Notetaking and referencing
- BE CAREFUL...Plagiarism can begin at the note-taking stage.
As you take your notes, distinguish between direct quotes, paraphrases and summarised notes by recording the complete reference,that is, the author's surname, year and page number beside the information.
Also record the full bibliographic information for the 'References' list.
Keep in mind, in later drafts, that you may need to refer back to the original source in order to clarify the context of the quote and information. Hence, a valuable step is to have taken down the reference and bibliographic information.