1. Plagiarism:
What’s the big deal??

2. Would you ever steal a car?

3. Would you ever rob a bank?

4. Plagiarism is theft. It involves: stealing from someone else
Ideas
Words/text
Images
Sounds/music
And lying about it later
By passing it off as your own work

5. Plagiarism: what is it? Plagiarize
verb: to steal and pass off as one’s own (the ideas or words of another): use without crediting the source: to commit literary theft.
"Plagiarize." Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language unabridged. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam- Webster, Print.

6. It may look like everyone’s doing it…

7. Things that make you go “hmmm…”
Is it cheating if…
You have written a research paper for your ENG 113-Literature-Based Research class. You ask your friend to proof-read it.
On the first day of classes you learn that the final paper is on a topic you wrote a paper for last semester for another class. You print off a new copy and turn it in with a new cover page.
Let’s find out!

8. Plagiarism: what does it look like?
The Pinch Hitter
Copying someone else’s work or idea word for word to use as your own
Purchasing or downloading a paper online
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9. Plagiarism: what does it look like?
The Patchwork Quilt
copying and pasting portions from several different sources to create one document
image credit to Christiane Struck on Flickr

10. Plagiarism: what does it look like?
The Thesaurus-Rex
Using synonyms to replace keywords, yet maintaining the source’s original content
image credit to Nina Matthews on Flickr

11. Plagiarism: what does it look like?
Attack of the Clones
Paraphrasing from multiple sources (without citing) to create one document
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12. Plagiarism: what does it look like?
The Doppelganger
Submitting a paper for one class that you previously used in another
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13. Plagiarism: what does it look like?
The Bait and Switch
Creating fake citations
Listing sources in a bibliography that you did not use in your paper
Providing inaccurate citation information
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14. Survey Says…
You have written a research paper for your ENG 113-Literature-Based Research class. You ask your friend to proof-read it.
Cheating
Not Cheating
On the first day of classes you learn that the final paper is on a topic you wrote a paper for last semester for another class. You print off a new copy and turn it in with a new cover page.
Plagiarism
Not Plagiarism

15. I’ll take Plagiarism for $300, Alex
After reading several book chapters and articles on the fall of the Roman Empire for a Western Civilization class, you decide that none of them considered climate change. You put climate change in as your thesis statement about the fall without any citations.
Plagiarism
Not Plagiarism
You are supposed to have 9 sources for a paper. You only use 7 in your research, so you enter in 2 additional sources you didn’t actually use in your bibliography.

16. I’d like to buy a vowel, Pat
As you are writing a paper, you copy and paste into MSWord from different online journals, books and web pages. You go back and reword a lot of what you copied and rearrange the information so it makes sense. Since you have changed a good percentage of what you brought into your paper, you decide not to cite the sources.
Plagiarism
Not Plagiarism
It’s the night before a paper is due and you have a quote in your paper that is really good, but you can’t find the book or article where you got it. You decide to pass the quote off as your own idea and not cite it. It’s just one quote, after all.

17. At Haywood Community College, plagiarism could cost you…
A passing grade on an assignment
A passing grade for a course
If the sanction results in a "W", "WF", or "F" for the course, the following could be negatively impacted:
Scholarship or financial aid awards
A diploma, certificate, or degree from HCC

18. How can you fight plagiarism?
Know the differences between:
“ Quoting ”
To repeat or copy, word for word, from an author or person of authority
Paraphrasing
To reword or restate the meaning of a text in another form
Original ideas

19. How can you fight plagiarism?
Cite the sources that you use accurately
Citation style guides
When in doubt, cite it out!
Why Cite?
Show respect
Breadcrumbs for others
Avoid plagiarism

20. Cite your sources, cite your sources, cite your sources
What does a citation look like?
What makes up a citation?
Citing Journal/Magazine Articles
Citing Books
Author
Title of Article
Title of work
Title of Journal
Publication Date, Publisher
Volume/Issue
Page numbers
Publication Date
Page Numbers

21. Use the resources available at HCC
What else?
Use the resources available at HCC
1. The Library and its friendly staff
2. NCKnows (24/7 Reference)
3. The Teaching and Learning Center
4. Your academic advisor or instructor
“Librarian The Original Search Engine” image credit to cafepress.com

22. Image credit to Thomas Hawk on Flickr
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