True or false: What is 'common knowledge' in one discipline may not be in another.

A student uses an explanation from the course textbook on his website on molecular chemistry. He includes a citation near the explanation, and full details of the textbook and author in the reference list. This is:

A student has used a great many articles, books and websites to help research her dissertation. She accidentally copies a direct quotation from her notes into her dissertation and does not acknowledge the source, as she thinks that it is one of her own ideas. This is:

A student copies a paragraph from a newspaper's online website and changes two words before pasting it into her essay. She does not use quotation marks, but includes an acknowledgement in her reference list.

Which of the following online sources would you need to reference?

A student is beginning to research his dissertation. Which of the following options will best help him to manage the different sources he will be using to ensure they are cited and referenced correctly?

Two students are undertaking an assignment on the impact of population increase on natural resources. The first student is finding the assignment difficult, so the second student gives him a copy of his own assignment which the first student uses as a basis for his own work. This is:

Which of the following is NOT an element of acceptable paraphrasing practice?

What is the difference between a citation and a reference?

A student paraphrases the ideas of an expert criminologist in her essay on crime and deviance. Should she: