Transcript Plagiarism Pitfalls

Plagiarism Pitfalls
How to conduct research &
produce correctly cited works
What is Plagiarism?
When someone uses
another person’s words &
ideas, and forgets to say
who or where the info
came from
Sometimes it’s
accidental
Sometimes,
it’s not
What Plagiarism looks like
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Exact word–for-word copying (copy & paste)
Footnote instead of quotation marks
Paraphrasing an idea, without citing
A collection of others’ ideas, restated w/o citation
Using distinct phrases, without citing
Gathering data & taking notes
You need a minimum of
the following on each
notecard
• Print resources, record Title, Author, & page
• Web resources, record URL
Record exact sentences if you think you
may quote a source. Otherwise
bookmark sites or pages and write the
general idea.
Where to get Print
Citation data
Getting Online Citation data
• Use short cut tools to know what data is required
• Choose reputable sites which don’t hide data
(read URL extensions for better research sites
too: .com .edu. .net .org .gov)
• Ignore banners and advertisements
• Data will be found in the header or the footer of
the webpage or document
Skim and Focus
http://www.biography.com
Ready to try this
on your own?
Use 2010 Word
Open a new Word document
Put your name and class in the upper right corner
Type in the following:
Will Smith acted in one movie this year: Men in Black 3
• Open the site www.imdb.com and search Will Smith
• Select the References tab on Word, MLA style 6
• Insert a citation > choose add new source>
choose document from web source
• Fill in the data fields and submit
Time to cite a print source
Continue typing: Nickson felt Will Smith was a good rapper, but an
even better actor. Insert another citation, but this time – book format.
Create the Works Cited
Now for the big finale,
Select Bibliography
From the dropdown menu choose Works Cited
Click on it
You have a properly formatted, alphabetical
Bibliography Page
To refer back to these lessons (includes
the proper method for using the Word
2012 short cut)
&
To view Real-Life Plagiarism pitfalls
&
To see a video on the rights individuals
have to protect their words, ideas, and
works see the
LMC wiki @ …
http://libraries.mpsd.org