Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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?

Copying other people's words and attributing them to yourself.


2.What must you do avoid plagiarizing?

Put the citations, including the author and page no.


3.What style of referencing is accepted at HCT?

MLA style.


4.What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?

Author's name – Title – Place published – Publisher – Date published.


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

Author`s name.


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

Title of article.


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

Page no.


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

Name of website.


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

Web site address.


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

Magazine name.


11.What comes before the URL in a database reference?

The date you accessed it.


12.Where is the bibliography?

At the end.


13.What is in the bibliography?

The list of all resources you accessed.


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?

Alphabetically.


16.Besides, quotations, where do you use an inline citation?

In reported speech.


17.What information goes in an inline citation?

Name – Date – page no.


18.Name one citation machine that can help you?

www.easybib.com


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

College librarian.


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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