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to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own to use (another's production) without crediting the source to commit literary theft to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source PLAGIARISM IS…

turning in someone else's work as your own copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit failing to put a quotation in quotation marks giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not All of the following are considered plagiarism:

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM

Submitting another’s work as your own, word for word #1 CLONE

Contains significant portions of text from a single source without alterations #2 CTRL-C

Changing key words and phrases but retaining the essential content of the source #3 FIND—REPLACE

Paraphrases from multiple sources, made to fit together #4 REMIX

Borrows generously from the writer’s previous work without citation #5 RECYCLE

Combines perfectly cited sources with copied passages without citation # 6 HYBRID

Mixes copied material from multiple sources #7 MASHUP

Includes citations to non- existent or inaccurate information about sources #8 404 ERROR

Includes proper citation to sources but the paper contains almost no original work # 9 AGGREGATOR

Includes proper citation, but relies too closely on the text’s original wording and/or structure %20digital%20natives,%20digital%20immigrants%20-%20part1.pdf %20digital%20natives,%20digital%20immigrants%20-%20part1.pdf #10 RETWEET

PREVENTION

Evaluate your sources carefully for accuracy, reliability, and validity first. Consider using different colored pens for information taken from each source. Any personal analysis that you jot down in your notes should be in yet another color or font (or maybe highlighted), so you remember what you got from an outside source and what is your original thinking. For lines you think you might use word-for-word, copy them carefully and put quotes around them (“ ”). That way you won’t forget it’s a direct quote. For information that you want to present in your own words, paraphrase but still note the source because you will still need to cite it! TAKE EFFECTIVE NOTES

1.Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning. 2.Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase on a note card. 3.Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to remind you later how you envision using this material. At the top of the note card, write a key word or phrase to indicate the subject of your paraphrase. How to Paraphrase

1.Check your rendition with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form. 2.Use quotation marks to identify any unique term or phrasing you have borrowed exactly from the source. 3.Record the source (including the page) on your note card so that you can credit it easily if you decide to incorporate the material into your paper. How to Paraphrase

Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final [research] paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers. 2nd ed. (1976): ORIGINAL TEXT

Students often use too many direct quotations when they take notes, resulting in too many of them in the final research paper. In fact, probably only about 10% of the final copy should consist of directly quoted material. So it is important to limit the amount of source material copied while taking notes. PLAGIARIZED

In research papers students often quote excessively, failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable level. Since the problem usually originates during note taking, it is essential to minimize the material recorded verbatim (Lester 46-47). ACCEPTABLE PARAPHRASE