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The Inquiry Process and SORVillanova Libraries
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InquiryThe action of seeking, especially for truth, knowledge or information concerning something; search, research, investigation, examination.
Oxford English Dictionary
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1 Framing
2 Investigating
3 Reasoning
4 Judging
5 Reflecting
SOR Inquiry Model
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Stages of InquiryCycle through each of these stages …
FramingIdentify and focus on the issue. Develop questions.
ReasoningAnalyse and evaluate the evidence.
JudgingSynthesise, make decisions and draw conclusions. Advocate a position.
ReflectingThink about what you have learned and act as a result of it.
InvestigatingInvestigate and research the issue.
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Inquiry is not a lock-step process
FramingInvestigatingReasoningJudgingReflecting
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You must supply evidence demonstrating your progression through each stage of the inquiry process
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Require-ments
Quality Note Taking• Develop
questions• Research often
leads to the formulation of more questions
• Research informs opinion
• Use the template for your research note-taking
Essay/Report• Aim to produce
academic / scholarly work
• Consider all views• Where do you
stand?• Substantiate your
position with the use of citations
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Academic Integrity: Why bother?
“Plagiarism is the act of misrepresenting as one’s own original work the ideas, interpretations, words or creative works of another.”
(University of Queensland, 2012)
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QUT policy on plagiarism
According to QUT (2012), plagiarism is cheating and is regarded as grounds for failure, suspension and expulsion.
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Upload of drafts/assignments
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‣ Assignments submitted through Turnitin
Matches: your work against that of othersand returns a % similarity.
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52%similarity to other works on the www (includes all assignments submitted by students from around the world).
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✓ quote someone’s actual spoken or written words
✓ use someone’s ideas/opinions/theories
✓ use statistics, graphs, drawings
How can you avoid plagiarism?Acknowledge when you:
✓ paraphrase someone else’s work.
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• Honest practice• Give credit where it is due• Acknowledge the intellectual efforts of
others• Research is about drawing upon the
efforts of others• How does their work inform yours?
What is academic integrity?
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Formatting in-text citations using Harvard
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Example 1
Example 2
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Example 4
A recent report (Queensland Health, 2010) into the successful implementation of …
Queensland Health (2010) recently reported on the successful implementation of …
“The experiments prove conclusively that …” (Queensland Health, 2010, p. 130).
Queensland Health (2010, p. 130) report that “[t]he experiments prove conclusively that …"
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AcademicIntegrity
Build yourcase
Acknowledgethe efforts of others
Honesty
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You demonstrate Academic Integrity when you exhibit honesty, respect, fairness and trust, and act in a responsible manner when undertaking academic activities.
(Queensland University of Technology, 2012)