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Engineering (ABE, AEA, AIM, ATBC): information skills for theses: Documenting

Documenting

 

Introduction

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Processing and sharing the information you found in an accurate and legal way is not as easy as it sounds.
Continue reading for more information.

Copyright

'Copyright is the exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material.' (Dutch Copyright Act, 2010).

The copyright definition above means you cannot use the material created by others without citing the relevant source. Failure to include the source is considered plagiarism.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined as the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own => appropriation, piracy, theft (Bastiaansen, 2009, p. 1183).


Source citation (APA)

Several reference guidelines have been developed for source citation. The most common and widely used guideline at HAN is the one developed by the American Psychological Association (APA). For further information and examples, visit the APA section on the Study Centre website.

Quoting and paraphrasing

Quotation is defined as a passage taken from another source => repeat, restate (Bastiaansen, 2008, p. 274).
The word 'quotation' is self-evident: the passage should be set off by quotation marks. The quotation should be relatively short and the source should be cited and included in the bibliography.

Paraphrasing is defined as the rewording of something (Bastiaansen, 2008, p. 1143).
It involves expressing the meaning of something using different words. Unlike quotes, paraphrased passages should not be set off by quotation marks. They should, however, be properly referenced and included in the bibliography.

Consult the APA section on the Study Centre website for more information about  in-text citations.

See also: https://libguides.studiecentra.han.nl/fromapatoz/home

 

PLEASE NOTE: Failure to properly reference a quote or a paraphrased passage is considered plagiarism!

How to use APA guidelines in your text you can see here ( in Dutch with subtitles in English) APA in text

and  how to use APA in the literature list (bibliography) your can see here ( in Dutch with subtitles in English) APA in literature list

Bibliography

The sources of all direct quotes and paraphrased passages must be included in the bibliography. The rules for compiling a bibliography can be found on the APA bibliography page on the Study Centre website.

In addition to the APA bibliography page, you can also consult the APA TEAM blog for examples of citing sources like:

Images
Google Maps
Tables and figures

Saving bibliographic references

There are several ways to save a bibliographic reference.

A simple way is to save the reference in a Word document. For more information, visit.....

RefWorks is a user-friendly web application which you can use to save, manage and use bibliographic references. RefWorks allows you to:

  • Import relevant bibliographic references from various databases, search engines and websites (e.g. WorldCat, Google Scholar, Web or Science Academic Search Complete, ScienceDirect and Wiley) into your own online database.
  • Manage your references by adding specific keywords and removing duplicates and search options.
  • Sharing references with others (lecturers can share bibliographies with students, and fellow students and research groups can collaborate using shared maps or shared accounts).
  • Import bibliographies into Word, which can automatically generate a bibliography according to the reference guide of your choice (e.g. APA).

 

For more information, watch the online tutorials on the RefWorks YouTube channel.

 

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