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The City School 2021-2022

and the keyword. For example; +welding +process, +Saturn -car, couch sofa

NOTE: AltaVista’s Simple Search requires the use of plus and minus rather than AND,
OR, and AND NOT.

1.4. Ethical Citation echniques and e-safety

It is important to cite sources you used in your research for several reasons:

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To avoid plagiarism by quoting To be a responsible scholar by giving credit to

words and ideas used by other other researchers and acknowledging their

authors. ideas.

To allow your reader to track down To show your reader you’ve done proper
the sources you used by citing them research by listing sources you used to

accurately in your paper by way of get your information.
footnotes, a bibliography or reference

list.

1.5. Digital Citizenship

If you are a citizen, this means you belong to a group of people. You could be a citizen
of your classroom or your neighbourhood. Being a digital citizen means you are a part

of the group of people that use technology to communicate. There are rules that you

need to follow when you are a digital citizen, to protect yourself and to protect others.

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