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Quote Unquote Avoiding Plagiarism in a Digital
Age

• UCI Libraries Workshop
• Spring Quarter, 2003
• http//course.lib.uci.edu/ed/educ/quoteunquote.ppt
  
• Stephanie Davis-Kahl Jennifer Jacobs

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What is Plagiarism?

• Plagiarism is intellectual theft. It means use
  of the intellectual creations of another without
  proper attribution. Plagiarism may take two main
  forms, which are clearly related
• 1. To steal or pass off as one's own the ideas or
  words, images, or other creative works of
  another.
• 2. To use a creative production without crediting
  the source, even if only minimal information is
  available to identify it for citation.
• Credit must be given for every direct quotation,
  for paraphrasing or summarizing a work (in whole,
  or in part, in one's own words), and for
  information which is not common knowledge.
• (http//www.editor.uci.edu/catalogue/appx/appx.2.h
  tm)

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Why Cite?

• Essential to establishing the validity of your
  argument(s)
• Demonstrates your knowledge of a topic/subject
• Adding your words, interpretation, ideas to the
  existing body of knowledge about a topic
• Informs and educates your readers on your
  research process.

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Citing Defined

• The formal acknowledgement of your source.
• Must be done when either quoting or paraphrasing
  an author.
• Possible styles to follow footnote, endnote,
  APA, MLA, Chicago Manual of Style
• More Information online at
• http//tutorial.lib.uci.edu/mod8/mod8d.html

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Quotations

• When using the same language the source used.
• Must be a faithful transcription, using brackets
  and ellipses if necessary.
• Must be cited, whether within the text or in a
  note.

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Paraphrasing

• Summarizing the ideas from the source, but using
  your own words and sentence structure.
• Must be cited, whether within the text or in a
  note.
• One exception common knowledge.

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Common citation confusions

• Do I have to cite an anonymous author?
• Government publications are in the public domain.
  Cant I use them freely?
• I got all my information off the Web--I dont
  have to worry about citation.
• How do I cite Scholar 2s analysis of Scholar 1s
  work?

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Citing Websites

• Format of citation depends on style (MLA, APA,
  Chicago)
• Usually includes URL of website, date accessed,
  publisher/creator of website
• Formats change often - check style guides
• Does not include journals from full-text article
  databases

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Citing Full-Text Articles from Online Databases

• Similar intention to citing articles from print
  journals
• Extra step of identifying the online source of
  the article
• Including full URL of specific article usually
  not required, in fact sometimes difficult.
• Refer to style guides for exact format.
• APA
• Levenstein, Harvey. (1980) The New England
  Kitchen and the Origins of Modern American Eating
  Habits. American Quarterly 32(4) . Retrieved
  April 14, 2003, from http//www.jstor.org/jstor/.
• MLA
• Levenstein, Harvey. The New England Kitchen and
  the Origins of Modern American Eating Habits.
  American Quarterly 32 1980 369-386. JSTOR. UCI
  Libraries, Irvine, CA. April 14, 2003
  lthttp//www.jstor.org/jstor/gt.

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Citing Scholar 2 who is citing Scholar 1

• Some considerations
• Is Scholar 1 in a different academic discipline?
• Do you know enough about Scholar 1?
• Is Scholar 2 saying something original about
  Scholar 1?
• Are both scholars a part of the research trail
  that you need to document?
• To find out more about Scholar 1, do an author
  search in ANTPAC or an article database to find
  out what Scholar 1 wrote, or who else has cited
  Scholar 1 in their work.

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Preventing Plagiarism during the Research Process

• Document your research
• Record your search strategies and list the
  databases you used in your research
• Print out or email citations so you can verify
  sources
• Note publication information so citations are
  correct
• Use EndNote software to record research and help
  you cite correctly according to style (APA, MLA,
  etc)

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Preventing Plagiarism during the Writing Process

• Make an outline that shows your arguments and the
  quotes/paraphrases you plan to use to support
  your points
• Use quotes/paraphrases as supporting evidence to
  your own ideas analysis over reporting.
• Ask your professor, instructor or TA for advice
  if you are unsure about the use of others work
  in your paper.

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Help on the Web

• Writing 39C Resources site
• http//www.eee.uci.edu/programs/comp/39c-student/p
  lagiarism/plagiarismmain.htm
• The Paraphrasing Quiz
• http//www.eee.uci.edu/faculty/strenski/research/p
  araphrase.html
• TurnItIn.com Research Resources for Students
• http//www.turnitin.com/research_site/e_home.html
• http//www.eee.uci.edu/programs/comp/39c-student/p
  lagiarism/plagiarismmain.htm
• Other Sources
• This site is especially helpful with information
  on what academic writing aims to achieve,
  examples of plagiarism, and excellent chart on
  preventing plagiarism in your work
• http//owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_
  plagiar.html

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Style Guides in the Libraries

• Writing 39C Texts
• Writing from A to Z (Gateway Study Center
  Reserves, PE1408.W773 2003)
• Student Guide to Writing at UCI (Main and Science
  Library, PE1408.H668 1993)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological
  Association, 5th edition, 2001, UCI Main Library
  Reference Desk, BF76.7 P83 2001.
• The Worlds Easiest Guide to Using the APA, 3rd
  edition, 2001, UCI Main Library Reference, BF76.7
  P83 2001 Suppl.
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly
  Publishing, 2nd edition, 1998, UCI Main Library
  Reference Desk, PN147.G444 1998.

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Style Guides, Continued

• Council of Biology Editors (CBE)
• Scientific Style and Format the CBE Manual for
  Authors, Editors and Publishers, 6th edition,
  (Science Library Reference, WZ345.S416-2 1994)
• Chicago
• Chicago Manual of Style, 2nd edition, UCI Main
  Library Reference, Science Library Reference,
  Z253.U69)
• Government Legal
• See Introduction to Legal Citation by Peter M.
  Martin (Cornell Law School), at
  http//www.law.cornell.edu/citation.
• UCI Libraries Style Manuals and Writing Guides
  site
• http//www.lib.uci.edu/online/reference/stylecit.h
  tml

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