Making good use of you sources
Today we look at the different resources that you might be using in your university writing. Whatever course you are studying and whatever the level of study, you are likely to find yourself drawing from a wide range of sources in writing your assignments.
In this lesson we consider the range of sources that you may be using and how to reference these in your assignments; we then go on to discuss plagiarism and how understand more about using your sources not only helps you to avoid plagiarism but can also help you to develop your own voice in your writing.
Our first task is designed to help you to consider the range of different sources you might use in writing your assignments.
Activity Twelve
Take an example of one or two of your own writing assignments. Now make a list of all the different types of sources you have used in these assignments
Do you know how to cite these different sources in your assignment writing?
These are the some of the sources that we have seen students and academics using. How many of these of you listed?
- Books
- Articles
- Book chapters
- Government reports
- Newspaper reports
- Internet sources
- Online journal
- Website of organizations and private individuals
- Blogs
- Lectures
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