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Electronic resources
Disciplinary regulations
Academic Integrity in Research describes the code of practice for all those undertaking research at the University.
These links will take you to the relevant sections of the Proctors’ and Assessor’s Memorandum Essential Information for Students:
Section 9. Examinations
Section 11. Disciplinary Procedures
You will find the full text of Statute XI on University Discipline here.
Online course Good practice in citation and the avoidance of plagiarism
Information and advice about plagiarism and the use of sources. Graduate students should complete this course as part of their graduate skills training record on Aspire.
Plagiarism advice
Princeton University offers comprehensive advice on the avoidance of plagiarism, with some useful examples and guidance on source use and referencing.
Indiana University School of Education has developed a practical tutorial with extensive examples. There is also a formal test by which you can gauge your understanding.
Georgetown University provides accessible, often amusing, advice about plagiarism with some excellent examples. It is particularly good on the pitfalls of paraphrasing.
You will also find many examples of good citation practice and source use in the Leeds University online tutorial, especially the section headed ‘How do I not do it?’
Style guides
The Modern Humanities Research Association style guide is available to download from their web site.
Blackwell’s Publishing provides a useful guide to the Harvard and Vancouver reference systems on its ‘Author Services ’ web site.
Study skills
The Oxford University Careers Service has produced comprehensive guidance to help students assess, reflect on and develop academic, personal and professional skills whilst at University. It also provides access to Aspire, the University's personal development planning service for students and researchers, and to the SkillsPortal, where information and advice about transferable skills training and career planning are made available for research students and staff.
There is extensive information about academic writing, note-taking, citation practice, and plagiarism on the Central European University web site.
Edinburgh University’s Centre for Teaching, Learning and Assessment has produced a handy study skills guide which covers the topics of time management, reading and note-taking, source use, and essay-writing.
Although aimed at American college students, Hamilton College’s Writing Center web site contains a wealth of resources designed to promote effective writing, including topics such as grammar and punctuation, source use and referencing. It is well worth a look. You may find the concise guide to source use particularly useful.
The British-based PlagiarismAdvice.org provides extensive advice on referencing terminology and practice.
You will find a helpful description of the ‘principles of academic communication’ and advice on essay-writing and critical analysis on Sussex University’s ‘Study Skills’ site.
You will find a comprehensive guide to the technicalities of source use, quotation and citation on the web site of the University of Victoria (Canada) Department of English.
Peter Levin is an academic and student mentor who offers both practical advice to conscientious students and a different perspective on what he sees as the ‘moral panic’ surrounding plagiarism.
Evaluating web resources
Intute is a collaborative project between JISC and UK academics and researchers to create authoritative subject-specific tutorials on how to get the best out of the Web. It is an excellent resource encompassing numerous disciplines.
Georgetown University Library provides a valuable introduction to searching the World Wide Web and essential guidance on how to assess the usefulness and legitimacy of web resources.
Staff at the UCLA College Library have devised a practical (and fun!) exercise to help students learn how to evaluate web resources. You can try it out here.
You will find Acadia University’s interactive tutorial on this topic here.
Online tests
These tests are a practical way of gauging your understanding of plagiarism and citation practice. You should try to work through as many of them as possible, then try out the Oxford test available via the SkillsPortal web site (you will neeed to create a user account first). If you have any queries about the tests, please ask your tutor/supervisor for advice.
First test your baseline understanding with the brief Plagiarism Quiz which is based on an exercise devised for graduate students at the University of Michigan.
Indiana University School of Education. You should work through the tutorial and practice questions first.
Bradford School of Management.
The Goucher College ‘Plagiarism-by-Paraphrase Risk Quiz’ usefully covers academic practice in five different disciplines. The referencing conventions of your subject may vary from the examples in use in this and other web sites; however, the principle of transparency of source use remains the same.
English language resources
Students from overseas will find a great deal of helpful information on the web site of the UK Council for International Student Affairs , particularly the Advice for Students and Information Sheets.
English for Academic Studies at the University Language Centre.
Pre-Sessional Course in English for Academic Purposes.
Online English teaching tools.
Information literacy
Oxford University Computing Services: The IT Learning Programme (information about IT training opportunities).
Oxford University Library Services: Information literacy and library induction.
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources. Free practical workshops open to all members of the University.
Oxford University Library Services: Scholarly e-resources.
Oxford University Library Services: Subject Specific Training Sessions (e-resource skills training).
The Online Netskills Interactive Course (TONIC) (introduction to the Internet and web searching skills).
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