Citation and European Industrial Relations

If I commit plagiarism unintentionally, it's not my fault and I won't face sanctions as I didn't copy someone else's work on purpose. Answer | Selected Answer: | False| Correct Answer: | False| | Only one of the following statements is accurate – which one is it? Answer | Selected Answer:| I used an article found on the internet for my assignment. I attributed the authors name and year of publication in my essay and added the full bibliographic details, including the date accessed, to my bibliography. | | What citation/referencing style are you required to use in assignments submitted as part of your UCD course?Answer | Selected Answer:| Harvard| | In your bibliography when listing a printed journal article, which of the following do you need to include? (Select all correct answers). Correct Answers:| Title of the article Author's name Volume/issue number of journal Title of the journal| â€Å"To adapt, appropriate, or alter the wording of (a saying or quotation) or the words of (an author or speaker) to suit one's own purpose† – Oxford English Dictionary Online (draft revision June 2006), available online [accessed 26th August 2008]. Paraphrasing allows you to allude to another’s work in your own assignments.When paraphrasing another’s work, you are required to acknowledge you are using another’s ideas to illustrate a point, and cite from where the information is sourced. When writing up my project if I change a few words with a section of text I don't have to cite it, because I have paraphrased it. Answer | Selected Answer: | False| | How do you properly â€Å"cite† the source of facts or information you've paraphrased? Check all the boxes to indicate exactly what you need to do to properly cite your sources, using the following webpage for further elp. Correct Answers:| Put an in-text reference i. e. (Author name date: page number) at the end of each sentence that contains new information from the source. Add the bibliographic information for the source (author, title, etc. ) to the reference list at the end of your paper| Quotation marks are used when directly reproducing another person’s words. They are generally used when: * The exact words are relevant to your arguments * Something is expressed in a unique way * Rewriting could cause loss of impactHow do you properly â€Å"cite† a short direct quotation of a few words in the main body of an assignment? Check all the boxes that are needed to properly cite the source of the direct quotation. Correct Answers:| Put quotation marks around the passage Put an in-text reference i. e. (Author surname, year of publication, page number) after the final quotation mark Add the bibliographic information for the source (author, title, etc. ) to the reference list at the end of your paper| Q8 How do you properly â€Å"cite† a direct quotation of a few sentences in the main body of an assignment?Check all the boxes that are neede d to properly cite the source of the direct quotation. Correct Answers:| Indent from the left-hand side of the page Type in single line spacing Acknowledge the source of the quotation by inserting the author's surname, year of publication and page number Add the bibliographic information for the source (author, title etc) to the reference list at the end of your paper| An annual report (whether in print or electronic) is defined as a â€Å"report on an incorporated company's affairs that must be sent to shareholders after the end of the financial year.Such reports contain an audited statement of the company's affairs as well as reports from the management of the company†. (From ‘The Handbook of International Terms in Economics and Business, electronic resource, accessed 30 Sept 2009)Which of the below statements is true? Answer | Selected Answer:| An annual report contains information in the same way as any other source to which you refer in your work and anything used needs to be acknowledged. | | The Web has become a popular source of information for student papers.To avoid plagiarising these sources, follow the same guidelines as print sources. Which of the following would be true of information you find on the World Wide Web or the Internet? Tick all the boxes that apply. Answer | Selected Answers: | Taking small pieces of information from the Internet and using it as my own work or in my assignments without acknowledging its source is plagiarism. I can quote from information I find on the internet or the web for my assignments as long as I acknowledge where the information came from and correctly reference it in my bibliography. | A website is an electronic medium and has its own conventions for citing, including the requirement to state the date on which you accessed the website. This ensures you are citing the most current version of the information on the site. Have a look at www. ucd. ie/library/students/information_skills/citation/harvar d. html#pageonwebsite and answer the following question. If I can’t find the authors/publishers of a website used in my assignment, I don’t have to cite it. Answer | Selected Answer: | False| You are doing an assignment on the role of the Social Partners in Irish Industrial Relations – which is the most authoritative and reliable website source to use for this assignment? Read the descriptions of each source taken from the organisation’s website before you make your decision? Answer | Selected Answer:| European Industrial Relations Observatory – â€Å" The European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) is a monitoring instrument offering news and analysis on European industrial relations. †¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.Its aim is to collect, analyse and disseminate high-quality and up-to-date information on key developments in industrial relations in Europe. It aims primarily to serve the needs of national and European level organisations of the social partners , governmental organisations and EU institutions. EIRO is based on a network of leading research institutes in the EU†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ This Committee, composed of representatives of employers, trade unions, member state governments and the European Commission, ensures the objectivity and quality of the information provided. Source: European Industrial Relations Observatory Online(2008) About EIRO, < http://www. eurofound. europa. eu/eiro/about_index. htm >Accessed 27 May 2010)| | Q13 In the main body of an assignment, an online resource will be referenced in the same fashion as a textbook or journal article [i. e. (Author, Date of Publication)]. Answer | Selected Answer: | True| | In an assignment, an online resource should be referenced in the bibliography using the following format:Author (if there is one), Year, Title of Article, Organisation/Association, website address/URL [date you accessed the website]Answer | Selected Answer: | True| |