the perils of plagiarism

The Perils of Plagiarism

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http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/overview

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary…

• Plagiarize:– To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of

another) as one’s own– To use (another’s production) without crediting

the source– To commit literary theft– To present as new and original an idea or product

derived from an existing source.

STEALING LYING

http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/types-of-plagiarism/

http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/glossary/

Facts:

Common knowledge or facts found in many sources.

Facts unique to certain research or ideas.

Must CiteNo cite needed

Check whether you can find it in a variety of sources

http://www.plagiarism.org/resources/facts-and-stats/


Milk has a lot of calcium.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor was December 7, 1941.

Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of killing President Kennedy.

Examples of Common Knowledge

Paraphrase:

• “A restatement of a text or passage in other words.”

• “A paraphrase must make significant changes in the style and voice of the original while retaining the essential ideas.”


Is this paraphrasing?

When playing in the outfield, it is important to keep alert of how deep or how shallow you are in case of fly balls.

When playing as an outfielder, it is essential that you are aware of how deep or how shallow you are in the grass so that if a batter hits a fly ball you can run in the correct direction.

As an outfielder, a player needs to concentrate on his position: how close is he to the warning track or how close to the infield; this will help ensure that he can run in the correct direction when a fly ball is hit towards him.

Public Domain• No copyright protection• In general, anything published more than 75

years ago BUT not always – best to check!

Brave New World not

listed!http://www.plagiarism.org/resources/facts-and-stats/

Are all published works copyrighted?

• No.• Readily available information – like the phone

book.• # works published by the US government• Facts that are not the result of original

research• Works in the public domain (provided you cite

properly)


Self-Plagiarism

• You wrote a paper on traveling to Mars for science class in your freshman year. You have to write a paper on space travel for your senior science class. You do some more research and add a page or two to your freshman paper on advances that have happened in the last three years.

Plagiarism!

Punishments for PlagiarismAcademic: loss of credit; punishment; expulsion from university; and others

ZERO TOLERANCE

Personal & Professional: fine; trial – jail time; loss of income/job; loss of reputation; lawsuit; and others



The Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics surveyed 43,000 high school students in public and private schools and found that:- 59% of high school students admitting cheating on a

test during the last year; 34% self-reported doing it more than two times.

- One out of three high school students admitted that they used the internet to plagiarize an assignment.

Academic Integrity in High School Students


“In a survey of 24,000 students at 70 high schools, Donald McCabe (Rutgers University) found that 64% of students admitted to cheating on a test, 58% admitted to plagiarism and 95% said they participated in some form of cheating, whether it was on a test, plagiarism or copying homework.

Academic Integrity in High School Students

What will happen at VHS if you plagiarize?

Administration informed

Record of incident kept

Penalties given

Zero credit for work

Parents informed

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Plagiarism in the Real World

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Sample Scenarios

Must you cite?• You have been asked to write a report on

gorillas for biology class. You include the following information.

Gorillas are primates with 10 fingers and 10 toes.

Gorillas are sometimes hunted for meat.

There may only be 800 mountain gorillas left in the wild.

“Gorillas are capable of learning human communication,” says Dr.

Mun Kee

17% of a gorillas diet comes from leaves.

NO

NO

YESYES

YES

Is this plagiarism?• You doing a homework assignment for History

class on Confucius.

You write about your own feelings about something he wrote.

You find something on Wikipedia.

You find something in another language and then translate it

using Google or other site.

You copy word for word what your teacher told you about him.

NO

YES

YES

YES

UCSD SOURCESUC San Diego. (2010). The Library: Glossary: Academic Integrity. Retrieved from http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/guides/preventing-plagiarism/glossary.html

UC San Diego. (2010). The Library: Real World Examples. Retrieved from http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/guides/preventing-plagiarism/real-world-examples.html

UC San Diego. (2010). The Library: Tips to Avoid Plagiarism. Retrieved from http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/guides/preventing-plagiarism/tips-to-avoid-plagiarism.html


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