Referencing questions

Part 1 – Referencing Questions
Watch the podcast that is linked under Referencing Links on the LCES N100 webpage. Answer the following questions from the presentation.

1. What is plagiarism?

Pretending that his own work is original when really it is the work of someone else.

2. What must you do avoid plagiarizing?

You must cite all sources used in the project.

3. What style of referencing is accepted at HCT?

MLA style referencing.

4. What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?

Author's name; title; place published; publisher; date.

5. When creating a reference for a book what comes first?

Author's name.


6. What is the second item of information in a magazine reference?

The title of the article.


7. What is the last item of information in a magazine reference?

Number of pages.


8. What is the third item of information when referencing a website?

The name of the website.


9. What is last item of information when referencing a website?

URL.


10. In the case of a database source, what is the third item of information?

The name of the magazine.


11. What comes before the URL in a database reference?

The date you accessed it.

12. Where is the bibliography?

At the end.


13. What is in the bibliography?

The list of the resources you have accessed.


14. When giving the author’s name which part of the name do you put first?

Family name.


15. How do you order items in the bibliography?

Alphabetically.

16. Besides quotations, where do you use an inline citation?

Reported speech.


17. What information goes in an inline citation?

Author's name, date and page numbers

18. Name one citation machine that can help you?

http://www.easybib.com/

19. Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?

College librarians and a lot of websites.

20. In Google type, ‘HCT plagiarism.’ Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarism at HCT. State what this consequence is.

Expulsion and dismissal from the HCT.



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