References to my past works?

I used some of my past years papers to write a new one. Do I need to include references and wouldn't be this considered as plagiarism?

 

EDIT: Can I trust the information found on this resource? Past Questions

 

Self-plagiarism is very unclear topic. In this case you don't have any copyright issues however . I think the general guidance is to paraphrase and use references. Your paper would look super weird if you constantly quote your prior writing. You could go uber-copy-style and put one " at the beginning and another " at the end. Voila, Done. LOL.

 

In my opinion as long as you are clear that you are providing updated information or that the paper is intended for a different audience I do not believe that is plagiarism. If in doubt include the references.

 

My understanding is that it would be self-plagiarism (which I personally think is a stupid concept) only if you don't reference yourself, and the bulk of your current work comes from your previous works with hardly any new ideas. Scholars reference themselves all the time, but that's usually because they have original findings.

 

I've read a few papers like that. :banghead:

Every faculty member I've come across used their past research papers in some way or another in their current one. But yes, always include references.

 

I think the approach would be to type the quote marks at 1pt font. :Flush:

 

I read many academic peer-review articles, I see the author(s) cites his or her own past works. The best bet is citing your own works like any works from others to avoid plagiarism.

 

Before you decide to reference your prior work, be sure you're work is actually a source. You automatically hold copyright, but if the work is simply an assessment or an opinion, there is no reason to site when you first held that opinion. You simply re-establish your opinion and assessment in your new work using the references you did before. This way, you're not "cutting out" the actual sources you used the first time.
If you conducted research, of course you can cite it.

 

Citing your own published works is easy, but what if a student wants to cite past unpublished college papers that they wrote for a class? Students are concerned about Turnitin scores being too high from re-using work from their own past papers. What is the policy and format for citing your own old unpublished college papers?

 

APA style:

I.e., if say student Joe Jones, a student or former student at Rice University wanted to cite a paper he wrote in a previous course in 2012, the in text citation could appear like this:

Jones (2012) outlined the association concerning narcissism and destructive leadership.....

In the References list:

Jones, J. (2012). Title of the research paper. Unpublished manuscript. Rice University, Houston, TX.

 

Ah very good. Thanks for sharing!

 

You're welcome; glad it was of some help to you.