Plagiarism: What’s the big deal??

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Plagiarism is theft. It involves: stealing from someone else Ideas Words/text Images Sounds/music And lying about it later By passing it off as your own work

Plagiarism: what is it? Plagiarize verb: to steal and pass off as one’s own (the ideas or words of another): use without crediting the source: to commit literary theft. "Plagiarize." Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language unabridged. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam- Webster, 1986. Print.

It may look like everyone’s doing it…

Things that make you go “hmmm…” Is it cheating if… You have written a research paper for your ENG 113-Literature-Based Research class. You ask your friend to proof-read it. On the first day of classes you learn that the final paper is on a topic you wrote a paper for last semester for another class. You print off a new copy and turn it in with a new cover page. Let’s find out!

Plagiarism: what does it look like? The Pinch Hitter Copying someone else’s work or idea word for word to use as your own Purchasing or downloading a paper online image credit to Tim O’Brien on Flickr

Plagiarism: what does it look like? The Patchwork Quilt copying and pasting portions from several different sources to create one document image credit to Christiane Struck on Flickr

Plagiarism: what does it look like? The Thesaurus-Rex Using synonyms to replace keywords, yet maintaining the source’s original content image credit to Nina Matthews on Flickr

Plagiarism: what does it look like? Attack of the Clones Paraphrasing from multiple sources (without citing) to create one document image credit to Erik Veland on Flickr

Plagiarism: what does it look like? The Doppelganger Submitting a paper for one class that you previously used in another image credit to Taro Taylor on Flickr

Plagiarism: what does it look like? The Bait and Switch Creating fake citations Listing sources in a bibliography that you did not use in your paper Providing inaccurate citation information image credit to Mark Kobayashi-Hillary on Flickr

Survey Says… You have written a research paper for your ENG 113-Literature-Based Research class. You ask your friend to proof-read it. Cheating Not Cheating On the first day of classes you learn that the final paper is on a topic you wrote a paper for last semester for another class. You print off a new copy and turn it in with a new cover page. Plagiarism Not Plagiarism

I’ll take Plagiarism for $300, Alex After reading several book chapters and articles on the fall of the Roman Empire for a Western Civilization class, you decide that none of them considered climate change. You put climate change in as your thesis statement about the fall without any citations. Plagiarism Not Plagiarism You are supposed to have 9 sources for a paper. You only use 7 in your research, so you enter in 2 additional sources you didn’t actually use in your bibliography.

I’d like to buy a vowel, Pat As you are writing a paper, you copy and paste into MSWord from different online journals, books and web pages. You go back and reword a lot of what you copied and rearrange the information so it makes sense. Since you have changed a good percentage of what you brought into your paper, you decide not to cite the sources. Plagiarism Not Plagiarism It’s the night before a paper is due and you have a quote in your paper that is really good, but you can’t find the book or article where you got it. You decide to pass the quote off as your own idea and not cite it. It’s just one quote, after all.

At Haywood Community College, plagiarism could cost you… A passing grade on an assignment A passing grade for a course If the sanction results in a "W", "WF", or "F" for the course, the following could be negatively impacted: Scholarship or financial aid awards A diploma, certificate, or degree from HCC

How can you fight plagiarism? Know the differences between: “ Quoting ” To repeat or copy, word for word, from an author or person of authority Paraphrasing To reword or restate the meaning of a text in another form Original ideas

How can you fight plagiarism? Cite the sources that you use accurately Citation style guides When in doubt, cite it out! Why Cite? Show respect Breadcrumbs for others Avoid plagiarism

Cite your sources, cite your sources, cite your sources What does a citation look like? What makes up a citation? Citing Journal/Magazine Articles Citing Books Author Title of Article Title of work Title of Journal Publication Date, Publisher Volume/Issue Page numbers Publication Date Page Numbers

Use the resources available at HCC What else? Use the resources available at HCC 1. The Library and its friendly staff 2. NCKnows (24/7 Reference) 3. The Teaching and Learning Center 4. Your academic advisor or instructor “Librarian The Original Search Engine” image credit to cafepress.com

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