Using References

What you should NOT do with references:

• copy/paste chunks of text from them into your report**
• if you do this, it's plagiarism and you fail

Every statement in your thesis which is based on others' work

• must be attributed to them (via a reference)
• even if you make the statement entirely in your own words
• but especially if you are "quoting" them (minimise this)

** One exception is where the quote is an indented paragraph and well-attributed