Hello everyone!

Learning the Referencing and Citation Styles is a topic close to my heart, because in my experience, this is the most challenging part of studying abroad.

Six years ago, I consider reading and endless writing a nightmare. I guess I was very lucky during my first term, because the program director at University of Western Sydney ( now called Western Sydney University) recommended the service of a professional/academic writer, which is free for the international students. Through that person, I became more familiar with writing the 'Australian' way.

This thread are for those who want to have an idea , or simply review the proper way to acknowledge books, authors, journals, and all possible references we will use in our essay, reports and all writing requirements in the academe.

Just to give you an idea, see this clip about In-text Citation: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5igNRmKLug">https://youtube.com/watch?v=R5igNRmKLug</a>

In addition to becoming familiar with the writing structure, I hope this thread will help you guys to be informed about PLAGIARISM.

In essence, If we fail our class, it defeats the purpose of having a student visa. Moreover, education is expensive in Australia. Thus, we must strive to excel or at the minimum, pass all the school requirements.

Learning the Referencing and Citation Styles

1. PLAGIARISM

Borrowing terms, phrases or exact words from books without proper citation could be grounds for academic dishonesty, which for us International students could mean suspension,etc.

As defined from the writing centre, Adelaide University:

What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is a concept that is important in referencing within academic writing. At the University of Adelaide it has been defined as “presenting work that is not your own in any format, without appropriate attribution or reference to the original source” (University of Adelaide 2010, § 2.1 a i).Sometimes this is done deliberately where the student intentionally copies another’s work without acknowledgement. This is called academic dishonesty.

Kindly see Plagiarism specifics here : https://www.adelaide.edu.au/writingcentre/learning_guides/learningGuide_avoidingPlagiarism.pdf

Understanding Plagiarism from York St John University : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptHIA5bMnio

2. CITATION STYLES

In addition, please consider a possibility of being required to use different citation styles per class. This is because, we must follow what is the preference of our professors.

These being:

APA 6th - Developed by the American Psychological Association, this style is one of the most popular referencing formats using the author-date system.

Harvard -The Harvard referencing style is another popular style that employs the author-date system for in-text citations

Harvard-Flinders -A variation on the Harvard Style created by Flinders University

Harvard 3 - A variation of the Harvard style.

Vancouver -A numbered referencing style popular within the physical sciences and medicine.

Chicago 16th A - This is a footnote and bibliography referencing system.

MLA -MLA is a paranthetical referencing style popular in the Humanities.

AGLC - AGLC is a legal referencing style

3. COMMONLY USED STYLES

APA, HARVARD, MLA

See general meaning here: http://libguides.library.usyd.edu.au/citation

4. LEARN MORE THROUGH THESE LINKS

Kindly refer to the links below for the source/explanation of the referencing and styles:

4.Business School Referencing Style Guide from Sydney University:

http://sydney.edu.au/business/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/91681/BSRG_11ed.pdf

5. SOFTWARE OR REFERENCE MANAGER

I came across online writing help (http://www.chegg.com/writing-help/)which looks good. But, I haven't tried this yet.
Some of my peers use EndNote (http://endnote.com/), the free version is EndNote Basic.

3.Microsoft Word Reference Tab http://proofreading.org/citation-shortcuts is also good,simple and free. Personally, I used this for my pre-thesis at DLSU-D.

6. YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Citation Styles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaHYtPsAPmQ

Formatting MLA in-text citations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTaUHS1mnvw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm3XbwFdu9Y

Good luck to all of us! When in doubt, just remember Google. Google( specifically Google Scholar) and the library is our friend.

And let us all aim to achieve 'writing with integrity' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1S1FZ-bn5E

Cheers!