Links for Students
There is a lot of online information about plagiarism. This
page aims to help you navigate your way through the huge number of available
net resources. Rather than simply list a vast number of URLs , we have
provided an annotated catalogue of sites that may be useful to you. Some
of these sites are general resources, while others are targeted as specific
skills or disciplines. This collection of resources will be updated as
new resources are found.
UNSW Policy Information
Guidelines and Rules
on Student Plagiarism: Handbook for Students (pdf)
This e-Book version of the new Student Handbook is now available online.
Information from UNSW Faculties
Links to Helpful Sites
The
Nuts & Bolts of College Writing Centre
This American website offers a broad range of writing related resources for
students and staff. The site features guides to research and the internet,
effective quoting, plagiarism and referencing styles: MLA, APA, Chicago. What
separates this site from others are the many useful ‘worked-out’ examples
it provides.
Plagicourt
Interactive (if melodramatic!) online tutorial on plagiarism. Available
in Flash and HTML versions.
You Quote It, You Note It!
Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University. A simple animated interactive
tutorial that runs through the basics.
ABC
of Referencing—ABC of Citation
This site offers a very straightforward and simple to use referencing guide
for students. Especially helpful are the pages entitled ‘Special Cases’ which
clarify some of the more unusual referencing needs.
APA
Style Guide for Electronic Sources
The correct citation of information borrowed from new media sources can prove
difficult. This page guides students in the referencing of electronic source
material.
Using
the Ideas and Words of Others in Your Writing
A Deakin University page designed to help undergraduate students improve their
academic writing. The page has separate sections that each explain one of the
series of steps (from selecting information and intergration, to completing
a reference list) that students need to follow when borrowing others’ material.
The discussion of each step is supported by clear examples.
