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Foundations of Computing 1004ICT
Researching and Referencing
Developed by Felicity Berends and John Thornton
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Today’s Learning OutcomesFinding information for your assignment topics
by: Identifying information needs Identifying keywords Choosing the right tool
Referencing: Why reference? How to reference
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First steps to finding assignment material
• Analyse the topic• Research the topic • Identify types of information needed• Search efficiently and effectively• Use the correct tools to search• Evaluate the information found
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Refereed or Peer-reviewed articles
To ensure that articles submitted to academic journals are accurate and reliable, a group of subject experts will read an article and recommend its publication, revision or rejection.
This process is known as “peer-review” or “refereeing” and it guarantees that published articles are of a high quality.
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Use the correct tools to find the information you need.
• Use the correct Tool to find items for your assignment
Library Catalogue for books, videos, kits Library Databases for journal articles, newspaper articles
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What is a database?
Databases provide descriptions of journal articles within specific subject areas
Databases are frequently updated with new information A database may also provide a summary of the article
content. Some databases provide access to the electronic version of
the article (full text).
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Tips for searching the databases
Each database may provide different results for the same search strategy.
Each database will recognise the keyword connectors (and, or, not) differently.
Check out the databases’ help guides for information about how to search
Look for PDF version of articles (full text)
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ActivityUse the Library Catalogue to identify an information
resource you could use in writing your first assessment item.
Use the Library Databases to identify an information resource you could use in writing your first assessment item.
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ActivityPerform a search in Google and evaluate a resource from
the results list using the following criteria:When was it published? What are the author's qualifications? Are there footnotes/endnotes, a bibliography? Provenance of web site. From where does the web site originate?
Government? Commercial? Organisation? Educational?
Is the web site maintained regularly? Is the information up-to-date? Does the web site display bias? Compare to results from Google Scholar.
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What have you learned so far today?1. Think about what you are being asked to do2. Identify your keywords3. Identify what types of information you need4. Search the right tool (catalogue, database, web)5. Evaluate
The next step is to write your assignment using the information you have found, using referencing to indicate where you have used the ideas of others and where you have got these ideas/information from.
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Referencing & Plagiarism What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of someone else's words, ideas, evidence, data, arguments and/or opinions. How do you avoid plagiarism?
To avoid plagiarism, you are required to acknowledge ideas and/or opinions of others by providing both in-text referencing and a Reference List that are accurate and complete. What is referencing?
Providing publishing information for all information sources used in an assessment/paper so others can find this information. How do you reference?
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APA (American Psychological Association) Referencing Style
Rules for the preparation of manuscripts. Includes rules that relate to: Content and organisation Expressing ideas and reducing bias Editorial style Reference list Manuscript preparation Manuscript acceptance and production
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ReferencingIn-text citations: where you acknowledge within the text of your paper the
source for an idea/opinion you have used that is not your own.
Shaped by the work of engineers and architects, early planning ideas were chiefly influenced by modernist thought in relation to industrial urbanisation, as technologies that enabled the regulation of building form and location became available (Healy, 1997, pp. 17-18).
Reference list: where you provide a full list at the end of the paper of all sources of ideas/opinions you have used in the paper that are not your own.
Healy, P. (1997). Collaborative planning: Shaping places in fragmented societies. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
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Reference list examples
Gleeson, B. & Low, G. (2002). Australian urban planning: new challenges and new agendas. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Author/sTitle
Year
Publication details
Answer: Book
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Reference list examples
Coiacetto, E. (2007). The Role of the Development Industry in Shaping Urban Social Space: a Conceptual Model. Geographical Research, 45(4), 340–347.
Article Title
Author/s Year
Journal TitlePublication details and pages
Answer: Journal article
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Reference list examples
O'Hanlon, S. (2005). Cities, suburbs and communities. In M. Lyons & P. Russell (Eds.), Australia's history : themes and debates (pp. 198-230). Sydney, NSW: University of New South Wales Press.
Year
Book Title Publication details and pages
Answer: Book chapter
Chapter Title
Editor/s
Author/s
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ActivityCreate references for the information resources you
found in your search of the catalogue and databases earlier today.
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Examples: Electronic JournalsWhere the online article is an exact version of a print
article:
Mather, D. (2006). Extended memory: early calculating engines and historical computer simulations [Electronic version]. Leonardo, 39(3), 237-243.
Year Article Title
Journal TitleRetrieval statement
Vol, iss & pp.
Author
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Examples: Electronic JournalsWhere an online article presents a print article with
additional material or in a different form:
Ray, O. (2004). How the mind hurts and heals the body. American Psychologist, 59, 29-40. Retrieved January 12, 2005, from http://www.apa.org/journals/amp/amp59129.pdf
YearArticle Title
Journal TitleURL Retrieval
statement
Author
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Examples: Electronic JournalsWhere an article appears only in online form:
Costarelli, S., & Calla, R.M. (2004). Self-directed negative effect: The distinct roles of ingroup identification and outgroup derogation. Current Research in Social Psychology, 10(2). Retrieved January 12, 2005, from http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Egrpproc/crisp/crisp.10.2.html
Article TitleYear
Journal Title
URLRetrieval statement
Author/s
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Examples: Electronic Encyclopaedia
Babbage, Charles (1792–1871). (2008). AccessScience, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online. Retrieved March 12, 2008, from http://www.accessscience.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/content.aspx?id=M0090018
Article Title Year
Encyclopaedia Title URL
Retrieval statement
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APA Referencing Style - Resources
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Perrin, R. (2007). Pocket Guide to APA Style (2nd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Also see the APA web site :– http://www.apastyle.org Griffith University Referencing Tool:- http://app.griffith.edu.
au/reference_tool/index-core.php Purdue University APA Formatting and Style Guide :-
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/Note the Griffith Referencing Tool gets the World Wide Web
references slightly wrong - the “Retrieved from….” clause should always contain the date you did the actual retrieval, as in “Retrieved March 17, 2010, from …”
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