Plagiarism

What Is Plagiarism? Using the words, ideas and opinions of others as your own without reference to the actual author.

Why Do Students Cheat? We gain our opinions and ideas about issues through conversations, reading and the Internet, but often neglect to mention those sources The concept of plagiarism doesn't exist in some cultures Academic-performance anxiety Ignorance The outright act of stealing others ideas and hoping to get away with it

How Does Plagiarism Hurt A Students Work? Citation shows that the writer’s work is part of a textual conversation. Not citing resources misleads the author’s audience, destroys your credibility, and corrupts the textual conversation.

Strategies To Avoid Plagiarism Ask the following questions about your work: How reliable are my sources? Have I used my sources accurately? Have I given credit to everyone who has contributed to my work?

MLA Citation When using someone else’s work within your own you must give that person the credit they deserve. The excepted citation style within the Humanities is called MLA.

MLA Citation When using MLA citation, we cite the author and the page number by the particular passage (Hallenbeck 7). Next we provide our readers with a work cited page, so that they can search out that source if they would like to know more on the subject.

MLA and Work Cited Citation on the work cited page is structured as follows: Author. “Title of Essay.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor’s Name. Town: Publishing Company, year published. Page Number(s). Feldman, Paula R. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, More, Hannah. “The Black Slave Trade: A Poem.” British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Paula R. Feldman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP,