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Built Environment: Plagiarism and Referencing

Guide to the Library resources for students and staff in the Built Environment department.

Copyright

Copyright protects all original works: essays, novels, poems, photographs, music, and many more. It protects the author's right to decide how their work is used, and places restrictions on re-use of any original work, or part of. 

You are permitted to quote, or make photocopies or scans of, material for your own research/private study, providing that you make one copy for yourself only, that does not exceed the following:

  • 5% or one chapter of a book, whichever is the greater.
  • 5% or one whole article from a journal, whichever is the greater.
  • 5% or one whole paper from a set of conference proceedings or published report of judicial proceedings, whichever is the greater.
  • 5% of an anthology of short stories or poems; or one short story or one poem of no more than 10 pages, whichever is the greater.

Broadcasting/using sections of recorded material (video, audio, or both) is permitted for educational purposes - including examination ie. using clips in a film submitted for your dissertation. However, always cite your quotations, as you would with written material.

Audiovisual Citation Guidelines

BUFVC have provided guidelines designed to encourage best practice in citing any kind of audiovisual items.

They cover: film; television programmes; radio programmes; audio recordings; DVD extras; clips; trailers; adverts; idents; non-broadcast, amateur and archive material; podcasts; vodcasts; and games.

Download an interactive PDF version here: Audiovisual Citation Guidelines

 

Cite Them Right Online

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Learning to reference correctly is a vital skill for anyone in academia. Cite them right online will help students to reference almost any source, and to understand why this is important.
 

Information Skills for Success

Information Skills for Success is a self-paced Moodle course featuring four modules, designed to help you use information effectively and ethically in your academic work and beyond. 

The modules cover:

  • Locating Academic Information. 
  • Evaluating Information.
  • Referencing and Academic Integrity.
  • Digital Literacy: Social Media and AI. 

Complete all the modules at your own pace to earn the "Information Skills" Moodle badge—a valuable addition to personal and professional development portfolios and a great way to earn points towards the Greenwich Employability Passport.

Follow this link to Information Skills for Success in Moodle.