1. Plagiarism

2. Aim: To discuss plagiarism. How to identify it? How to avoid it? Do Now: Is using someone’s else’s ideas in a research paper allowed? Yes or No. Explain your choice.

3. Yes. It is allowed as long as credit is given where credit is due.

4. Three types of Plagiarism Direct Quotes Paraphrasing/Summarizing Ideas of Others

5. Direct quotes When using direct quotes within a research paper you must include “ ” If you do not put direct quotes in quotation marks you are passing the words as your own. Intentional plagiarism

6. Paraphrasing/Summarizing Be careful about rewriting someone else’s words. Use your own words. Unintentional plagiarism

7. Ideas of Others Give credit to ideas others have thought up. If you present the ideas of another without crediting them, you have plagiarized them. No ideas are truly original. Research Paper Mottos: Give credit where credit is due. It is better to over cite than under cite.

8. Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism Use quotes. When paraphrasing, do not use direct words. Instead interpret what you have read. Essentially, put in your own words. Don’t use the Web to look for “easy’ paper sources.

9. Detecting plagiarized papers Writing style, language, vocabulary, tone, grammar, etc. is different than what you expect from the student. Different writing styles, tones, language, etc. in different parts of paper.

10. Plagiarism Practice Identify the forms of citation used for the following passage: Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Many a man believes himself to be the master of others who is, no less than they, a slave. How did this change take place? I do not know. What can make it legitimate? To this question I hope to be able to furnish an answer. I. In an essay examining the relationship of humanity and society, Rousseau asserts that “man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains” (Rousseau 57). a) Paraphrase b) Quotation c) Summary II. Rousseau suggests that, although they come into the world uninhibited, human beings find themselves universally oppressed. (Rousseau 57) a) Paraphrase b) Quotation c) Summary III. In his essay, “The Origin of Civil Society,” Rousseau questions his observations of humanity, which indicate that a person’s free nature and his or her actual social status are in conflict. a) Paraphrase b) Quotation c) Summary

11. Adapted from: Michael Lorenzen LIB 197 23 September 2003