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AVOID PLAGIARISM!

2010/2011 Orientation Programme for the New Nigerian Students 1

Mudathir Funsho Akorede

Graduate Student Member, IEEE Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department, UPM,

Serdang, Malaysia

8th August, 2010

If You Don’t Know How to Paste, Don’t Cut!

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Presentation Outline• What is Plagiarism?• Types of Plagiarism• Who Could be Involved in

Plagiarism?• Why Do People Plagiarise?• How is Plagiarism Detected?• Sanctions for the Plagiarist• How to Avoid Plagiarism• Concluding Remarks

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What is Plagiarism? From a Latin word which means kidnapping.

Plagiarism is stealing of another person's ideas, expressions or any other creative tasks and presenting them as one’s.

i.e. Without Giving Credit or Proper Citation to the Original Work.

It’s A Break of Academic and Professional Ethics and Morality

It is an Academic Theft; Hence a Serious Offence!!!

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Types of Plagiarism Based on the Intensity

Minimal Plagiarism Substantial Plagiarism Complete Plagiarism

Unintentional Plagiarism Paraphrasing Poorly Quoting Poorly Citing Poorly

Intentional Plagiarism Cutting and Pasting from different Sources without

giving Credit Borrowing Words or Ideas from others without

giving Credit Copying Essays from the Internet without Proper

Referencing Self Plagiarism Source:

www.centralia.edu/academics/writingcenter/


"Dramatic changes in the non-Aboriginal community's appreciation of the importance of women as social and ceremonial agents in Aboriginal society had translated into pressure of demand in the art world for Papunya women's paintings."

(Johnson, V. 1994, Aboriginal artists of the western desert, Roseville East, NSW: Craftsman House : p. 18).

The plagiarised text:Johnson (1994) explains that dramatic changes in the non-Aboriginal community's appreciation of the importance of women as social and ceremonial agents in Aboriginal society had translated into pressure of demand in the art world for Papunya women's paintings.

" There is a strong market demand for eco-tourism in Australia. Its rich and diverse natural heritage ensures Australia's capacity to attract international ecotourists and gives Australia a comparative advantage in the highly competitive tourism industry."

(Weaver, D. (Ed.) 2000, The encyclopedia of ecotourism, New York: CABI Publishing: p. 143).

The plagiarised text:There is a high market demand for eco-tourism in Australia. Australia has a comparative advantage in the highly competitive tourism industry due to its rich and varied natural heritage which ensures Australia's capacity to attract international ecotourists.

Source: http://library.curtin.edu.au/study-and-research-tools/online-tutorials/studytrekk/trek6.cfm

Plagiarism Examples


What is NOT Plagiarism?" More and more occasions require negotiation; conflict is a growth

industry. Everyone wants to participate in decisions that affect them; fewer and fewer people will accept decisions dictated by someone else."

(Fisher, R., & Ury, W. 1991, Getting to Yes - negotiating an agreement without giving in. London, Random House : p. xiii).

Correctly used in an essay: Fisher & Ury (1991) believe that because people want to be involved in the decision making process, rather than be given instructions, negotiation is an essential skill.

Source: http://library.curtin.edu.au/study-and-research-tools/online-tutorials/studytrekk/trek6.cfm

" For a cinema whose heroic male leads had been figures like Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, and Paul Hogan, the films of the early 1990s represented a radical shift in its image of Australian masculinity".

(Butters, P. 2001, 'Becoming a man in Australian films in the Early 1990s' in I. Craven (Ed.), Australian cinema in the 1990s. London, Frank Cass : p. 79).

Correctly used in an essay: Butters (2001) discusses a move away from the traditional movie heroes, and suggests that more recent films "represented a radical shift in its image of Australian masculinity".

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Who Could be Involved in Plagiarism?


Majorly Students (All Categories)

Lecturers; Professors Inclusive

Authors of any Kind

Researchers

Journalists

Publishers


Lack of Adequate Knowledge About Plagiarism. Could Lead to Unintentional Plagiarism

Laziness Time to Type/Draw. Just Cut and Paste, I’m Done!

Writer’s Block The Feeling That One’s Work/Writing is

Inferior Poor Time Management Thinking One Cannot be Caught The Impression that Others also Do

Why Do People Plagiarise?

Source: http://www.geneseo.edu/~elmore/Why_plagiarism.htm

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How is Plagiarism Detected?

World Wide Web. Students Use the Internet to Cut and Paste

Works So Also Lecturers Use the Same Internet to

Detect Plagiarism Google.Com – a Popular Search Engine

By typing in five consecutive words from the text, internet-based plagiarised source could be discovered.

Use of Software Turnitin via UPM Library or its Website WriteCheck

The Owner of the Original Work or Other Readers.


Source: http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/resources/plagiarism/06detection.htm

http://www.lib.upm.edu.my/

http://turnitin.com/static/index.html


Sanctions for the Plagiarist Termination of Candidature for

Students Withdrawal of the Conferred Degree End of One’s Academic Career Retraction of the Published Work Suspension by the

Publisher/Professional Body Loss of Integrity and Trustworthiness Source:

http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/resources/plagiarism/06detection.htm

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleListURL&_method=list&_ArticleListID=1423240805&_sort=r&_st=4&_acct=C000012478&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=152286&md5=9603842c735bc6d4ce4212e205478ba6


How to Avoid Plagiarism

Use of One’s Words and Ideas Proper Referencing Checking One’s Writing against the Sources’

Writing before Paper Submission Using Turnitin or WriteCheck Software

Good Time Management Don’t Look at the Original Work While Typing

Your Own

Source: http://www.swinburne.edu.my/docs/plagiarism_guide_sc.pdf


Concluding Remarks

1. Plagiarism is a Serious Academic Crime.

3. Stiff Sanctions

Await A

Plagiarist.

2. Plagiarism Could be

Detected Easily Nowadays.

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