Year 7 Humanities Ancient Civilisations: Referencing your work

We need reference our work to:

1. acknowledge our sources,
2. give the reader or teacher an opportunity to consult your sources.

Using someone else's work without acknowledgement is called plagiarism. 

Academic Honesty is shown through using citations and bibliographies to show where we get our information from.

A bibliography is an alphabetised list showing where all your sources have come from. These lists use a protocol to list references, the protocol that Sion uses is Harvard.

A Citation is used to acknowledge the work of historians and researchers when we engage in research. Whenever we use someone else's idea, we cite their work to show where we got the idea from.

Citation is the way in which you tell your readers (or teachers) that some of the material in your assignment came from another source. Teachers will often look further into your sources if they find your work interesting.

How do I use citations in my work?

Citations can be used at the start of a sentence or at the end of a sentence. For example: 

• Ahmed (2020) claims that the relationship between humans and dogs are one of the most significant relationships.
• Japan Today reported that “Canine science has enjoyed a resurgence in the past two decades” (Ahmed, 2020)

The assignment that has these two sentences will have a bibliography at the end of it, listening where Ahmed (2020) came from and how a reader might find the article, book or journal entry.

We can use sources in our writing to reinforce our conclusions.

We can cite our sources in two ways:

1. Cite the source after putting the information in your own words.
   In a Business Insider article, Rettner (2014) makes a compelling case that cat owners are indeed smarter than dog owners.
2. Cite the source after directly quoting a source.
   A Business Insider article quotes that "cat lovers scored higher on intelligence than dog lovers."(Rettner, 2014)

Reference:
Rettner, R. (2014). The Real Differences Between Dog And Cat People. [online] Business Insider. Available at: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-difference-between-dog-and-cat-people-2014-5?IR=T [Accessed 24 Mar. 2020]. ‌

Can I quote more than one source in a sentence?

You can quote as many sources as you would like, however, it is recommended to cite no more than 2 or 3 sources. Ideally, the best ones that support your writing.