T. D. Mantei Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

T. D. Mantei Plagiarism Plagiarize: “To take ideas or writings from another and pass them off as one’s own.” (Webster’s New World Dictionary, 2nd College Ed., Collins)

T. D. Mantei Plagiarism To plagiarize means to copy something that someone else wrote or said without telling where you found it.

T. D. Mantei Plagiarism Plagiarism is not good professional behavior: Don’t do it!

T. D. Mantei How do you know if you are plagiarizing? “You are plagiarizing if you copy from published sources without adequate documentation.”

T. D. Mantei What are the penalties for plagiarism? Failing grade for a paper or a course Retraction of a journal paper Retraction of the graduate degree Expulsion from the University

T. D. Mantei How do you avoid plagiarism? You must give credit whenever: You use another person's idea, opinion, or theory.

T. D. Mantei How do you avoid plagiarism? You must give credit whenever: You use any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings--any pieces of information--that are not common knowledge.

T. D. Mantei How do you avoid plagiarism? You must give credit whenever: You use quotations of another person's actual spoken or written words.

T. D. Mantei How do you avoid plagiarism? You must give credit whenever: You paraphrase another person's spoken or written words. (To paraphrase means to express another person's spoken or written words in your own words).

T. D. Mantei How do you give credit? Use references! The proof of Theorem 1 does not require NP completeness. (these someone else’s words) It has been shown that the proof of Theorem 1 does not require NP completeness F. Chen, Proceedings of …. Chen has shown that the proof of Theorem 1 does not require NP completeness F. Chen, Proceedings of ….

T. D. Mantei How do you give credit? Use references! This system remains linear at all frequencies. (someone else’s words) It has been shown that this system remains linear at all frequencies P. Das, IEEE Transactions on… It was shown by Das 7 that this system remains linear at all frequencies. 7. P. Das, IEEE Transactions on…

T. D. Mantei How do you give credit? Use references! Suppose you want to use someone’s equations: (these are someone else’s equations) The following system of equations, from Sugai and Samukawa, 18 provides the basis for our model S. Sugai and T. Samukawa, J. Appl. Phys. 21, …

T. D. Mantei Suppose you want to use someone’s exact words If you use someone else’s exact words, you must use quotation marks and then reference. Plasma etching is the only commercially viable procedure for removing material from surfaces. (taken from a book) “Plasma etching is the only commercially viable procedure for removing material from surfaces.” M. Lieberman, in Principles of Plasma Discharges…

T. D. Mantei Or, use your own words (paraphrase) and then reference: It has been said that only plasma etching is commercially viable for the removal of material from surfaces M. Lieberman, in Principles of Plasma Discharges…

T. D. Mantei When don’t you have to give credit? When something is general knowledge (i.e., given in every textbook), then it is not necessary to reference. Ex: Silicon is a Group IV semiconductor. Light has both a wave and a particle nature. Every modern computer has an operating system. World War II ended in Paris is the capital of France. F = m a E = mc 2 Etc.

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