PLAGIARISM

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PLAGIARISM

• What it is
• how to avoid it

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Simply put, plagiarism is cheating. It is using
someone elses work without giving them
credit.
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Why do people plagiarize?

• Not enough time to do the work
• Pressure to get good grades, to get into college,
  to please parents teachers
• Easy to do
• Illusion that they wont get caught
• And sometimes, plagiarism is unintentional

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Academic Plagiarism

• Plagiarism is generally considered a problem seen
  at the high school and college level.
• Schools often develop Honor Codes or Academic
  Honesty Policies that spell out the consequences
  of plagiarism.

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Academic Consequences

• Consequences vary from school to school, but some
  include
• Zero on the plagiarized paper
• Failing the course
• Suspension for the semester
• Expulsion from the school

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Examples of academic dishonesty

• Copying or sharing another students work
  (homework, paper, exam or in class work)
• Cutting pasting from the internet (with no
  sources cited)
• Failure to produce works cited list for sources
  (including images, media or sounds)
• Submitting another students assignment/work as
  your own
• Purchasing term papers

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Examples of academic dishonesty

• Using another persons ideas without citing them
  as a source
• Using online translators to complete foreign
  language work/homework
• Altering student records
• Taking exam materials from teachers desks

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• While we often think of plagiarism occurring in
  schools, there are cases of plagiarism in the
  real world as well

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Forbes 27 Feb. 2002

• Plagiarism Controversy Doris Kearns Goodwin And
  The Credibility Gap by Mark Lewis
• Well known historian acknowledged multiple
  instances of plagiarism in one of her books about
  the Kennedys

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Slate 11 Jan. 2002

• The Plagiarist Why Stephen Ambrose is a
  vampire.
• Chronicles the number of times the popular
  historian plagiarized from other sources for his
  books

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How do I avoid Plagiarism?

• Quote
• Paraphrase
• Cite sources

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Quote

• If you copy anything directly from a source, put
  it in quotation marks.
• Example Your detention will take place at
  eleven oclock tonight. Meet Mr. Filch in the
  entrance hall. (Rowling 247)

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Paraphrase
While occasional quotes from a source are fine,
most of your paper should be in your own words.
Paraphrasing means putting the information you
gather from your sources into your own words.
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How do I Paraphrase?

• Read and reread the information until you fully
  understand it.
• Put the source away and write your own
  understanding of the information.
• Compare your version with the original.
• If you use any unique phrase or word from the
  original, put it in quotation marks.
• Be sure to write your source on a note card so
  you can give credit to the source.
• (Paraphrase Write it in Your Own Words)

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Original When Mr. And Mrs. Dursley woke up on
the dull, gray Tuesday our story starts, there
was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to
suggest that strange and mysterious things would
soon be happening all over the country. Mr.
Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boring
tie for work, and Mrs. Dursley gossiped away
happily as she wrestled a screaming Dudley into
his high chair. (Rowling 2)
Paraphrase The story of Harry Potter begins, for
the Dursley family, like any other uneventful
day. The normal activities of a father getting
ready for work while the mother attempts to feed
her baby give no indication as to what the day
has in store.
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Cite Sources

• When you use a direct quote
• When you paraphrase information from a source!
  Even if you have written a passage of text in
  your own words, you still must acknowledge the
  source of those ideas.
• When in doubt cite!!!

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Citing Source for Images

• Words and information are not the only things
  which must be cited from the Internet
• You always must cite the source of graphics,
  sounds recordings or any other media that you use
  in your paper or presentation.

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Top 5 Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism
Understand that research takes time and plan accordingly.

Find the best sources available.
Take good notes and SAVE them in multiple places. Always BACKUP your files.
Keep a working bibliography and use organizational tools while you search.
When in doubt, CITE YOUR SOURCE.
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PLAGIARISM
Its easy to do
Its easy to get caught
And its easy to avoid
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PLAGIARISM
Its just not worth it
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Bibliography
Information Literacy Tutorial
http//www.lib.umb.edu/webtutorial/ module6/Modul
e6-1a.html (07 Jan. 2004) Rowling, J.K. Harry
Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. New York
Scholastic Press, 1997. Paraphrase Write it
in Your Own Words http//owl.english. purdue.ed
u/handouts/print/research/r_paraphr.html (07
Jan. 2004)