Plagiarism

•Doing research puts you in a position to present views relevant to your topic other than your own.

•You will discover many interesting ideas. But be sure you keep track of which ideas are your own and which come from other people.

•You must cite your sources correctly and give credit to others where it is due. That honesty in dealings regarding your coursework is known as academic integrity.

Plagiarism Steals IdeasWhat is plagiarism?

•The word plagiarism comes from a Latin word for kidnapping. You know that kidnapping is stealing a person. Well, plagiarism is stealing a person's ideas or writing.

Why Avoid Plagiarism?•Most schools are pretty strict about plagiarism. If

you're caught, you can wind up suspended or worse. At the very least, you're going to fail the assignment.

•When you're in college, schools will expel, or kick out, students who plagiarize. When you're kicked out of one college, it can be difficult to get into another.

Plagiarism Is Lazy• Though plagiarism can be accidental, it's sometimes

done on purpose and that's just being lazy. By copying whole paragraphs from different places, you don't have to spend the time thinking about the subject, gathering your own thoughts about it, and then putting it into original words. Cut, paste, and you're done.

• But this is a shortcut that will catch up with you, even if you don’t get caught for plagiarism. It's important for you to be able to research a subject, think about it, and then come up with something interesting to say. This skill is important in elementary school, middle school, high school, college, and beyond.

•Ask yourself, "Am I using this to avoid doing my own work? Is it easier just to copy this?"

• If the answer is yes, beware. You just might be plagiarizing.

In academic writing you must show that you have read and understood the information by reading BUT not by copying what they say.

There are two things you can do to avoid being accused of plagiarism:

In the parts of your writing that rely on sources for information, paraphrasing should be used the most.

As well as stating the important points you should also explain the points. By doing this you go beyond merely repeating the information which you have found. This is what makes a good assignment

•Technique 1:  Paraphrasing (re-writing in your own words)

There are times when you can quote directly from your source material. However, you must follow certain rules. We will discuss APA citation on the next powerpoint.

Very short parts of a source text (e.g. part of a sentence) can be copied when needed. However, the words that you have copied must be immediately obvious to your reader. You must also take care not to change any of the words.

The exact source of your quotation must be acknowledged.

•Technique 2:  Follow the rules when copying directly from a text

To be successful at direct quotation (copying) you need to indicate two things:

Exactly WHAT is copied.

Exactly WHERE it is copied from (acknowledging your sources).

It's not always easy to tell what's plagiarism and what's not. Sometimes, it's accidental — you really intended to do your own work, but instead ended up with some sentences that sound just like something you've read.

So even if you put the information into your own words, you still should list the source. Ask yourself, "Would I know this if I hadn't read it on that website or in that book?" If the answer is no, list your source.

Here are 3 examples of unintentional plagiarism?

1. Forgetting to cite your sources in your paper. 2. Citing sources incorrectly or inaccurately. 3. Second-language writers attempting to avoid grammatical errors by copying sentences or paragraphs without quoting or citing them.

What if I plagiarize unintentionally? (I didn’t mean to plagiarize.)

1. Cutting and pasting or copying sentences or paragraphs from a source without quoting and citing them.

2. Presenting paraphrased information from a source without citing it.

3. Copying a paper from a friend or online paper mill such as cheathouse.com

What are 3 examples of intentional plagiarism?

Don'ts Don't cheat. Don't lie. Don't steal. Don't misrepresent others work as yours.

Do's Do share ideas with one another. Do swap writing. Do edit another's paper from time to time. Do learn to like your writing; even when it's bad, hand it in any way, and know I'll always find something to like about it. Do expect to make mistakes managing and citing sources. Do expect to correct them.

You are plagiarizing when you copy the words or the thoughts of someone else and do not tell your audience that those words or thoughts were not originally your own.

Review: What is plagiarism?

1. What is the definition of plagiarism?2. What if you paraphrased some else’s work and didn’t give it credit. Is this plagiarism?3. What if you find a picture on the web that would look good in your paper and copy and paste it into your paper. Is that plagiarism?4. What is the most obvious type of plagiarism?5. If you used Thomas Jefferson's exact words from some document he wrote, and didn't give credit, would that be plagiarism?6. What is one way to not plagiarize?

1. Question: What is the definition of plagiarism? Answer: Taking someone else's work and claiming it as your own.

2. Question: What if you paraphrased someone else’s work and didn’t give it credit. Is this plagiarism? Answer: Yes

3. Question: What if you find a picture on the web that would look good in your paper and copy and paste it into your paper. Is that plagiarism? Answer: Yes

4. Question: What is the most obvious type of plagiarism? Answer: Copy and Paste

5. Question: If you used Thomas Jefferson's exact words from some document he wrote, and didn't give credit, would that be plagiarism? Answer: Yes

6. Question: What is one way to not plagiarize? Answer: Cite your sources