研究生学术英语写作教程uni 9 referencing研究生学术英语写作教程unit 9 referencing.doc

Unit 9 Referencing Objectives - Know significance of referencing - Understand different styles of referencing Contents - Reading and discussion: Science and MLA reference styles? - Language focus: information order - Writing practice: Referencing as required. Reading Activity As a part of an academic community, it is important that you show the reader where you have used someone else’s ideas or words. Failure to properly reference may make the reader think that you are cheating by claiming someone else’s work as your own. In the academic environment, we call this plagiarism and it is seen as a very serious offence. Please remember that plagiarism is not just when you directly copy words from another student’s or expert’s work. Plagiarism also occurs when you re-word someone else’s ideas in your own work and you do not give credit to the original source. All of the sources you refer to in the main body of your assignment need to be listed at the end of the assignment in a reference list. You need to list only those sources from which you have either quoted or paraphrased. For example, you do not have to list books you used for background reading purposes. Pre-reading Task Answer the following questions: Why do we reference? How do we usually reference? How do we create a reference list? How many referencing styles do you know? Reading Passage Passage 1 ：Science Reference Style Science uses a numbering system for references and notes. This allows explanatory or more detailed notes to be included with the references. Journal names are abbreviated by using common abbreviations to save space. GENERAL NOTES Place citation numbers for references and notes within parentheses, italicized: (18, 19) (18-20) (18,20-22). Do not use superscript numbers. Citations are numbered sequentially, first in the text, then through the references and notes, then through the figure and table captions, and finally through the supporting online material. The ackno