Referencing

You're doing a paper on death and dying and in the course of your research you have talked to a family friend whose child recently died. You want to include something she said to you, although it is not a quotation. Do you have to reference this, and if so, how would you do it?

Since no one could check on this, and you are really putting it into your own words, it is not necessary to cite it at all.

Put a parenthetical note (if in APA style, which is suitable for the social sciences) as follows: (J. Doe, personal communication, April 1, 2004), but do not put it into the reference list

Since no one could check on this, and you are really putting it into your own words, it is not necessary to cite it at all.

You've found an article on the Web in a foreign language, and you've either translated some passages from it yourself or used an on-line language translator such as Babelfish to translate it into English. By the time you whip it into good academic English no one would be able to trace it. What do you do?

No one would ever be able to find out where you found your ideas. Forget about citing it.

It's the same as any other article and you have to cite it.

The benefits of using citation and the appropriate style are:

You are providing hard evidence or expert witnesses to support your argument.

You let your reader know that you are working within the academic tradition.

You avoid charges of plagiarism.

All of the above.

You are guilty of plagiarism if you:

Make use of the works of others to gather information.

Use the work of another and misrepresent it as your own.

Make use of the works of others to support your own arguments.

Examine the ideas and arguments of others to help you shape your own thoughts or views on a particular issue.

Select the right method for referencing in Chicago footnote style:

A. Kory Sorrell, Pragmatism and Moral Progress: John Dewey’s Theory of Social Inquiry, Philosophy & Social Criticism 39, no. 8 (2013): 815, doi:10.1177/0191453713494967

Kory Sorrell, "Pragmatism and Moral Progress: John Dewey’s Theory of Social Inquiry," Philosophy & Social Criticism 39, no. 8 (2013): 815, doi:10.1177/0191453713494967

C. Kory, Sorrell (2013), "Pragmatism and Moral Progress: John Dewey’s Theory of Social Inquiry," Philosophy & Social Criticism 39, no. 8 : 815, doi:10.1177/0191453713494967

Select the right method for referencing APA style:

A. Allard, T., & Skehan, C. (2006, April 14). Tough luck for the boat people who reach land. The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au

B. Allard, T., & Skehan, C. (2006, April 14). Tough luck for the boat people who reach land. The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au

Select the right method for referencing UWS Harvard Style

A. Andreasen, NC 2001, “Brave new brain: conquering mental illness in the era of the genome”, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

B. Andreasen, NC 2001, “Brave new brain: conquering mental illness in the era of the genome”, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

C. Andreasen, NC 2001, Brave new brain: conquering mental illness in the era of the genome, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

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