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PLAGIARISM

PLAGIARISM. What is plagiarism? How do I avoid it?. WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?. Using another person’s work without giving proper credit Theft of intellectual property A form of cheating or stealing In some cases, it is against the law. Is this Plagiarism?.

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PLAGIARISM

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  1. PLAGIARISM What is plagiarism? How do I avoid it?

  2. WHAT IS PLAGIARISM? • Using another person’s work without giving proper credit • Theft of intellectual property • A form of cheating or stealing • In some cases, it is against the law

  3. Is this Plagiarism? On the bus to school, you borrow a friend’s homework and copy the answers. YES

  4. Is this Plagiarism? You and a friend are working on the same assignment. You each have individual papers to turn in, but you discussed your answers together and all the answers are exactly the same. YES

  5. Is this Plagiarism? On a research paper, you copy and paste relevant pieces of text from online sources, citing as you write your paper. NO

  6. Is this Plagiarism? You turn in an essay you found on the internet and claim it as your own. YES

  7. Is this Plagiarism? You are writing a scientific paper, but you do not reference a book that states that water is H2O (a commonly known scientific fact). NO

  8. Is this Plagiarism? You were up late the night before a paper is due, and the paper is not very good. You ask for help to severely edit (rewrite) your paper. YES

  9. Plagiarism is passing off someone else’s ideas, words or images as though they were your own. * from http://webhost.bridgew.edu/j1kagan/PlagiarismWQ.htm Finger pointing. [Online image] Available: www.psych.ucr.edu/.../Plagiarism/ plagiarismTest.html PLAGIARISM* Thou shall not plagiarize!

  10. HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM 1.GIVE CREDIT & CITE SOURCE • Use APA or MLA style for citing sources(Pali uses MLA; check with your English teacher) • Books • Magazines • Periodicals • Web sites • Journals • Multimedia • Images

  11. WHY CITE SOURCES? It is important to cite your sources for two reasons: • to check information • to give credit to those who worked hard to create the source (for ethical reasons)

  12. HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM 2. QUOTE Quoting properly means you • use quotations marks around the phrase • give credit to the source in a bibliography or webography. Quotation marks. [Online image] Available: www.randyh.com/quotes/

  13. HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM 3. PARAPHRASE • Put information into your own words • Give credit to the source in a bibliography or webography.

  14. HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM 4. USE COMMON KNOWLEDGE • Common knowledge are facts that can be found in many sources and are known to many people. • Common knowledge does not have to be cited. Student with books. [Online image] Available: www.the-scientist.com/yr2002/ sep/front_020930.html

  15. HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM 4. Is this COMMON KNOWLEDGE? • The length of a football field is 100 yards YES • William Shakespeare wrote plays. YES • Carrie Underwood became famous after singing on American Idol. YES Student with books. [Online image] Available: www.the-scientist.com/yr2002/ sep/front_020930.html

  16. HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM 5. DON’T COPY • Nevercopyanything directly from a book, magazine, or newspaper and pass it of as your own. • Never print directly from the Internet and pass it off as your own. • This includes copying from other students. Boy copying. [Online image] Available: www.cquest.utoronto.ca/zoo/ bio150y/oif/app-cite.html

  17. HOW TO CITE SOURCES Reminder: Pali uses MLA • Ask your librarian • Look in your agenda book • Use an online formatter likeCitationmachine or EasyBib(Easy Bibliography) Typing computer.  [Online image] Available: www.night.net/kids/ rr-chat.html-ssi

  18. PENALTIES FOR PLAGIARISM • Plagiarism is dishonest and unethical • You can lose your job, even go to jail! • In this class, anyone involved will receive a zero (F) for the assignment; and the deans’ office is notified. • At Pali, College center is notified after two incidences, as well asany colleges to which you apply! • In colleges, students can be expelled!

  19. WEBOGRAPHY • EasyBib: Free Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago Citation Styles. Web. 24 Sept. 2010. http://www.easybib.com • How and Why to Cite Your Sources University of Toronto. Web. 10 Sep. 2003. < http://www.cquest.utoronto.ca/zoo/ bio150y/oif/app-cite.html > • Plagiarism - student guidelines City University London. Web. 10 Sep. 2003. <http://www.city.ac.uk/ads/guidancenotes/plagiarism.htm>

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