citation Archives - Enhancing Postgraduate Environments https://postgradenvironments.com/tag/citation/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:45:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://postgradenvironments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/favicon.png citation Archives - Enhancing Postgraduate Environments https://postgradenvironments.com/tag/citation/ 32 32 How to avoid plagiarism (and why we reference in academic writing) https://postgradenvironments.com/2021/05/12/how-to-avoid-plagiarism/ Wed, 12 May 2021 13:28:37 +0000 https://postgradenvironments.com/?p=1109 Students are often told that we reference to avoid plagiarism. They are also told that if they plagiarise, they can be excluded from the university....

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]]> Students are often told that we reference to avoid plagiarism. They are also told that if they plagiarise, they can be excluded from the university. Both of these statements are unhelpful in developing as academic writers. This video looks at what plagiarism means before providing practical examples of how we can take on the referencing practices of our fields to become better academic writers (and in the process avoid plagiarism).


Developed by Sioux McKenna, Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University

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This video is made for postgraduate scholars and supervisors but might be useful for undergraduates too.

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]]> What is intentional plagiarism and why do people do it? https://postgradenvironments.com/2021/05/12/what-is-intentional-plagiarism/ Wed, 12 May 2021 13:28:36 +0000 https://postgradenvironments.com/?p=1112 Plagiarism happens along a continuum from intentional to unintentional. Learning how referencing is used to build claims can help to prevent unintentional plagiarism, but what...

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]]> Plagiarism happens along a continuum from intentional to unintentional. Learning how referencing is used to build claims can help to prevent unintentional plagiarism, but what about plagiarism that is done on purpose? This video looks at why people may choose to plagiarise and why universities need to act on intentional plagiarism.


Written by Sioux McKenna and produced by Samantha Carolus, Rhodes University

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]]> Using technology to your advantage: Mendeley (Part 1-6) https://postgradenvironments.com/2017/10/27/using-technology-advantage-mendeley/ Fri, 27 Oct 2017 07:15:00 +0000 http://postgradenvironments.com/?p=731 This 6 part video series provides an in-depth explanation of how to use the free Mendeley reference manager effectively during your research process. With this...

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]]> This 6 part video series provides an in-depth explanation of how to use the free Mendeley reference manager effectively during your research process. With this application you can integrate all your literature into one platform that can be accessed on any device, anywhere and anytime, allowing you to stay organised. You can also add colour coded annotations to the documents that you read, and seamlessly insert citations with a related bibliography, into your working document.

With a wide network of researchers, Mendeley also allows you to collaborate with like-minded people and to receive alerts of new research in your focus area/s. More information can be found at www.mendeley.com

Developed by Nuraan Davids-Latief, University of the Western Cape.

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This might be useful to any student starting a postgraduate degree or research project. Even professional researchers could find this tool very useful.

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