Plagiarism

Jeffrey DonnellMRDC 3104894-8568

August, 2010

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From a previous project: Did the student team members take these photographs?

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Authorship and Ownership

Documents and images are • Created by people• Owned by people or companies

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/sports/football/02manning.html?hp

You must acknowledge both author and owner

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From theGT Student Code of Conduct

Plagiarism:

Submission of material that is wholly or substantially identical to that created or published by another person or persons, without adequate credit notations indicating the authorship.

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In practical terms:

You must give credit, with documentation, when you use others’:

• Words• Drawings / diagrams• Photographs • Calculations

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Unintended PlagiarismWithout Acknowledgment:

• Explaining your designs with photos from the Web.

• Copying an explanation from the Web and using it in your work.

• Obtaining a material property from the Web and using it in your work.

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Acknowledging Sources

1. Cite the source in your text2. Create a reference entry, showing:

Author name(s)Title of the documentPlace and type of publicationPublisher nameDate of publicationPage number(s)

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Appropriate use of Source--I

You looked up the density of Aluminum for your ME 3057 lab report, then wrote this:

“The density of aluminum T6101, ρ is 0.00277 g/mm3 [1]. If sin(θ) is sufficiently small…..”

Reference[1] J. M. Gere, Mechanics of Materials, 5th ed., Pacific Grove California: Brooks/Cole, 2001, p. 989.

0)sin('' =+× θθ mgLI

Citation

Reference

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Appropriate use of Source--II

“Figure 1 displays the major veins of a normal human leg….

Figure 1. The veins of a normal leg [1]

The Image you obtained

The Citation that shows you got it somewhere else

Your Caption

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The IEEE Editorial Style Manual

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/publications/authors/transjnl/stylemanual.pdf

Reference entries are discussed beginningon Page 6.Electronic sources are discussed beginning onPage 10.

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Example IEEE Reference List1) an article, 2) an image

References

[1] A. Khalid, J. Huey, W. Singhose, J. Lawrence, D. Frakes, “Human Operator Performance Testing Using an Input-Shaped Bridge Crane,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control (electronic version), vol. 128 (4), pp. 835-842, 2006.

[2] The University of Iowa Department of Radiology, “The VNUS®

Closure® Procedure for Varicose Veins,” (Electronic Database), (Cited 6-7-06), http://www.radiology.uiowa.edu/pi/vnus/about/

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An Example Plagiarism Case

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Singhose, 1996 Palaez, 2005

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Singhose, 1996 Palaez, 2005

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Result: Public Censure

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