1. Plagiarism and How to Avoid it Ann Smith Computer Science Liaison Librarian

2. What is Plagiarism? Presenting someone else’s work as if it is your own. Presenting someone else’s work as if it is your own. Intellectual Dishonesty Intellectual Dishonesty Academic Fraud Academic Fraud

3. Cyber-Plagiarism Cutting and pasting from the Internet without crediting your source(s) Cutting and pasting from the Internet without crediting your source(s) - includes paragraphs - sentences - phrases

4. Plagiarism is… Quoting someone without using quotation marks or crediting the source Quoting someone without using quotation marks or crediting the source Quoting is using someone’s exact words. Quoting is using someone’s exact words. - Includes Sentences - Phrases

5. Plagiarism includes … Paraphrasing without crediting the source Paraphrasing without crediting the source Paraphrasing includes Paraphrasing includes -summarizing a passage -rearranging the order of a sentence and changing some of the words.

6. Plagiarism means Copying code without acknowledgement Copying code without acknowledgement - Comments section of program Using ‘canned’ routines without acknowledgement Using ‘canned’ routines without acknowledgement Using tables, graphs, statistics without acknowlegment Using tables, graphs, statistics without acknowlegment

7. Plagiarism is not…Common Knowledge People like you know it People like you know it - Which is the largest province in Canada? Facts available in a wide variety of sources Facts available in a wide variety of sources - Information in textbooks, encyclopaedias - World War II ended in 1945 - World War II ended in 1945

8. When is it no longer Common knowledge? When it is a fact that is not widely known When it is a fact that is not widely known When it becomes an assertion When it becomes an assertion - Judgements, opinions and claims of others - Judgements, opinions and claims of others - The best city in Canada is Montreal

9. Avoid Plagiarism Acknowledge your sources by referencing Acknowledge your sources by referencing Follow a Style Manual Follow a Style Manual - (APA) American Psychological Association - (IEEE) Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers

10. Acadia Context Instructions for the preparation and presentation of theses Instructions for the preparation and presentation of theses Research Integrity Policy Research Integrity Policy Turn-It-In Turn-It-In

11. Conclusion Easy to Detect Easy to Detect Pointless – Cheating Yourself Pointless – Cheating Yourself Follow a Style Manual Follow a Style Manual Ask If in Doubt Ask If in Doubt - Prof - Prof - Librarian