Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Referencing Questions

Part 1 – Referencing Questions watch the podcast that is linked under Referencing Links on the LCES N100 webpage. Answer the following questions from the presentation.


1. What is plagiarism?The unauthorized use of thoughts of another author and representing them as your own work.

2. What must you do avoid plagiarizing?List everything you have used during your research.

3. What style of referencing is accepted at HCT?a- Books b-Magazines c- Websites d-Database .

4. What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?a- Author's name b- Title c- Publisher d- Place published e- Date published

5. When creating a reference for a book what comes first?Authors' name.

6. What is the second item of information in a magazine reference?Title of the article.

7. What is the last item of information in a magazine reference?Date published.

8. What is the third item of information when referencing a website?Name of the website.

9. What is last item of information when referencing a website?The URL.

10. In the case of a database source, what is the third item of information?The magazine name.

11. What comes before the URL in a database reference?
The date you accessed.

12. Where is the bibliography?At the end of the project.

13. What is in the bibliography?List of all resources you used.

14. When giving the author’s name which part of the name do you put first?Family name.

15. How do you order items in the bibliography?Alpabetically.

16. Besides quotations, where do you use an inline citation?Used in reported speech.

17. What information goes in an inline citation?Name, Date and page number.

18. Name one citation machine that can help you?www.easybib.com

19. Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?Librarians.

20. In Google type, ‘HCT plagiarism.’ Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarism at HCT.
State what this consequence is.Immediate dismissal from HCT.

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