The horrors of and how to avoid them

The unacknowledged use of somebody else’s Words or ideas

REMEMBER

ONCE YOUR TEACHER SEES YOU AS A CHEATER…

IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CHANGE THIS IMAGE OF YOU

WHEN TO GIVE CREDIT:

WHENEVER YOU ARE USING OR REFERRING TO words or ideas from

magazinemagazine bookbook TV program newspapernewspaper songsong moviemovie Computer program Web page letterletter advertisementadvertisement OR ANY OTHER MEDIUM

WHEN YOU USE INFORMATION GAINED THROUGH INTERVIEWING ANOTHER PERSON

WHENEVER YOU COPY THE EXACT WORDS OR A UNIQUE PHRASE FROMSOMEWHERE

WHEN YOU REPRINT DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS, AND PICTURES

WHEN YOU USE IDEAS OTHERS GAVE YOU IN CONVERSATIONS OVER

SO WHAT DO YOU DO?

Q

Q MARK EVERYTHING THAT IS SOMEONE ELSE’S WORDS WITH A BIG Q FOR QUOTE OR WITH BIG QUOTATION MARKS

INDICATE IN YOUR NOTES WHICH IDEAS ARE TAKEN FROM SOURCES (S) AND WHICH ARE YOUR OWN INSIGHTS (ME)

{ { RELY ONLY ON YOUR MEMORY Write your own paraphrase and summary without looking at the original text

Check your version with the original for accuracy and mistakenly borrowed phrases

DON’T: JUST CHANGE A FEW WORDS AND PHRASES JUST CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE ORIGINAL SENTENCES FAIL TO CITE THE SOURCE OF ANY IDEA OR FACT

WHEN QUOTING DIRECTLY “ “

KEEP THE PERSON’S NAME NEAR THE QUOTE IN YOUR NOTES AND IN YOUR PAPER

SELECT QUOTES WITH THE MOST IMPACT SELECT QUOTES WITH THE MOST IMPACT “ “

too many direct quotes may lesson your credibility and interfere with your writing style

How do students avoid

YOU MUST GIVE CREDIT WHENEVER: YOU USE ANOTHER PERSON’S OPINION OR THEORY

YOU MUST GIVE CREDIT WHENEVER: YOU USE QUOTATIONS OF ANOTHER PERSON’S ACTUAL SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WORDS.

YOU MUST GIVE CREDIT WHENEVER: YOU PARAPHRASE ANOTHER PERSON’S SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WORDS.

YOU MUST GIVE CREDIT WHENEVER: YOU USE ANY FACTS, STATISTICS, GRAPHS, DRAWINGS—ANY PIECES OF INFORMATION– THAT ARE NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE

WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE?

Plagiarism includes copying homework, copying lab reports, copying computer programs, using a work or portion of a work written or created by another but not crediting the source, using one’s own work completed in a previous class without permission, paraphrasing another’s work without giving credit, borrowing or using ideas without giving credit, and purchasing or copying an entire paper, perhaps making some alterations in the introduction and conclusion of the paper, and presenting the work as your own.

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