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Use of sources and citations

All the assignments you write at UiO must be your own, independent work and the result of your own learning and effort. It is very important that you use sources correctly.

Main rules

Through correct use of sources and citations, you show what you build your knowledge on. Scientific arguments and claims should be open to testing and criticism.

  • You may use other people’s material as sources of information about your topic and to support and illustrate your line of reasoning.
  • All sources should be specified in your assignment, both in the text and in the list of references. This also applies when referring to your own previous work.

Sources can be, for example, data, reasoning and arguments from literature, syllabus, lecture notes, web pages, other students' exam papers or your own previous exam papers.

Cheating

It may be considered cheating or attempted cheating to use other people's material in your assignment without informing about it. It may also be considered cheating or attempted cheating to use your own previous work without informing about it.

Cheating can have serious consequences for you as a student.

How to cite

Questions?

 

Published Dec. 15, 2015 3:40 PM - Last modified Oct. 27, 2023 2:22 PM