever need to write 1st edition?
Yes
No
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If using a chapter from an edited book, which name would you use first in the reference list?
Editor(s) of the book
Author(s) of the chapter
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An in-text citation for a website should look like:
(BBC, 2016. Health. available from: www.bbc.co.uk/health.)
(Website: bbc.co.uk/health)
(BBC, 2016)
(www.bbc.co.uk/health, accessed 1/09/16)

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