INTEGRATED STUDY
Supplements
Please refer to the Integrated Study (Applied Sciences) Student Handbook.
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Agenda
• Plagiarism
• Turnitin
• APA Referencing Style
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Plagiarism (1)
• Read the information from PolyU on importance of
Academic Integrity, what Plagiarism is and how to
avoid it.
• PolyU SPEED has detailed policy on student’s
academic integrity, which includes plagiarism.
• Read the related issues stipulated clearly in the
Student Handbook
• Plagiarism
• The act of using the creative works of others (e.g.
ideas, words, images or sound, etc.) in one’s own work
without proper acknowledgement of the source.
• Handing in the same assignment for more than one
subject is considered as self-plagiarism.
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Plagiarism (2)
• According to the Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary
(1987), to ‘plagiarise’ means
• [To] steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own:
[to] use (a created production) without crediting the source: [to]
commit literary theft: [to] present as new and original an idea or
product derived from an existing source.
• The University views plagiarism, whether committed
intentionally or because of ignorance or negligence, as a
serious disciplinary offence.
• Excuses such as “not knowing that this is required” or “not
knowing how to do it” will not be accepted.
• It is the student’s responsibility to understand what plagiarism
is, and take action steps to avoid plagiarism in their academic
work.
• The golden rule is: “if in doubt, acknowledge”.
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Avoiding Plagiarism
Students are required to submit their original work and avoid
any possible suggestion of plagiarism in the work they submit for
grading or credit. Below are some suggestions on how you can
avoid plagiarism in your own work:
Use Sources with Care and Respect
• Take careful notes so that you know where you got your
information;
• Keep track of all the sources you have used for each
assignment;
• Cite all your sources in your finished work, distinguishing
carefully between your own ideas/ work and those taken from
others;
• Include all your sources in your Reference or Bibliography
section, normally included at the end of the paper.
Be Honest, and Always Do Your Own Work
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Turnitin Report
• Turnitin database will be used to check for plagiarism
• Allowing another student to copy their work is a serious
breach of academic discipline
• If the submissions include a high percentage of work that
is copied from other sources, a fail grade will be awarded
• Turnitin User Guide
• Student User Guide is available at CPCE portal for students.
• Please login and then choose “VeriGuide and Turnitin User
Guides” for details.
• Setting for Turnitin Submission
• Allow multiple trial
• Generation of similarity index takes time (say may be 24
hours for first submission)
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Trial Submission to Turnitin
• Before the final submission - could submit
the reports via “Trial Submission” to check
the similarity index more than once
• 2nd trial report will not be checked against
the 1st trial report submitted by the same
student
• similarity index will not be affected by
multiple submissions via “Trial Submission”.
Be Honest, and Always Do Your Own Work.
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Examples of APA Referencing Style
At the end of the paper, you should provide the full bibliographic
information for each source. References must be listed in
alphabetical order by author.
Example: Journal article, one author
Ku, G. (2008). Learning to de-escalate: The effects of regret in
escalation of commitment. Organizational Behaviour and Human
Decision Processes, 105(2), 221-232.
• “Ku” is the family name of the author, and “G” is the initial of the author’s first
name (e.g. George is the first name; therefore, “G” is the initial).
• “Learning to de-escalate: The effects of regret in escalation of commitment”
is the article title.
• “Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes” is the journal
title.
• “105(2)” are the volume and issue number.
• “221-232” are the page numbers.
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Examples of APA Referencing Style
In a reference list In-text citation
1 Journal article (print version), one author
Ku, G. (2008). Learning to de-escalate: The effects of regret in (Ku, 2008)
escalation of commitment. Organizational Behaviour and Human
Decision Processes, 105(2), 221-232.
2 Journal article (print version), two authors
Lefever, M., & Withiam, C. (1998). Curriculum review: How industry (Lefever & Withiam,
views hospitality education. Cornell Hotel and Restaurant 1998)
Administration Quarterly, 39(4), 70-78.
3 Journal article (print version), more than two authors
(Weaver, Choi &
Weaver, P., Choi, J., & Kaufman, T. (1997). Question wording and Kaufman, 1997)
response bias: Students’ perceptions of ethical issues in the hospitality Then subsequently
and tourism industry. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, (Weaver, et al., 1997)
9(2), 21-26.
4 Article from an Internet-only journal (i.e. no print version)
Hirtle, P. B. (2008, July-August). Copyright renewal, copyright (Hirtle, 2008)
restoration, and the difficulty of determining copyright status. D-Lib
Magazine, 14(7/8). Retrieved from
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july08/hirtle/07hirtle.html
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Examples of APA Referencing Style
5 Conference paper online
Bochner, S. (1996, November). Mentoring in higher education: (Bochner, 1996)
Issues to be addressed in developing a mentoring program.
Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in
Education Conference, Singapore. Retrieved from
http://www.aare.edu.au/96pap/bochs96018.txt
6 Newspaper article
Hartevelt, J. (2007, December 20). Boy racers. The Press (Hartevelt, 2007)
Newspaper, P.3
7 Newspaper article (no author, print version)
Brexit beyond. (2018, May 5). The Wall Street Journal, p. A9. (“Brexit beyond,”
2018)
Note: article title comes first.
8 Magazine article (print version)
Kluger, J. (2008, January 28). Why we love. Time, 171(4), 54-60. (Kluger, 2008)
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Examples of APA Referencing Style
9 Book with one author
Kidder, T. (1981). The soul of a new machine. Boston, MA: Little, (Kidder, 1981)
Brown & Company.
10 Book with two authors
Frank, R. H., & Bernanke, B. (2007). Principles of macro-economics (Frank & Bernanke,
(3rd ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. 2007)
11 Book with more than two authors
Krause, K.L., Bochner, S., & Duchesne, S. (2006). Educational (Krause, Bochner, &
psychology for learning and teaching (2nd ed.). South Melbourne, Vic., Duchesne, 2006)
Australia: Thomson. Then subsequently,
(Krause et al., 2006)
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Examples of APA Referencing Style
12 Book or report by a corporate author, e.g. organization
association, government department
University of Waikato. (1967). First hall of residence (Information (University of
series No.3). Hamilton, New Zealand: Author. Waikato, 1967)
Note: when the publisher and author are the same, put down
“Author” in the publisher field.
13 Book chapter in edited book
Hammond, K. R., & Adelman, L. (1986). Science, values, and human (Hammond &
judgment. In H. R. Arkes & K. R. Hammond (Eds.), Judgment and Adelman, 1986)
decision making: An interdisciplinary reader (pp. 127-143).
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
14 Webpages
Statistics New Zealand. (2007). New Zealand in profile 2007. (Statistics New
Retrieved from http://www.stats/govt.nz Zealand, 2007)
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