The following terms are used in this module. Do you understand their meaning?
Acknowledgement: Is when you provide the source of information, of words or ideas that have come from someone else in your written work.
Bibliography: Is an alphabetical listing of all the materials used in the compiling of an assignment but not necessarily cited.
Citation: Has almost the same meaning as ‘reference’. You ‘cite’ a reference when you use it either within or at the end of an assignment. Each of the information sources used may be called a ‘citation’ or a ‘reference’. (Devlin 2004)
Collaboration: To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. (Dictionary.com 2006)
Collusion: A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose. (Dictionary.com 2006)
Copyright: Refers to the legal rights which prevent a person copying, using or exploiting any original literary, artistic, dramatic or musical work, film, sound recording, broadcast or published edition without the owner's consent.
Intellectual Property: A product of the mind or intellect, such as inventions and creations.
Paraphrase: To extract the key ideas of another writer, and put them into your own words.
Plagiarism: Refers to taking and using another person’s ideas, writing or inventions as one’s own and failing to acknowledge the source.
Quotations: Refers to words copied directly from a book or some other source, reproduced exactly word for word.
Reference: It has three meanings in this context:
• To reference: is to provide an acknowledgement within the text of an assignment, that
the words used, or ideas written about are not your own and belong to others (in-text
references).
• To reference: is to provide acknowledgement at the end of an assignment, of the
information sources used in compiling the assignment (end-text references).
• A reference: refers to each of the information sources listed in the bibliography.
(Devlin, 2004)
Reference List: Is an alphabetical listing of all the materials that have been cited in the text of an assignment.
Acknowledgement: Is when you provide the source of information, of words or ideas that have come from someone else in your written work.
Bibliography: Is an alphabetical listing of all the materials used in the compiling of an assignment but not necessarily cited.
Citation: Has almost the same meaning as ‘reference’. You ‘cite’ a reference when you use it either within or at the end of an assignment. Each of the information sources used may be called a ‘citation’ or a ‘reference’. (Devlin 2004)
Collaboration: To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. (Dictionary.com 2006)
Collusion: A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose. (Dictionary.com 2006)
Copyright: Refers to the legal rights which prevent a person copying, using or exploiting any original literary, artistic, dramatic or musical work, film, sound recording, broadcast or published edition without the owner's consent.
Intellectual Property: A product of the mind or intellect, such as inventions and creations.
Paraphrase: To extract the key ideas of another writer, and put them into your own words.
Plagiarism: Refers to taking and using another person’s ideas, writing or inventions as one’s own and failing to acknowledge the source.
Quotations: Refers to words copied directly from a book or some other source, reproduced exactly word for word.
Reference: It has three meanings in this context:
• To reference: is to provide an acknowledgement within the text of an assignment, that
the words used, or ideas written about are not your own and belong to others (in-text
references).
• To reference: is to provide acknowledgement at the end of an assignment, of the
information sources used in compiling the assignment (end-text references).
• A reference: refers to each of the information sources listed in the bibliography.
(Devlin, 2004)
Reference List: Is an alphabetical listing of all the materials that have been cited in the text of an assignment.
Devlin, M., 2005, Avoiding plagiarism and cheating, Retrieved: July 16, 2008, from http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ltas/intro/teachingAdvice/documentation/plagiarism_guide.pdf
Dictionary.com, 2006, Retrieved: March 24, 2006, from http://dictionary.reference.com/
