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Like the buck, the dates stop here.
All references are within a specific date range or reach a specific
year and then stop. If the paper is not about a specific news
or historical event, then there is a chance the paper or the
references are completely borrowed from an out-of-date source. |
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APA, MLA, ALA… whatever! The citation
style used throughout the paper is not consistent. For example,
there is a shift from using parenthetical references to footnotes. |
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Appearing reference items! Items appear in
the bibliography or works cited list that are not mentioned
in the paper. This may be an indicator of padding the reference
list/bibliography. |
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Disappearing reference items! The text makes
reference to items that seem to be un-original thoughts, but
they are not cited in the bibliography. While this may be carelessness
on the student’s part, it may also be an indicator of
intentionally borrowed and un-cited text. |
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5 page paper, 4 page bibliography? Unfortunately,
some students believe that they can impress by padding or building
a very large bibliography. Be cautious. |
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Primary or secondary? Students fail to cite
the source of statistics when primary scientific research is
not being reported. |
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Hmmm, why so may dissertations from the University
of Alaska? If the student is neither from U of A nor
researching Inuit culture, an extensive list of items not available
to the student may be an indicator. For example, theses, dissertations,
etc. |
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It’s obvious. The student's work either
lacks in-text citations for quoted works or the work is obviously
paraphrased. |
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It just does not make sense.
Cites non-existent sources.
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