Hello, I'm now writing my thesis mainly about flood mitigation in a city. I described a lot about the country and then going deeper to my selected city. Could you give me advice! does it sound good even I talk much about the country above? And I also copied many articles to support my study, is it a bad idea?
Copying a lot of articles is a definite bad idea. People will consider this as a plagiarism. You can use some quotes only or some pieces of information (and of course, with telling from where is the information). You have to meet all your thesis requirements first of all. Capacity, style, format, etc. Then think about how valuable is your thesis. Is there something new and interesting? Don't make your work just full of dry facts, add interesting relevant information and analyze each aspect of the topic. It means you should not write only about the country in your thesis.
Ok, so I would say yes, you need to talk about the country to some extent. But I reiterate - you can not copy articles. This is plagiarism and if you are in a UK university, your work will be put through a plagiarism checker and this will be picked up and you will be penalised for it. You are supposed to paraphrase content and structure of information in articles you are referencing.
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