Transcript Avoiding Plagiarism

Staying Out of the
Plagiarism Trap
Staying Out of the Plagiarism Trap
Overview
What is plagiarism?
Why is it wrong?
Benefits of giving
credit to sources
When to give credit
Ways to credit sources
What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism:
Taking the ideas,
writings, etc.
from another and
passing them off
as one’s own.
Levels of Plagiarism
(chart taken from Purdue OWL at http://owl.english.purdue.edu)
Buying, stealing, or
borrowing a paper
Hiring someone to
write your paper
Using the source too
closely when paraphrasing
Building on someone’s
ideas without citation
Copying from another source
without citing
(on purpose or by accident)
Deliberate
Plagiarism
Possibly Accidental
Plagiarism
Why is plagiarism wrong?
Plagiarism is a
combination of
stealing
(another’s words)
and
lying
(claiming that the
words are one’s own)
Why is plagiarism wrong?
 Plagiarism also shows
disrespect for the
entire academic
system.
 Plagiarism says that
you only intend to
gain your “education”
by fraudulent means.
What could happen if I plagiarize?
 An “F” on the
assignment
 Failing the course
 Expulsion from school
 Other disciplinary
measures
 Legal measures (in the
commercial world)
SOLUTION:
GIVE CREDIT to the
sources you consult!
Benefits of Giving Credit
Strengthens your writing
Reveals that you have done
research
Shows you are aware of others’
positions on the topic
When to Give Credit
Give Credit. . .
 When you use or refer to
 When you use any facts,
someone else’s words,
ideas, theory, or opinions
 When you use info from a
magazine, book,
newspaper, song, TV
program, movie, Web
page, computer, program,
letter, advertisement, or
any other medium
diagrams, illustrations,
charts, pictures, statistics
 When you use information
from interviewing a
person
 When you use ideas that
others have given you in
conversations or email
When to Give Credit
No Need to Give Credit . . .
 When you are writing
 When you are writing
your own thoughts,
experiences, insights,
observations, conclusions
 When you are using
“common knowledge”
(folklore or common sense
observation)
generally accepted facts
 When you are writing up
your own experimental
results
Ways to Credit Sources
 In-text citations
 Footnotes
 Bibliography/Works Cited/ or
Reference Page
Within your text:
 Quotation marks
 Indirect Quotations
 Paraphrasing
Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism
QUOTATIONS
 In your notes, mark
everything that is
someone else’s words
with a big “Q”
 Put everything that
comes directly from
the text in quotation
marks
Use brackets to
show added phrases
and ellipses to show
omitted text
Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism
PARAPHRASING
 In your notes,
summarize without
looking at the original
passage
 Check for accuracy
and mistakenly
borrowed phrases
 Begin your summary
by giving credit to the
source
 Check to make sure
sentence structure and
words are different
from original
Staying Out of the Plagiarism Trap
 Plagiarism is stealing
Remember. . .
others’ ideas or words
and lying to claim
them as your own
 Strengthen your
writing by giving
credit when you
borrow others’ ideas,
words, etc.
References
Avoiding Plagiarism. (2002). Retrieved July 5, 2002, from Purdue
University Online Writing Lab (OWL) Web site:
http:owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r-plagiar.html.
Harris, R. (March 7, 2002). Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research
Papers. Retrieved July 5, 2002, from
http://www.vurtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm.
Hinchliffe, L. (May 1998). Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism: Preventing,
Detecting and Tracking Online Plagiarism. Retrieved July 4, 2002,
from http:alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/plagiary.htm.
Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It. (2002).
Retrieved July 5, 2002 from Indiana University Writing Tutorial
Services Web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html.