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Academic Integrity: Principles and Practice

November 21, 2016November 22, 2016 David Parker

According to a systematic review of survey data, almost 2% of scientists have admitted fabricating, falsifying or modifying data at least once (Fanelli, 2009). It is not surprising, therefore, that […]

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Citing Tricky Sources with No Problems et al

September 26, 2016October 6, 2016 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

Once you’ve gone through your undergrad training, it’s reasonably easy to cite a journal article or book in your field’s preferred style. But what about those tricky sources? Blog posts […]

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Should I Cite This?

May 31, 2016August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

Quality-checking sources is something we start to learn in secondary school or undergrad – just ask my students who felt my wrath when they cited Wikipedia (or what’s worse: when […]

Why you should use older references in your thesis

May 10, 2016August 1, 2016 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

By Julia Hallas, PhD Candidate “Never use references that are older than three years” was the advice given by a  journal article reviewer I went along to hear recently. Yet […]

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Naïve Thoughts I’ve Had About Writing

November 19, 2015August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

I’m currently polishing up a PhD thesis, and I already hold a Masters. I’m a reasonably experienced academic writer by now. But when I think back on some of my […]

Making (Pretend) Friends with Scholars

October 6, 2015August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

Have you ever noticed how impersonal the process of citing another scholar is? Surname. Initials. Year of publication. It’s as if the ideas and findings you are citing just appeared […]

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