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St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre DEFINITION Literary theft. To use, and pass off as your own, someone else’s work

St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre IT IS: Illegal Unethical Dishonest Punishable with severe penalties In business, source of legal action

St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre D oes not have to be identical to the original, but it must be so similar that it is obvious that it has been copied “Legitimate borrowing takes place when a writer makes sparing use of some source material by fitting it in carefully in the body of his or her essay, without altering it or distorting it in a way that would upset the author.” (Fit To Print)

St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre IT IS NOT PLAGIARISM to use other people’s ideas or arguments to adopt character types, general plots, or other ideas from existing works IT IS PLAGIARISM to present other people’s ideas as your own to paraphrase the source’s language closely without using quotes to indicate borrowed words and phrases

St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre Includes: Direct quotes without acknowledging the source Presenting someone else’s ideas in your own words, without acknowledgment The use of someone else’s argument as the basis for your essay

St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre Copying from reference books (e.g. encyclopedias) Paraphrasing too closely so that it resembles the source Copying and pasting from a web site Use of another student’s work, even with permission Work acquired from commercial sources Using work written for another assignment without seeking permission from the teacher of the current class and the class from which the original work was used

St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre What is the Solution? Follow all steps in the process as assigned Keep all rough notes Acknowledge all sources Give credit for all quotes, ideas and arguments Use imbedded notes, footnotes, works cited where appropriate

St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre Write summaries and paraphrases from memory (with the book closed) Check to see if you are accurate Avoid ‘borrowing’ sentence structures and plugging in synonyms Use quotation marks When in doubt, document the source

St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre Works Cited Archer, Lynn, Costello, Cathy, Harvey, Debbie.Reading and Writing for Success (Teacher’s Guide) Buckley, Joanne. Fit to Print Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook for Writers

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