Month: January 2016

In this modern era, most of the people are popular with the word ‘Facebook’ whereby they using it in their daily lives. Facebook is also known as free social networking which allows the users to create their own profile, upload videos and photos, send messages and keep in touch with friends and family. Not only that, there are some prons and cons of using this facebook.

But these days, social media comes with great responsibility, whether you’re just starting high school or finishing up college. There are ten things students should never post in facebook, which is posting your personal details in facebook is the first main point that students should never do. If you are posting this information in facebook , then you are definitely under security risk. For an example, you have address in your profile and updating a status like you are going out for a vacation with family, will turn to be feast for thieves.

Racial jokes also one of the important point that students should never post in facebook and beware of it. The students might having the thought that the racially charged jokes are hilarious. But they should remember that everyone in your list will not feel in the same way. Moreover, never rely on privacy settings fully, although most major social networking update you with privacy improvement , the changes are too frequent too follow and get complicated.

Furthermore, posting all your nudes pictures might take you under the risk. It is because people might misuse your pictures to create a fake profile or blog. No matter how you love your body the world does not need to see it, and you have to take the full responsibilities of your privacy. On the other hand, students should not post about their life drama or relationship drama on the facebook. If you are in a complicated relationship or breakup in your relationship, you should keep it secretly to yourself rather than telling the whole world about your relationship. It is because can help to protect you from unnecessary problems and incriminating drama.

Credit card or financial information is the most important point that I have pinned point. For an example, people post the pictures of their credit card or revealing your birth of date also have the chance for the hackers to access to your financial information. Besides that, gossip about friends , family, and your teachers by updating the status in the facebook. This is not the right way to treat the people whom you don’t like, because it is a such a insulting for them. For an example, using all kinds of vulgar words indirectly by updating the status of them on the facebook.

Article Credits: Steph Bucks

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What is Referencing?

Referencing is a standardised method of acknowledging sources of information and ideas that you have used in your assignment in a way that uniquely identifies their source. Direct quotations, facts and figures, as well as ideas and theories, from both published and unpublished works must be referenced.

Why Reference?

Referencing is necessary to avoid plagiarism, to verify quotations, and to enable readers to follow-up and read more fully the cited author’s arguments.

Steps Involved in Referencing

1. Collecting Bibliographic Details

Note down the full bibliographic details of the source from which the information is taken, including the page number(s). This information is the basis of a citation or reference.
In the case of a book, ‘bibliographical details’ refer to: author/editor, year of publication, title, edition, volume number, place of publication and publisher as found on the front and back of the title page. (Not all of these details will necessarily be applicable).
In the case of a journal article, the details required include: author of the article, year of publication, title of the article, title of the journal, volume and issue number of the journal, and page numbers.
For all electronic information, in addition to the above details you should also include a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) if one exists. If a DOI does not exist, then include the web address (URL) of the database you found the article in. For more details see the pdf file below

2. In-Text Citations

A citation inserted at the appropriate place within the text of the document is called an in-text citation. This usually takes the form of the family name of the author, followed by the year of publication, e.g. (Jones 2010). Where authors of different references have the same family name, include the author’s personal name or initials in the in-text citation i.e. (Anderson, John 2008) or John Anderson (2008). If two or more authors are cited at the same point in the text then they are included in the same in-text citation, separated by a semicolon, e.g. (Brown 1991; Smith 2003). They are presented alphabetically by author.
When directly quoting from another source, quotation marks must be placed around the quote and the relevant page number must be given, e.g. (Sharpe 2005, 27). It is not necessary to include the page number when paraphrasing or referring to an idea from another source which is a book or lengthy text.

3. What is a Reference List?

A reference list includes books, journal articles etc. that you have cited in the text of your assignment. A bibliography, in addition to listing cited sources, also includes sources that you have consulted during your research.

Extra Notes

• The reference list must appear at the end of your work on a separate page
• The reference list is arranged alphabetically by author
• Where an item has no author it is cited and listed by its title
• The second and subsequent lines of the reference must be indented.

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