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Ain Shams University ICHEP - Fall 2024 Faculty of Engineering Scientific Research Prepared by ASUx48 (ByLaw 2023) Dr. M ElBanna  Ain Shams University ICHEP - Fall 2024...

Ain Shams University ICHEP - Fall 2024 Faculty of Engineering Scientific Research Prepared by ASUx48 (ByLaw 2023) Dr. M ElBanna  Ain Shams University ICHEP - Fall 2024 Faculty of Engineering Lecture 3 (Chapter 11) "Ethics & Documentation in Engineering Writing" Presented by Dr. M ElBanna mm.elbanna @eng.asu.edu.eg  Ethics of Honest Research We will discuss 1. Defines plagiarism 2. Explains how to avoid plagiarism 3. Why information sources should be documented 4. Presents a procedure for documenting 5. Shows the reference page format 6. Gives a sample of references ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 3  1. Plagiarism Plagiarism is the act of using someone else’s work without giving proper credit. Plagiarism is a result of: 1. Dishonesty 2. Carelessness and laziness 3. Ignorance ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 4  2. How to Avoid Plagiarism? When you do research, all information (including diagrams, ideas, facts, theories, findings, opinions, and graphics) that you obtain from journals, books, interviews, the internet, or any other sources must be fully documented ─ that is, accompanied by references to the sources where you obtained the information. Note: No need to reference 1.Your own ideas and opinions. 2.Common knowledge. ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 5  3.Why Document Sources of Information? You document your information borrowings in order to … 1. Protect the originator. (she or he will get credit for having developed it.) 2. Protect yourself from accusations of plagiarism. 3. Show readers that you have done your work and are aware of latest developments in the particular field. 4. Enable readers to track down the information so that they can read it for themselves. ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 6  4. Procedure for Documenting 1. Refer to the source of your information in the text by inserting consecutive numbers in brackets, beginning with 1, at the end of each segment of cited information, like this. 2. Insert the reference number at the end of a sentence or within it, without changing the sentence punctuation. Example According to the 2006 U.S. Census Bureau , we see that……… ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 7  4. Procedure for Documenting 3. Leave a space before the bracketed number and stick the punctuation to the second bracket. 4. References at the end of quotation marks are punctuated with a period after the reference, “like this” [8, p. 23]. 5. Identify the page numbers of your source of information if you want to refer to a part of a book or article, like this [4, pp. 3-6], [8, p. 23], or However, on page 79 of the author seems to ……………. ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 8  4. Procedure for Documenting 6. Use semicolons to separate multi-information sources for one paragraph, like [6, p. 46; 7, pp.29-31; 9, pp. 8-12]. 7. Once you have numbered a source, use the same number for all subsequent references to that source throughout your work. ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 9  5. Reference Page Format 1. List your sources in a numerical order according to when they are first cited in the text. 2. Give the initials of authors’ first names. 3. Single-space individual references, with a second, or third line aligned with the first. 4. Double-space between separate references. 5. End each entry with a period. ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 10  5. Reference Page Format 6. List every source once on your reference page, even if you have referenced to the same source more than once in your paper. 7. In case of journals, a. Titles of journal articles are given in sentence form rather than title form. b. Use a common abbreviation for the journal title if there is one, e.g. IEEE transactions. Otherwise, give the full name of the journal. ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 11  5. Reference Page Format ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 12  5. Reference Page Format ❑ Book C. Conrad and M. S. Poole, Strategic Organizational Communication, 5th ed. New York: Harcourt Press, 2002. ❑ Journal Article N. M. Tahir, A. Hussain, S. A. Samad, and H. Husain, “Shock graph for representation and modeling of posture,” ETRI Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 507-514, August 2007. ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 13  5. Reference Page Format ❑World Wide Web “AT&T enters India residential local phone market,” www.att.com Accessed January 26, 2003. ❑For more samples, see text book pp. 262-265. ASUx48 @D M EL-Banna Fall 24 14 Thanks for your Attention Any Questions Dr. M ELBanna [email protected]