{"id":1176,"date":"2018-06-01T20:01:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T20:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/writehere\/?post_type=chapter&p=1176"},"modified":"2018-07-19T21:02:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T21:02:11","slug":"scholarship-is-a-conversation","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/writehere\/chapter\/scholarship-is-a-conversation\/","title":{"raw":"Scholarship is a Conversation","rendered":"Scholarship is a Conversation"},"content":{"raw":"Watch Video 13.1<\/strong> to learn more about the importance of citations and references.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/JioMloO9oiE\r\n\r\nOver time, as students and scholars write about a topic, the accumulation of writing becomes a scholarly conversation<\/strong>. With each writer, new insights and discoveries are documented over time, adding different perspectives and interpretations. In science, for example, the conversation has lead to improved technology and treatment for illness.\r\n\r\nReferring to other essays, studies and reports and describing how they relate to your own work gives authority<\/strong> to your arguments. This is particularly important when people have different opinions about the topic you are addressing in your writing. Citing other researchers proves that you know what you are saying is relevant, since you\u2019re placing your words in the context of the existing literature. If the topic you are writing about is subjective in nature, your reader knows you\u2019ve consulted other research and your opinions are based on some consideration of the scholarly conversation on that topic.\r\n\r\nCitations help to demonstrate that your work is really your work. Informing readers where you found information helps to distinguish between existing sources and your original thoughts. By revealing your sources, you are proving that your work can be trusted. This is super important! \u00a0Failing to cite can lead to a charge of plagiarism, which can result in a mark of zero on the assignment, or a failing grade in the course. Read the definition of plagiarism by Ryerson\u2019s Academic Integrity Office.<\/a>\r\n\r\nMany readers (such as the person marking your assignment!) want to know whose work inspired your ideas. Many readers want to follow the trail of evidence you\u2019ve used to support the points you\u2019ve made. Citations give enough information to make it possible for others to locate and read the sources for themselves.\r\n\r\nIn addition to written words, your research may lead you to social media posts, personal correspondence such as email messages, films, maps, graphs, web pages, photographs, television news reports, lectures, and audio recordings. \u00a0Cite everything you use to learn about the topic and formulate your own arguments: the texts you read, the audio you hear, and the videos you watch. Keep track of all of the resources you use as you do research for your assignments.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1297\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\"]\"\" From Pixabay.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nQuote<\/strong> something when it\u2019s memorable, the phrasing is evocative or a \u201cclassic\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0You might quote also for precision and accuracy, or when something is short.\r\n\r\nParaphrase<\/strong> to express the situation and ideas in your own words as they relate to your argument.\r\n\r\nSummarize\/synthesize<\/strong> to provide an overview of the ideas as they relate to your essay. \u00a0Ideas must also be attributed, even when you are not pointing to a specific paragraph or page.\r\n\r\nScenario:<\/strong> Imagine yourself spending months traveling and doing research in your field of expertise. Your blog serves as a travel journal where you upload photographs, itineraries and short essays about your field work, as you gather evidence for a book.\r\n\r\nSoon after, you read an article in a newspaper about traveling that includes some of the exact sentences you wrote on your blog, with one of your photographs. There is no mention of your name. While it is satisfying to know someone thought so well of your work, you expect them to acknowledge that the phrasing and photography was originally your work.\r\n\r\nIn the music industry, using another artist\u2019s words without giving them credit leads to a copyright infringement lawsuit. In an academic context, the charge of plagiarism can result in a mark of zero on the assignment, or a failing grade in the course.","rendered":"

Watch Video 13.1<\/strong> to learn more about the importance of citations and references.<\/p>\n