Transcript Standing on the Shoulders of Others

Standing on the
Shoulders of Others
“What has been will be again, what has
been done will be done again; there is
nothing new under the sun.”
--Ecclesiastes 1:9
What does Google mean?
Why use other peoples’ works
 Acknowledgement
 Bring authority
 Show your own awareness
What about Copyright?
How to use others’ works
Fair Use—
 allows you to use a small
portion of a copyrighted
work without asking
permission.
Fair use applies when you want
to use part of a work for:
 Criticism and comment (in
a review of the work)
 News reporting
 Research and scholarly
purposes
 Nonprofit educational use
(in a classroom)
 Parody
Appropriate use maintains
 Fairness
 Integrity
How to use others’ works
 Good note-taking
 Good citation
Note-taking
OWL at Purdue
What to Cite
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Words or ideas presented in a magazine, book, newspaper, song,
TV program, movie, Web page, computer program, letter,
advertisement, or any other medium
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Information you gain through interviewing or conversing with
another person, face to face, over the phone, or in writing
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When you copy the exact words or a unique phrase
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When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts, pictures, or
other visual materials
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When you reuse or repost any electronically-available media,
including images, audio, video, or other media
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“Avoiding Plagiarism: Is it Plagiearism Yet?” The OWL and Purdue.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/02/
Let’s Try This
 Your own description of your own
summer vacation?
 A video your best friend uploaded to
YouTube and told you to use?
 A line from a Shakepeare play?
 Background music you bought
through iTunes and put into your
powerpoint presentation?
Parts of a Citation
(what to keep track of)
 Author (individual
or organization)
 Title (article,
chapter, video,
song, Web site)
 Where it’s
published (journal,
book, URL)
 Publisher and Place
of publication (for
books)
 Edition number
(books) or volume
number (journals)
 Specific page
numbers
 Date of publication
 Date of access (for
online information)
Articles
Web sites
Ads
Books
Working Knowledge
Bibliography
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