Who Says? Holdstein & Aquiline, Chapter 3 Plagiarism 1

What it is First, it’s important that you are ethical about where your information comes from. Plagiarism is: 1.Using someone else’s ideas or words and passing them off as your own 2.Not giving credit/proper citations 3.Not putting quotation marks around a direct quote, unless it’s an indented blockquote (>5 lines) ; [Q: What is an “indirect quote”?] 4.Paying for work that you submit 5.[Re-submitting something you got credit for in another class.] 2

Not a good thing It violates academic integrity. It’s an admission of defeat. [Third offense at La Salle subject to expulsion] Plagiarism is related to copyright infringement; so be careful of images, videos, and so on. You need to give credit [and get permission or pay; don’t write “Photo courtesy of Google.”] Often, though plagiarism is unintentional. That is often just substituting a few synonyms, sometimes called “plagiaphrasing.” They say three or more words that are the same should be quoted [but better to quote full sentences]. Be sure to give in-text citation for ideas (that have been paraphrased) 3

Why you still need resources It shows you’ve done your work. You are valuing the work of others. You want to be an ethical writer. You can engage with your resources in a “conversation.” 4

When not to cite Generally this is when it is “common knowledge,” but that is a matter of judgment. Includes well-known date or fact (JFK assassinated November 22, 1963 Knowledge people “should” know [tricky—their example is the three basic types of clouds; what are they?] (cumulus, cirrus, stratus) Something eventually becomes common knowledge because it’s cited often (Michael Phelps has the gold medal record). 5

A note on notes These can be cards [not required] or just digital which you can shift around later. MSWord, or the Notes app on your phone. Try to print parts you might use, or quote. Use notes to start your paraphrase. [This is in part why you do annotated bibliographies.] Get source info so you don’t have to look it up again. Remember to include the UIRL or DOI, full journal cites i.e. volume, issue, pages, e.g. J. of Blah, 18(3), Don’t look at the source when you are making notes/annotations. Go back to it afterwards. 6