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Induction Module

Brief and Guidelines

Assignment 2a

Scholarly Sources and Referencing

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The aim of this assignment is to enhance your skills as regards to choosing a research topic and

composing a reference list consisting of relevant scholarly sources.

Objective 1

Students will be able to identify acceptable academic sources while conducting online research.

Objective 2

Students will develop the ability to distinguish between scholarly and popular sources.

Objective 3

Students will learn how to format the references of a paper properly.

Aim

Students will develop research

skills and they will learn to

appropriately acknowledge

sources in order to avoid

plagiarism.

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Detailed Submission Details

Worth: 15% of your overall grade.

Requirements

 Typed in an electronic format (Word or PDF document)

 Uploaded to the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

 Document’s name should be your student number, name and the Assignment Name.

 Cover Page (including Course Name, Your Name and Student ID Number, Title of your work,

Tutor’s Name, Date)

Instructions:

1. choose a research topic of your interest and include it in

your assignment.

2. conduct research to find credible sources relating to your

topic of interest.

3. compose a reference list consisting of at least four credible

sources and formatted based on the correct referencing

style for your studies.

***You should not include any text (i.e. paragraph or essay)

accompanying your Reference List.

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Type and

Credibility of

Sources

25%

Referencing

60%

Research

Topic

15%

Marking Criteria

Type and Credibility of Sources

Referencing

Research Topic

•The research topic is provided.

•All references are relevant to the research topic.

Reseach Topic (15%)

•There is usage of at least one scholarly article and a book.

•At least one recent (last four years) publication is included.

Type and Credibility of Sources (25%)

•There is usage of at least four (4) credible sources.

•The appropriate referencing style is applied.

•The reference entries are in alphabetical order.

•The reference entries are complete, i.e. there is no important information missing.

•The presentation of the references is correct (font type, font size, line spacing).

Referencing (60%)

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