TRA7040 Research Methodology: Citing Sources

Plagiarism

Avoid Plagiarism

Plagiarism (抄襲) is a serious offense.  You are plagiarising if you have copied & pasted sentences directly from a website, a book, a journal, etc.  You are still plagiarisng even if you have replaced one or two words from the original sentence(s) without crediting the source.  So, avoid plagiariam & cite your sources properly.

Here are some tools to help you create proper citations.

• Citation guide prepared by HKBU Library
• Automatic citation generation

This video is part of the UCLC 1009 University English II Library Tutorials.

Major citation styles

Here is a very useful guide for a large variety of citation styles prepared by the Library.

Library's guide to MLA Style   

Automatic citation generation

There are many online tools that make citations easier to manage. However, remember that automatic citation tools are never perfect. You still need to understand the rules for your citation style in order to spot mistakes.

Here are some good ones:

Beyond HKBU 

ILL (get articles from outside BU)

HKALL (get books from outside BU)