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.