No More Cat and Mouse Debbie Abilock Cofounder, NoodleTools, Inc.

What research, practice and common sense tell us about how to do honest and intelligent academic work?

What is plagiarism? Blocks of text without attribution Omitting citations Mistakes in citations Paraphrase uses author’s words Purchasing a paper Collaborating with others Intent?

Look it up in Google Take the first results Print everything Abilock and Crider 11/05/03, NECC 06, CAIS 09, TLA 09, Vt. 2010, ACAMIs 2011 Look at it Open a word processor Paste interesting bits together

Close, Chuck. James Oil on canvas. Doris and Donald Fisher Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Remix 1590 A long tradition of quoting without attribution

The most widely analyzed and copied work in Western painting Velázquez, Diego. Las Meninas Prado, Madrid. Wikipedia. Web. 2 Jan

Velázquez, Diego. Las Meninas Museu Picasso, Barcelona. Ajuntament de Barcelona. Web. 2 Jan

Valdés, Manolo. El Recinte [The Exhibition] Arte Spain. Ocio Networks, 6 Aug Web. 2 Jan Matisse, Sophie. Las Meninas Angel Flores Jr. Multiply, 24 July Web. 2 Jan

High-stakes shape attribution Career Money Success Competition Callahan, David. The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead. New York: Houghton, Print.

A lucrative global business… Student Submits assignment, orders paper $20‐40 per page Essay millUkraine, Philippines Exchanges Paper written money,within a week orders and delivers paper Bartlett, Thomas. "Cheating Goes Global as Essay Mills Multiply." Chronicle of Higher Education. Chronicle of Higher Education, 20 Mar Web. 3 May

College Presidents? Parker, Kim, Amanda Lenhart, and Kathleen Moore. The Digital Revolution and Higher Education. Pew Internet. Pew Internet and American Life Project, 28 Aug Web. 5 Sept

Plus ça change (plus c'est la même chose) “Despite the perception that cheating has gotten out of hand with so much online content available to copy, the numbers have not changed much over the two decades that (the Clemson’s national survey) has been conducted…What has changed is how much easier it is to find plagiarism. ” Parry, Marc. "Software Catches (and Also Helps) Young Plagiarists." Chronicle of Higher Education. Chronicle of Higher Education, 6 Nov Web. 5 Apr

Faculty, staff, parents, students… © Susan Geiger

Plagiarism or Synthesis: What do They Look Like?

“If I paraphrased my old essay do I cite the whole thing?” Unshelved, used with permission

Big ideas of citation Source quality contributes to your credibility. Consistent, accurate citation strengthens your position Your audience changes your presentation: - What you document - Your tone and voice - The words you use Documentation is discourse: - A dialogue with your sources - A dialogue with others interested in your topic

Questions students have sent to NoodleTools experts… Do I cite a.pdf as a book or a Web page? How do I know if it’s a journal? What is the database name? Can I use the footer date for the date published? What is the correct title: the title page or the cataloging page? The browser blue bar or the heading on the web page? Is it ok to cite a quote from Amazon’s “search inside the book” even though I didn’t use the book? How many words do I need to change in my paraphrase? Is it ok to use Wikipedia but not cite it?

A notecard is an organizer for ideas Copy and paste here Capture the author’s words and images Get quotes and attribution right Mark up the quote

Note Taking Why copy and paste? Keep unique words or logic - Apt phrase, eloquent argument, visual explanation Assure accuracy of quotes Capture what you don’t understand Later can refer back to an authority - Support your idea with an expert Search/compare across sources

Paraphrase or summarize Paraphrase here Explain it to yourself In words you understand Look back at the quote – got it all?

Original thinking here What do you wonder? How does this fit with what you know? What can you follow up on? “My Ideas” is for questions, brainstorming…

You’ll get quotes and attribution right!

Then start to mark it up

Close reading boosts your comprehension Help

Explain it to yourself Help

If your note isn’t linked to a source, find it in this list of all your sources

If you can, add a tag now…

Your new notecards are waiting on the tabletop

Add colors and cues to remind yourself what needs to be done and what’s important.

Piles are possible subtopics for an outline

Drag notes and piles into your outline

Source evaluation Justify your choices "Have I gathered enough information and met the requirements?“ “Is this the right balance of print and online sources for my research?“ Did I make full use of the types of resources available to me? Is currency important because I am reporting on a time‐sensitive issue or evolving topic?

Use your “noodle”! Stay organized, feel successful Access your work from home and school Safeguard against accidental plagiarism Spend your time thinking and creating (not on commas) Get curious, feel creative…have fun!

Beyond Cut-and-Paste Research, practice, and common sense Debbie Abilock Abilock & Geiger 11/16/04, rev. 09/9/05, Abilock & Smith 3/1/07, Burkes 9/5/07, WLMA 10/11/08, CAIS 09, TLA 09, Vt. 2010, ACAMIS 2011, AISL 2012