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GDP (Gross Domestic Product): It is the measure of all the money a country spends over a certain amount of time. If the number is high, the economy is doing well. World Health Organization: Affiliated with the U.N. Works in more than 150 countries to “ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people” Source: www.who.int Vocabulary!

WHAT IS IT AND HOW TO AVOID IT Plagiarism Presentation originally created by: Leah Bakely WHAT IS IT AND HOW TO AVOID IT

Official definition To plagiarize (verb): to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own :  use (another's production) without crediting the source

What does plagiarism look like? Copying someone’s work or using it without giving credit Citing a source improperly Failure to cite a source Creation of false sources Turning in another person’s work as your own

Consequences/punishment Failure of assignment!

How to avoid plagiarism SUMMARIZE You must reference the original source Your summary should be shorter than the text you are summarizing You must use your own words, usually with a very limited use of quotations

How to avoid plagiarism Paraphrase You must reference the original source The text you produce may be shorter or longer than the original text You must use your own words

How to avoid plagiarism Quote You must reference the original source The text produced is the exact length of the original text quoted (unless ellipses are used) You must use the original author’s exact words and you must put quotation marks around them You must include the page number of the source from which you borrowed the author’s original language

Situations that Don't Require Citations Your own ideas Common knowledge Historical overviews Conclusions that have formerly cited ideas

Modern Language Association (MLA) How to cite Modern Language Association (MLA) A full guide to citations can be found on their website: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resourc e/747/01/

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In text citation Indirect Quote: Some researchers note that "children are totally insensitive to their parents' shyness" (Zimbardo, 62). Direct Quote: Zimbardo notes that “children are totally insensitive to their parents’ shyness” (62). Paraphrasing/Summarizing: Some researchers have observed that children seem unaware that their parents are considered bashful (Zimbardo, 62).

What is a Works cited? A Works Cited is a list of sources that goes at the end of you paper or presentation that tells the reader all the sources you have used Formatting sources in a Works Cited is different from formatting an in text citation Use this website to help you with citations https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/ 05/

What information do I need to make a proper citation and works cited? According to the Purdue OWL site, you should keep information on the following for all of your sources: Author Title of source Title of container Other contributors Version Number Publisher Publication date Location

What if I can’t find all the information? Keep a record of all of the information on your source that you can. There will be some cases where you cannot find a particular author, or page numbers. This is ok!!! There are instructions on how to properly cite these on the Purdue OWL site. Keep in mind that there are different citation formats depending upon the type of source (online article, website, book, etc).

Examples Book Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Essay or Chapter in Book Author Last Name, Author First name. “Title of Essay/Chapter.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication. Article Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.

Examples Entire Website Author/Creator’s Name (if available). Name of Website. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Page on a Website Author Name (if available). “Name of Article.” Name of Website. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

Important reminders Always double check all your citations for accuracy, proper formatting, author and page number. Make sure all your in text citations match the sources listed in the Works Cited. Anyone reading your work should be able to easily locate the original source of any material you use in your own work.

Good sources University presses (Harvard, Cambridge) Major Publishing Houses (Penguin, Random House) Well Known Organizations (United Nations, Government websites) Well-Known Newspapers (New York Times) Well Known Media Sources (BBC, CNN) Magazines Online Journals  (JSTOR)

Bad Sources Wikipedia Personal Blogs Non credible newspapers, magazines, editorials Think about bias

Official Definition Bias verb: to give a settled and often prejudiced outlook to something noun: an inclination of temperament or outlook, especially a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment : PREJUDICE

Scenario 1 John is researching cell membranes for biology class. He uses information from his textbook about cell walls in his research. John doesn't cite the textbook because it's a class material and everyone who reads his research will know he got it from there. This is plagiarism because John took information from a source without citing it. Remember- ANYONE should be able to find his source, not just people familiar with the class materials.

Scenario 2 Kristina doesn't have time to do the homework, so her friend gives her permission to use her answers so long as she puts them in her own words. Kristina figures this is okay because she will be putting it in her own words and she has her friend’s permission. This is plagiarism because even though Kristina used her own words, she is taking her friend´s ideas and passing them off as her own. It doesn´t matter that her friend gave permission to use the answers because it is still not Kristina´s work.

Scenario 3 Gary pays another person to write his English paper for him. Gary puts his name on it and turns it in for a grade. Gary figured that this is okay since he paid for the paper, therefore it is his.

Scenario 4 Harry finds a great online resource for his research paper, however, he can't find an author for the article he wants to use. He still uses the article and follows the citation instructions to properly reference the online resource, even though can´t find the author to give credit.

Scenario 5 Kelly uses a direct quote from a newspaper article for her report. She uses an in-text citation to properly cite the resource in her report. She turns in the paper without a works cited because the information to find the newspaper article is in the citation.

Scenario 6 Carrie properly cites all of her resources for her research paper and also puts them in her works cited at the end. However, she can't remember what pages of a book she paraphrased information from, so she makes up some page numbers for that entry in her works cited.

Scenario 7 Catherine writes her research paper in Spanish and uses Google Translate to translate her paper into English rather than writing it again in English. She figures this is okay because the paper still has the same ideas and she wrote the original Spanish copy.

Scenario 8 Claire is writing about climate change and writes a sentence that says that greenhouse gases cause global warming. All of the articles she reads for her paper agree on this idea, but she doesn't put a citation for this sentence because she figures this information is common knowledge.

Scenario 9 James is writing a position paper and finds a blog post that supports his opinion. He uses quotes from the blog to write parts of his position paper and properly cites them in both the paper and works cited.