In the western academic tradition referencing or acknowledging the academic source of your quotes, arguments or data is essential. You must reference all your work at CQUniversity in a Reference List at the end of your assignment using the Harvard Author/Date style and by using in-text references. If you use another person’s ideas without appropriate acknowledgement may be regarded as a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Referencing also enhances your writing and assists your readers by:
- Showing the breadth of your research
- Strengthening your academic argument
- Demonstrating your understanding of academic requirements
- Acknowledging and rewarding others for their contribution
- Showing the readers the sources of your information
- Allowing your readers to consult your sources independently
- Allowing readers to verify your information.
Adapted from CQUniveristy referencing site ‘Why is referencing important?’
“Plagiarism means taking and using the thoughts, writings, inventions etc. of another person and using them as your own without acknowledging their source. In your academic writing, you will often need and be expected to draw on the ideas of others and sometimes to quote their exact words or copy their graphics.”
From CQU referencing site ‘What is plagiarism?’
Exercise
Using one of the journals supplied in the class, find an article with at least two authors, make a Microsoft Word document giving the correct reference for the article and email it to Jane as an attachment.
