*Blogs are NOT acceptable academic sources unless as objects of research
| Reference list | Krawetz, N 2011, The hacker factor blog, web log, viewed 15 November 2011, http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/ |
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Krawetz (2011) uses a blog to discuss advanced forensic image analysis techniques. |
| Paraphrasing - Information prominent | Blogs may give credence to opinion, in some cases with supporting evidence; for example the claim that many images of fashion models have been digitally enhanced (Krawetz 2011). |
| Quoting - Author prominent | See blog post for quotes |
| Quoting - Information prominent | See blog post for quotes |
| Reference list | Patterson, M 2011, 'Open-access megajournals – find out more in Estonia', The official PLoS Blog, web log post, 20 June, viewed 25 October 2011, http://blogs.plos.org/plos/2011/06/open-access-megajournals-%e2%80%93-find-out-more-in-estonia/ *include both the date the blog entry was posted and the date viewed |
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Patterson (2011, para. 2) argues that the peer review process does not evaluate the significance of a work. *pinpoint the specific information |
| Paraphrasing - Information prominent | Publication rates in open-access journals have increased over the last four years (Patterson 2011, para. 4). *pinpoint the specific information |
| Quoting - Author prominent | Patterson (2011, para. 4) reports that PLoS ONE 'will publish as much as 1.5% of all articles indexed in PubMed in 2011'. *pinpoint the quote |
| Quoting - Information prominent | Open-access journals are challenging the 'primacy of the [traditional] journal as the mechanism for the organization of published research' (Patterson 2011, para. 7). *pinpoint the quote |
*Wikis are NOT acceptable academic sources unless as objects of research
| Reference list | 'Cretaceous', 2011, Wikipedia, wiki article, viewed 12 November 2011, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous *use the date of the last revision to the wiki article as the publication year |
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*avoid author prominent as wiki articles cannot be reliably attributed to any one (or more) persons |
| Paraphrasing - Information prominent | Information is framed for a general audience ('Cretaceous' 2011). *cite the title of the wiki and the date of last revision |
| Quoting - Author prominent | *avoid author prominent as wiki articles cannot be reliably attributed to any one (or more) persons |
| Quoting - Information prominent | Language style is basic; for example, the use of parallel construction in the repeated modal verb 'modern crocodilians can live as scavengers and can survive for months without food' ('Cretaceous' 2011, para. 30). *pinpoint the quote *cite the title and the date of last revision |
*Social media are NOT acceptable academic sources unless as objects of research
| Reference list | Gillard, J 2011, Facebook update, 11 November, viewed 24 November 2011, https://www.facebook.com/juliagillard/posts/263639040354656 |
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Gillard's (2011) strategy included using Facebook to announce the plan to deliver a pay rise to employees in the social services sector. *pinpoint the specific information |
| Paraphrasing - Information prominent | The marketing of the proposal also targeted a large internet audience (Gillard 2011). *pinpoint the specific information |
| Quoting - Author prominent | Gillard (2011, para. 1) further broadcast the message online that proposed wage increases would benefit '150,000 of Australia's lowest paid workers'. *pinpoint the quote |
| Quoting - Information prominent | The government used online forums to declare that it was 'prepared to provide over $2 billion' (Gillard 2011, para. 1). *pinpoint the quote |
*YouTube or similar are NOT acceptable academic sources unless as objects of research
| Reference list | gsmokeyjoe 2007, Stephen Fry on the joys of swearing, online video, viewed 17 January 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_osQvkeNRM&feature=youtu.be |
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*avoid author prominent format as the user who uploaded the video is not necessarily the author |
| Paraphrasing - Information prominent | For the purpose of entertainment, Stephen Fry has argued for the value of swearing (gsmokeyjoe 2007). |
| Quoting - Author prominent | *avoid author prominent format since the user who uploaded the video is not necessarily the person being quoted |
| Quoting - Information prominent | During his musings Stephen Fry provocatively declared 'the people I know that swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies' (gsmokeyjoe 2007, sec. 00:36). *use the counter in YouTube to pinpoint the start of the quote |
Bulletin boards, Forums, Usenet, Email lists
| Reference list | Adams, D 2011, ‘Re: PCA with VERY large number of landmarks?’, list server, 5 October 2011, Morphmet, viewed 30 November 2011 http://www.mail-archive.com/morphmet%40morphometrics.org/msg02412.html |
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Adams (2011, para. 4) noted the usefulness of Principal Coordinates Analysis in this situation. *pinpoint the specific information |
| Paraphrasing - Information prominent | Computation time is a major issue with very large covariance matrices (Adams 2011, para. 3). *pinpoint the specific information |
| Quoting - Author prominent | Adams (2011, para. 2) notes that, in this case, 'the issues related to Rao's curse of dimensionality are less applicable'. *pinpoint the quote |
| Quoting - Information prominent | Principal Coordinates Analysis produces the 'matrix of pairwise distances between objects' (Adams 2011, para. 4). *pinpoint the quote |