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Unit 12: Bibliographical Sources
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Caution In fact, you can and should use them freely depending on your requirements—but
by following the established mode of conduct.
As a rule of academic writing, the students ought to admit the truth whenever they use others’
ideas, viewpoints, data, information, written stuff, audio-visual sources, etc. And, when you
directly use a quotation or copied portion, you will have to cite the source. The academic
arrangement in this regard is called the bibliography without which the truth remains the
secrets.
Three situations are very determinants. First, the student takes for granted with a thought of
who is going to check. Second, s/he certainly forgets to include a particular source in the
bibliography. And, third, s/he continues to be under the wrong impression that there is no
connection between his/her writing and the particular source. Whether intentional or
unintentional, all of the three situations indicate nothing but the plagiarism.
For bibliography page, please bear in your mind that the people examining your papers are the
real scholars and experts with plenty of papers already examined. And, you cannot befool them.
Because you better know, there is no need to go into details regarding the consequences of
plagiarism detected in your papers.
So, make your bibliography perfect with all objects that have influenced your writing. For
citation, follow appropriate styles as suggested by your academic institution. These include the
MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, etc.; however, the commonly known things need no citation.
Above all, the bibliography is a fairly honest system for giving credits to the real helpful
scholars or organization.
Self Assessment
Fill in the blanks:
7. The .............................. is a list of referred, used, or quoted resources, sources, or materials.
8. The ................................... is a copying or reproduction of a written material or ideas with
the claim as if it is one’s own creation.
12.5 Bibliographic Control
According to UNESCO/Library of Congress Survey, bibliographic control means “the mastery
over written and published records which is provided by and for the purpose of bibliography”.
Effective bibliographic control should be made at subject and national level. Bibliographical
control would also be difficult if it were concerned only with writings printed as separate
entities. Nevertheless, it is also concerned with those published as parts of separate publications
articles in periodicals and chapters, or sections in books with multiple contributors.
Bibliographical control can be defined to mean the mastery over written or published records,
which is provided by and for the purpose of bibliography. Bibliographical control is synonymous
with effective access through bibliographies. The purpose of bibliographical control is location
of information source or of materials and the speed with which it can be located. Therefore, the
librarian should be able to have access to complete records of human civilization and culture
and then the ability to organize them effectively for use.
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