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Referencing, avoiding plagiarism and using Turnitin

Mike Cameron (Learning Technologies Team)

Nicola Siminson(University Library)

23rd July 2008

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Outline of the session

What is plagiarism? …and how to avoid it! referencing using Turnitin evaluation and close

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Today’s learning outcomes

By the end of today’s session you should… understand and be able to avoid plagiarism know where to access online plagiarism materials understand why and how to reference other

people’s work within your own work know how to submit and check work through

Turnitin

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How confident are you about UK citation and referencing conventions?

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Do you deal with student plagiarism professionally?

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Is the problem getting worse?

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Do you know what we mean by “self- plagiarism”?

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Plagiarism in the news

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Sliding scale?

1. Deliberate copying (cut and paste) or using whole essays you have not written.

2. Copying segments of essays without referencing

3. Paraphrasing without referencing4. Clumsy referencing

Self plagiarism

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Durham University Plagiarism: unacknowledged quotation or close

paraphrasing of other people's writing, amounting to the presentation of other person's thoughts or writings as one's own.

This includes material which is available on the world-wide web and in any other electronic form;

University Teaching & Learning Handbook, section 6.3.5 http://www.dur.ac.uk/learningandteaching.handbook/6/3/5/

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‘Plagiarism and How to Avoid it’- Online Student Tutorials

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In pairs, evaluate an online tutorial

Log in to duo (with your ITS username and password)

Go to POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINING (NEW) (X_POSTGRAD_TRAINING) > OTHER TRAINING > ED D: CITING REFERENCES, USING ENDNOTE AND AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

Work through in pairs and evaluate. o Does this work for you? o Would similar materials help your students?

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Some definitions

References: full details of your information sources (books, journal articles, websites, …) Author Title Date and place of publication Publisher

listed at the end of your work in a bibliography

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More definitions

Citing: acknowledging your information sources within your work

ways of citing: quotations paraphrasing

Styles / systems: recognised methods used to list and format citations and to organise bibliographies Harvard system (Author-date)

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Examples of Harvard references

Book

Smith, R. and Standish, P. (ed.s) (1997) Teaching right and wrong: moral education in the balance. Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham.

Web page

National Literacy Trust (2007) Literacy in the secondary sector across the UK. Available at: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Database/secondary/index.html. (Accessed: 19 July 2007).

Journal article

Pereira, R. (1997) ‘Teacher's in-service education: a proposal for turning teachers into teacher-researchers’, International Review of Education, 43 (5-6), pp. 569-579

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Ways of citing references within your work

Quotation:Epstein, Boden and Kenway (2005) argue that …

or:

Epstein, Boden and Kenway (2005, p.64) argue that teaching is “a highly structured and formal activity”.

Paraphrasing:Teaching responsibilities can distract one’s attention from conducting research…

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Why should I cite references?

You need to: demonstrate that you have located, read and

analysed material and formed your own views and opinions

enable your readers to trace your sources acknowledge your information sources, and

authors’ ideas avoid plagiarism!

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There are benefits too!

Citing references… adds weight to your own arguments and can

strengthen your writing shows your supervisor that you have read widely allows you to receive credit for your own research

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Tips and time-saving strategies

make a full note of all the information sources you consult as you go along

start with this immediately! distinguish between direct quotations,

and your own thoughts develop your own system be consistent in how you cite references

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What is Turnitin?

Plagiarism detection software

Used by many UK and US universities

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Have a go….

1. Log into duo 2. Go to the Post Graduate Research

Training course3. Go to Other training, Ed D.4. Click ‘View/complete assignments’5. Upload your document 6. We will come back later and see the

results…

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What does it check?

Compares essays against:

A database of previously submitted assignmentsOver 4.5 billion Web pages Essays from cheat sites Selected subscription services (Proquest Database) Copyright free material, such as the Gutenberg

Project

Shows you the results so you can check your references

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Other Essays

Turnitin in action

Duo

The internet

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What can Turnitin do?

Detect plagiarism

Deter plagiarism

Educate students

Being made available to you to check your work

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Interpreting TurnitinUK Report

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How confident are you about UK citation and referencing conventions now?

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More information and advice

University Library http://www.dur.ac.uk/library Using the Library Guides Writing your bibliography and citing references (includes further reading) Pears, R & Shields, G. (2005) Cite them right: the

essential guide to referencing and plagiarism. Newcastle: Pear Tree Books. Shelfmark: Ref 010.44 PEA

DUO https://duo.dur.ac.uk Training Programme Courses Communication Skills Plagiarism and How to Avoid it online course

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Any questions?

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Contact details

Durham University Library

Email: please complete the online enquiry form athttp://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries/

Telephone numbers: Main Library: +44 (0)191 334 2959Education Library: +44 191 334 8137

IT Service Desk

Email: itservicedesk@durham.ac.uk

Telephone number: +44 (0)191 33 41515

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Thank you!

Evaluation:

http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/durham/referencing