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This section is currently being updated but talk to your Teacher Librarian or a library staff member if you require help with research for assignments etc.

Bibliographies (top)

Bibliographies - Simple
Example of Simple bibliography

According to 'How to write and speak better', Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty Ltd., Sydney, 1987 you must "give full credit for the source of every fact or idea derived from another writer."

A Bibliography is a list of books, magazines, etc. which have been read by the student, and relate to the assignment, or have been used in the assignment.

Sources referred to in any text (essay, assignment etc.) should be listed as References
Harvard system of referencing

IN TEXT
Direct quote. (the author's actual words are repeated)
If it is a short sentence or part of a sentence, use quotation marks and acknowledge the reference in brackets after the quote. e.g. (Kort, 1994 p53)

Longer quotes (more than 3 lines) - indent the quotation 2cm from the left hand margin. Do not use quotation marks, and acknowledge the reference in brackets after the quote. e.g. (Kort, 1994 p47)
Indirect quote (paraphrasing, or using the thoughts of an author and expressing them in your own words)
e.g. Kort (1994 p46) defines the state of the economy as……..
or
In his article on the economy, Kort (1994, p46) defines the problem.

There are lots of rules covering Bibliographies (and Reference Lists),See Bibliographies, Detailed, Link here however, for many assignments, you have been asked to prepare a Simple Bibliography

1. Record Author's family name, then first name or initials
Year of publication - in brackets
Title - Underlined
Publisher
Place of publication
For EVERY source of information that you use - whether it be book, magazine, newspaper article, internet site, Cdrom etc.

2. When your assignment is due to be passed up, prepare your bibliography. This will be an alphabetical list of everything you have used, even if you have not quoted from it in your assignment. You have gained some ideas from these sources, and it shows the reader of your assignment that you have researched widely.
Where a work has no author, the title is used in the same way as the author's last name would have been.
With internet sites, look for an author, then if not one, use the title of the article.

An example:-
Aspin, Lois J.(1992), Focus on Australian Society, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne.
'Australia', 12 Nov. 1996, the 1997 World fact Book [online]
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/as.html, accessed: 21 Feb. 2001
'The Moulding of menials: The making of the Aboriginal Female Domestic servant' (1998), Hecate Vol 22, No 1
Questions for the Nineties (1990) ed. By Anne Gollan, Left Book Club Cooperative, Sutherland, N.S.W.
Rothwell, Nicolas (1996) 'Unwanted History' The Australian magazine, May18-19
Year book Australia (2000) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra

Download the SSABSA SACE Guidelines for Referencing (Word Document) for some really useful information on references and bibliographies.

Bibliographies - Detailed
(click here for more information from Bendigo Senior College)

3. Quick Reference
Encyclopedias (link to stacker, and list of items?)
Atlases
Yellow pages

4. Magazines & Newspapers
(link to TAFE/Public listing of catalogued periodicals)

DATABASES
Looking for Magazine/Newspaper articles?
Looking for information from books that are not in the Library?
Do you want to be able to access Journals?
Use EBSCO, Electric Library & Gale Health & Wellness

EBSCO Australia & NZ Reference Centre is an online database offering immediate access to a variety of full text databases which cover over 2000 magazines in searchable full text, over 1000 magazines
in full image, over 4000 magazines abstracted and indexed plus current citations for over 11,000 magazines.

To Access EBSCO or GALE HEALTH & WELLNESS Resource Centre please contact library staff for website address and login details


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AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

What is plagiarism?

'Plagiarism is committed when author's fail to acknowledge that words and/or ideas have been borrowed.'
(Betts & Seitz 1994, p81)

When involved in study you are required to show evidence of wide research in your assignments. Your writing will involve presenting and discussing ideas. These ideas may be your own or they may have come from another person. If the idea comes from another person and you do not state the source of the idea then you are guilty of plagiarism.
Plagiarism is being dishonest.

What does it involve?

Learning Advisers (2002) explain that plagiarism involves:
· writing about another persons ideas without including a reference.
· including another author's exact words in your work without giving a reference.
· copying exact words of an author and then making some alterations in an attempt to express the ideas in your own words
· paraphrasing that is considered too close to the author's original work even if a reference is given.
· copying another person's work and presenting it for assessment as your own.
· presenting work for assessment that another person has written for you.

Paraphrasing another person's ideas can be done appropriately. The example given by Learning Advisers (2002) may help to clarify what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. They state that:

" For example, if the original source read:
"The dissatisfying nature of industrial or clerical work is no longer disputed. Many of to-day's employees prefer a greater level of involvement in their jobs than was previously assumed. Many desire more self-control and a chance to make a greater contribution to the organisation" (Schuler, Dowling and Smart, 1988,p17)

and a student paraphrased this as:
"It is no longer disputed that the nature of industrial/clerical work is dissatisfying. Employees prefer more involvement, desire more self control and a chance to make a greater contribution to their organization. (Schuler, Dowling and Smart, 1988, p. 17)

it is likely to be considered by their marker as 'too close'."

( Learning Advisers, 2002, p2)


You can avoid plagiarism by:
· being honest.
· following referencing instructions or guidelines carefully and including the source of the idea.

When referencing is not necessary
There are times when you will write about another person's ideas and referencing is not used. This is quite acceptable in some instances and is not considered as plagiarism. This may seem confusing, but there is a reason for it. In certain subject areas or disciplines there are terms or ideas that are considered common knowledge. 'For example if a student writes the equation E=MC2 they usually do not reference this to Einstein because it is regarded as common knowledge.'( Learning Advisers, 2002, p2)
You would need to use referencing if you were writing about another author's ideas or interpretation in relation to the equation E=MC2.


Need further help?
If you are still unsure about referencing correctly or if you would like some assistance in determining whether you may be accused of plagiarism ask your subject teacher for advice or alternatively consult library staff.


References
Betts, Katharine, & Seitz, Anne, 1994. ' Writing Essays and Research Reports in the Social Sciences. ' , 2nd edition, Thomas Nelson Australia, South Melbourne.

Learning Advisers, 2002, Avoiding Plagiarism [ Online, accessed 21st May, 2002 ]. URL:http//www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/learnres/learng/index.htm