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Digital and Information Literacy Skills: Referencing and Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a form of cheating. It essentially boils down to inappropriate use of  information in your work or failing to provide an complete citation for material you have used, leading to the impression that it entirely your own creation.

It is often a result of poor referencing skills or not realising what you are doing is actually wrong.

Have a look at the links below, which explain what plagiarism IS and provide tips on how to avoid it.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management system which allows you to collect, organise and store references from a variety of sources such as books, journal articles and websites. It can then help you to produce bibliographies, reference lists and in-text citations in a range of referencing styles. You can find out more in our Refworks Library guide.  
 
Workshops on how to make the best use of RefWorks are held in all campus libraries regularly during semester. 
 
RefWorks have their own help videos in the form of a You Tube channel. 
 

Why Reference?

Referencing guidelines at Ulster University

Faculties and Schools at Ulster University have developed their own guidelines (listed below).  ALWAYS ask your lecturers for guidance on the correct referencing guidelines to use. 

Your subject librarians can provide you with support and guidance. Please contact us.