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Research MethodologyConsulting Sources – Citation Systems
Ethical Issues: Plagiarism
Reasons for Consulting SourcesProves awareness of major views on your topicProvides support for your own viewsProves that you are able to carry out research at academic
level
Academic SourcesTypes of sources:
Primary – texts, documents to be analysedSecondary - literature on your topic or theory
Types of secondary sources according to manner of publication and length:Articles in scholarly journalsArticles in edited volumesMonographs
NOT academic sources:- Encyclopedias, dictionaries- Sources with unknown author (except for government and other official
publications)- GCSE resource books
Tools to Map Up Literature to be ConsultedLibrary catalogues
College library catalogueODR catalogue
DatabasesFreeRequire subscription – accessible from the college
Bibliography of already consulted sources
To Read or not to Read?Factors in choosing really important secondary sources
AuthorInfluence Time of publication
Ways to decideCheck bibliographySkim introduction, search for thesis statementsCheck reviews
Compromise – selective reading
I Know I’ve Read it Somewhere…Methods for highlighting important information in
sourcesUnderlining or highlighting (your own books or
photocopies)Note-cards
Bibligraphical notes Content notes
Note-taking (handwritten or digitalised)
Sample Note-Card 1
Sample Note-Card 2
Types of QuotationDirect – word-by-word quotation – quotation marks
Short: less than 50 words or 5 linesLong
Indirect – no quotation marks, or quotation marks for certain phrasesParaphraseSummary
CLEARCUT REFERENCE TO THE SOURCE IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST IN BOTH CASESS
To Quote or not to Quote?When to quote?Source gives supportDisagreement with source – prove that the source is
wrong
When not to quote?Source only repeats well-known informationDisagreement with source without proving it wrongLack of understandingInability to paraphrase or summarise
How to Quote?Formatting handbooks in academia – to be used as
manualsMLAChicagoAPAEtc.
PlagiarismDefinition: using other peoples words and/or ideas
without clearly indicating their source (stealing).How to avoid it?
Careful note-taking (quotation marks for copied words, exact bibliographical notes)
Careful following of the rules outlined in an academic handbook
Works Consulted2011. évi CCIV. törvény a nemzeti felsőoktatásról. Magyar Közlöny
165 (2011): 41181-247.
Babbie, Earl. A társadalomtudományi kutatás gyakorlata. Trans. Kende Gábor and Szaitz Mariann. 5th edition. Budapest: Balassi, 2000.
Eco, Umberto. Hogyan írjunk szakdolgozatot? Trans. Klukon Beatrix. Budapest: Gondolat, 1992.
Gőcze István. A tudományelmélet és kutatásmódszertan alapjai. Budapest: ZMNE, 2010.
Gyurgyák János. Szerkesztők és szerzők kézikönyve. Budapest: Osiris, 2003.
Majoros Pál. A kutatásmódszertan alapjai. Budapest: Perfekt, 2010.