Plagiarism:

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Plagiarism

• Recognizing and Avoiding It!

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What Is Plagiarism?

• Definition
• the unauthorized use or close imitation of the
  language and thoughts of another author and the
  representation of them as one's own original
  work.
• Source Dictionary.com

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What Is Plagiarism?

• Representing someone elses work as your own
• Turning in a paper you downloaded or copied from
  the Internet
• Turning in a paper someone else wrote in a
  previous class
• Having someone else write your paper
• Work that has been cut from another source and
  pasted in your paper

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What Is Plagiarism?

• Copying and Pasting
• Copying directly from a book
• Copying and pasting from an internet or database
  website
• Overusing direct quotes

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What Is Plagiarism?

• Inaccurate or incomplete paraphrasing
• Using the same ideas in the same exact sequence
• Not citing the use of someones ideas
• Not integrating your own ideas, words, or
  analysis
• Not referencing literature with title and page
  numbers
• (Collins, 134)

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What Is Common Knowledge?

• As a general rule, you do not need to give
  credit if you find the same information in more
  than three sources. This is true even if it is a
  fact you did not personally know. Ask yourself
  can the fact can be found in numerous sources?
• (Dates and locations are okay to use without
  citing the source, but it is best to give credit
  where credit is due)

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When Do I Need to Cite a Source?

• The information is not your own idea or concept
• You gain information from an interview, either
  face to face, on the telephone, via email, or on
  the Internet
• When you directly quote a text or article
  (internet or written text)
• When you use diagrams, illustrations, or photos
  you have not created

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How Do I Cite Sources?

• MLA Style- The Modern Language Association is
  widely used for identifying research sources. In
  MLA style you briefly credit sources with
  parenthetical citations in the text of your
  paper, and give the complete description of each
  source in your Works Cited list.
• The Works Cited list, or Bibliography, is a list
  of all the sources used in your paper, arranged
  alphabetically by author's last name, or when
  there is no author, by the first word of the
  title.

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Websites Which Construct Citations
Use these websites to create your bibliography!

• Easy Bib
• Citation Machine
• Noodle Tools
• All three sites are easy to use.

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Further Reading on Plagiarism

• The OWL at Perdue University
• How to Avoid Plagiarism from Penn State
• Plagiarism resources from Answers.com
• Plagiarism What Is It and How to Recognize and
  Avoid It from Indiana University

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Protect Intellectual Property!

• Remember to give credit where credit is due!