Advanced Level

Week 3
Plagiarism:
A student/ researcher takes from sources but he/ she does NOT acknowledge this source ​

1. Word-for-word plagiarism: copy & paste

2. Patchwork paraphrase: some words from the source and others are the student's
3. Ghost plagiarism : combine information and provide a wrong source for that.​
 How to avoid plagiarism?
Paraphrasing and Summarising​:

Paraphrasing: this means that you read the source, annotate the parts that would help you in
your essay and then use it in your paper by changing the vocabulary, structure and providing
intext citation and references.​

QMU Harvard referencing style (Check the updated version)​

• Important pages are : 8,9, 10 & 11 (for references list)​
• pages 21-25 for intext citation
 Annotating Text= CLOSE Reading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXgr7_3Kw4&ab_channel=KatieCranfill

Interacting with the text by adding comments/notes

Purpose:
1. Understand the text
2. Track changes & progression
3. Identify areas of interest/concern

Circle/Underline:
1. Main idea
2. Characters/People/Names
3. Vocab (new ones)
4. Important ideas/ events
 Evaluating Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp739bUxnFs&ab_channel=BUELibrary
 Evaluating Internet Sources With RADAR
Relevance - How is this information relevant to your assignment?

Authority - Who is the author? What makes this person or organization an authoritative source?

Date - When was this information published and is the publication date important to you?

Appearance - Does the information look professional or academic? Does it have citations and references?

Reason for writing - Why did the author publish this information?

Adapted from Mandalios, J. (2013). RADAR: An approach for helping students evaluate Internet sources. Journal
of Information Science, 39(4), 470-478.