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Effective Citation
& Referencing to
avoid Plagiarism

Welcome to Lecture series on
Research Essentials by C&M

Ajay Koli | Vishwakarma University - Pune
04 December 2021

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“If I have seen further,
it is by standing on the
shoulders of giants.”

(Newton, 1675)

Quote source: fs

Image credit: Angela Compagnone

2/17

"Gah. Not all resolved. I still didn’t have an argument. I couldn’t just report data analysis and X. I had to say what X and our data together meant for how we thought differently about X.

3/17

"Gah. Not all resolved. I still didn’t have an argument. I couldn’t just report data analysis and X. I had to say what X and our data together meant for how we thought differently about X. And so what! The paper had to take the reader somewhere.

3/17

"Gah. Not all resolved. I still didn’t have an argument. I couldn’t just report data analysis and X. I had to say what X and our data together meant for how we thought differently about X. And so what! The paper had to take the reader somewhere. I had to find an angle that would be of interest to the journal readers, and would actually advance the conversation that had gone on."

Source: patter

3/17

“If I have seen further,
it is by standing on the
shoulders of giants.”

(Newton, 1675)

  • find an argument/angle
4/17

“If I have seen further,
it is by standing on the
shoulders of giants.”

(Newton, 1675)

  • find an argument/angle

  • so what?

4/17

“If I have seen further,
it is by standing on the
shoulders of giants.”

(Newton, 1675)

  • find an argument/angle

  • so what?

  • advance the conversation

4/17

Citation

  • "citing sources allows scholars to give credit to other scholars for their hard work and their ideas"
5/17

Citation

  • "citing sources allows scholars to give credit to other scholars for their hard work and their ideas"

  • "by citing sources, scholars provide a roadmap for readers who are interested in learning more about a topic and joining the ongoing conversation about that topic"

5/17

Plagiarism 🚨

  • "stealing someone else’s work and passing it off as your own"*
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Plagiarism 🚨

  • "stealing someone else’s work and passing it off as your own"*

  • "Plagiarism is defined as the act of either intentionally OR unintentionally submitting work that was written by someone else. ... or if you turn in a paper in which you have copied material from any source without citing that source, you are guilty of plagiarizing."**

6/17

Plagiarism 🚨

  • "stealing someone else’s work and passing it off as your own"*

  • "Plagiarism is defined as the act of either intentionally OR unintentionally submitting work that was written by someone else. ... or if you turn in a paper in which you have copied material from any source without citing that source, you are guilty of plagiarizing."**

  • "Note that changing someone else's words around or merely substituting synonyms for their words is still plagiarism."$

6/17

sing your fav songs

00:30
7/17

How to Avoid Plagiarism

  • Keep track of your sources; print electronic sources

    • complete URL & date
    • check URL before submission
8/17

How to Avoid Plagiarism

  • Keep track of your sources; print electronic sources

    • complete URL & date
    • check URL before submission
  • Keep sources in correct context

    • unbiased
8/17

How to Avoid Plagiarism

  • Keep track of your sources; print electronic sources

    • complete URL & date
    • check URL before submission
  • Keep sources in correct context

    • unbiased
  • Don't cut and paste: File and label your sources

    • separate file with date (2021-12-29-belk.doc)
8/17

How to Avoid Plagiarism

  • Keep track of your sources; print electronic sources

    • complete URL & date
    • check URL before submission
  • Keep sources in correct context

    • unbiased
  • Don't cut and paste: File and label your sources

    • separate file with date (2021-12-29-belk.doc)
  • Keep your own writing and your sources separate

8/17

How to Avoid Plagiarism

  • Keep your notes and your draft separate
9/17

How to Avoid Plagiarism

  • Keep your notes and your draft separate

  • Paraphrase carefully in your notes; acknowledge your sources explicitly when paraphrasing

    • separate notes from draft
9/17

How to Avoid Plagiarism

  • Keep your notes and your draft separate

  • Paraphrase carefully in your notes; acknowledge your sources explicitly when paraphrasing

    • separate notes from draft
  • Don't save your citations for later

9/17

How to Avoid Plagiarism

  • Keep your notes and your draft separate

  • Paraphrase carefully in your notes; acknowledge your sources explicitly when paraphrasing

    • separate notes from draft
  • Don't save your citations for later

  • Always use quotation marks for directly quoted material, even for short phrases and key terms.

9/17

Effective Citation:

  • Invite important people to the party (literature) and then allow them to speak
10/17

Effective Citation:

  • Invite important people to the party (literature) and then allow them to speak

  • Cite papers from the journal where you are planning to publish

10/17

Effective Citation:

  • Invite important people to the party (literature) and then allow them to speak

  • Cite papers from the journal where you are planning to publish

  • Use a good reference management tool like Zotero 😎

10/17

Effective Citation:

  • Invite important people to the party (literature) and then allow them to speak

  • Cite papers from the journal where you are planning to publish

  • Use a good reference management tool like Zotero 😎

  • Include possible latest papers

Image source: @JazliAziz

10/17
11/17

Zotero

  • "Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research."
12/17

Zotero

  • "Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research."

12/17

Zotero

13/17

Word Processor Plugins


14/17

Using Zotero with Google Docs

15/17

Better BibTeX for Zotero

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17/17

“If I have seen further,
it is by standing on the
shoulders of giants.”

(Newton, 1675)

Quote source: fs

Image credit: Angela Compagnone

2/17
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