PLAGIARISM
OBJECTIVES • UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT AND TYPES OF PLAGIARISM IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS
• RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT PLAGIARISM
HAS ON ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SCENARIOS
WHAT IS PLAGIARISM? PLAGIARISM IS THE IMPROPER USE OR OMISSION OF ATRIBUTING ANOTHER PERSON THEIR WRITTEN IDEAS. GIVING INCORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOURCE. CHANGING WORDS OR COPYING THE SENTENCE STRUCTURE OF A SOURCE WITHOUT GIVING CREDIT. COPYING AS MANY WORDS OR IDEAS FROM A SOURCE THAT IT CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY OF HIS OR HER WORK, EVEN IF CREDIT IS GIVEN
THE FOLLOWING IS CONSIDERED PLAGIARISM
• GIVE INCORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOURCE
• CHANGE
THE WORDS OR COPYING THE SENTENCE STRUCTURE OF A SOURCE WITHOUT GIVING CREDIT
• COPY
AS MANY WORDS OR IDEAS FROM A SOURCE THAT IT CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY OF ITS WORK
THE FOLLOWING IS CONSIDERED PLAGIARISM
• TAKE AND PASS IDEAS AND WORDS OF OTHER AS YOUR OWN WITHOUT GIVING CREDIT.
• USE ANOTHER’S PRODUCTION WITHOUT CREDITING THE RESOURCE OR SOURCE.
• PRESENT AS NEW AND ORIGINAL AN IDEA OR PRODUCT DERIVED FROM AN EXISITING SOURCE.
• NOT QUOTING CITATIONS
WHAT IS NOT PLAGIARISM?
• ORIGINAL WORKS • ORIGINAL IDEAS, EXPERIENCES, REACTIONS OR OBSERVATIONS
• COMMON KNOWLEDGE • A COMPILATION OF THE RESULTS OF AN ORIGINAL RESEARCH
WHAT IS NOT PLAGIARISM?
• THE WORK DONE BY A GROUP WHEN ALL •
COLLABORATORS ARE IDENTIFIED HANDING IN A WORK WITH THE HELP OF THE PROFESSOR OR AUTHORIZED TUTORS
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
• CLONE
• PRESENTING ANOTHER’S WORK, WORD BY WORD, AS YOUR OWN.
• MASHUP
• MIXTURE OF MATERIAL COPIED FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES.
• 404 ERROR
• INCLUDES CITATIONS FROM UNEXISTING OR
INEXACT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOURCES. www.plagiarism.org
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM • HYBRID • PERFECTLY COMBINES THE SOURCES OF COPIED PASSAGES WITHOUT CITATION
• CTRL-C • CONTAINS IMPORTANT PORTIONS OF TEXT FROM ONE SOURCE WITHOUT ALTERATIONS.
• FIND-REPLACE • CHANGE OF KEY WORDS OR PHRASES, BUT KEEPING THE ESSENTIAL CONTENT OF THE SOURCE
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM • REMIX • PARAPHRASING OF MULTIPLE SOURCES • AGGREGATOR • INCLUDES THE PROPER CITATION OF SOURCES, BUT THE DOCUMENT DOES NOT CONTAIN ALMOST ANY ORIGINAL WORK. • RECYCLE
• BORROWING FROM ONE’S OWN PREVIOUS DOCUMENT WITHOUT A PROPER CITATION. w w w. p l a g i a r i s m . o r g
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM • RE-TWEET • INCLUDES PROPER CITATION, BUT IT IS MOSTLY BASED ON THE ORIGINAL TEXT’S STRUCTURE.
• GENEROUSLY BORROWS PARTS OF PREVIOUS WORKS FROM THE AUTHOR WITHOUT PROPER CITATION
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM • TAKE EFFICIENT NOTES
• WHEN THE INFORMATION COMES FROM DOCUMENT • •
SOURCES, WRITE THE RELEVANT INFORMATION IN YOUR NOTES (TITLE OF THE BOOK AND ARTICLES: URLS ON THE WEB) ALWAYS MARK ANOTHER PERSON’S WORDS WITH A LARGE C, FOR CITATION, OR USE LARGE TYPOGRPHICAL MARKS. INDICATE IN YOUR NOTES THE IDEAS ARE BEING TAKEN FROM SOURCES WITH A LARGE S AND WHICH ARE YOUR OWN POINTS OF VIEW (PV)
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM • WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION
• WRITE DOWN THE NAME OF THE • •
CREATOR IN THE SENTENCE OR IN A PARAGRAPH. USE THE CITATIONS IN BETWEEN PARENTHESIS, FOOTNOTES, OR ENDNOTES TO REFER READERS TO ADDITIONAL SOURCES ABOUT THE IDEA, AS NECESSARY. MAKE SURE YOU USE QUOTATION MARKS WHEN DEFINING PHRASES OR KEY WORDS WHICH THE IDEA’S ORIGINATOR USES TO DESCRIBE THE IDEA.
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM • WRITE DIRECT CITATIONS
• KEEP THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR
ON
THE SAME PHRASE OF THE QUOTED WORK.
• MARK THE CITATION WITH QUOTATION MARKS OR WRITE IT OUTSIDE THE TEXT ON ITS OWN BLOCK, ACCORDING TO THE STYLE IN THE HANDBOOK.
• DO NOT QUOTE ANY MATERIAL MORE THAN NECESSARY, IF A SHORT PHRASE FROM A SOURCE IS ENOUGH, DO NOT QUOTE THE ENTIRE PARAGRAPH.
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM • USING DIRECT CITATIONS
• USE QUOTES WHICH HAVE THE GREATEST RHETORIC, TOO MANY DIRECT QUOTES MAY WEAKEN YOUR CREDIBILITY, AS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, AND IT WILL INTERFERE WITH YOUR STYLE.
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM • SUMMARIZING AND PARAPHRASING
• REVISE YOUR PARAPHRASE OR SUMMARY AGAINST THE ORIGINAL TEXT; CORRECT ANY ERROR IN THE CONTENT’S ACCURACY AND MAKE SURE YOU USE QUOTATION MARKS IN ALL EXACT PHRASES FROM THE ORIGINAL TEXT. REVISE YOUR PARAPHRASE OR SUMMARY AND THE PARAGRAPH’S STRUCTURE.
• USE A STATEMENT WHICH CREDITS THE SOURCE SOMEWHERE IN THE PARAPHRASING OR SUMMARY, FOR EXAMPLE, ACCORDING TO JONATHAN KOZOL, ...).
• IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS SUMMARIZING, TRY TO WRITE YOUR PARAPHRASE OR SUMMARY WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL TEXT, BASING YOURSELF ONLY ON YOUR MEMORY AND NOTES.
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM • REVISION AND CORRECTION • USE
• QUOTES ON THE TEXT, ALSO KNOWN AS • • •
QUOTE IN BETWEEN PARENTHESIS FOOTNOTES OR ENDNOTES QUOTATION MARKS ON SHORT QUOTES, LONG QUOTES, ACCORDING TO WHAT IS ESTABLISHED IN THE HANDBOOK FOR RESEARCH AND CITATIONS. INCLUDE REFERENCES ON CITED WORKS.
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM • REVISION AND CORRECTION
• USE
• INDIRECT CITATIONS:
QUOTING A SOURCE WHO QUOTES ANOTHER SOURCE.
• IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITATION, ASK YOUR PROFESSOR.
CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM • • •
PROBATION STATUS SUSPENSION
• • • •
“0” ON THE ASSIGNMENT
A GRADE ON THE ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT
CRIMINAL CHARGES LITIGATION HARM TO REPUTATION IN STUDENT AND ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES
REFERENCES •
IPARADIGMS,LLC. (2013). PLAGIARISM.ORG. RETRIEVED OF PLAGIARISM.ORG
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LATHROP, A. (2000). STUDENT CHEATING AND PLAGIARISM IN THE INTERNET ERA: A WAKE-UP CALL. (2ND ED.).ENGLEWOOD, CO: LIBRARIES UNLIMITED.
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THE WRITING LAB. PURDUE UNIVERSITY. (1995-2013). RETRIEVED OF HTTP://OWL.ENGLISH.PURDUE.EDU/OWL/RESOURCE/589/02/