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Plagiarism

Plagiarism. IT’S REALLY SERIOUS!!!!. Why use Sources?. Establish your credibility as a researcher Show gratitude to the sources for helping you make an argument Causes you to analyze your stance on an issue because you’re joining the conversation with your ideas. When not to quote.

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Plagiarism

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  1. Plagiarism IT’S REALLY SERIOUS!!!!

  2. Why use Sources? • Establish your credibility as a researcher • Show gratitude to the sources for helping you make an argument • Causes you to analyze your stance on an issue because you’re joining the conversation with your ideas

  3. When not to quote • P. 407 (EA) & pgs. 163-4 (QA) • Common knowledge-most readers know • Facts available from a wide variety of sources (historical events-Pearl Harbor) • Your findings from field research (interviews, surveys, observations, experiments, et cetera)

  4. When to Quote • Direct quotations • Facts not widely known or arguable statements • Judgments, opinions, and claims made by others • Images, statistics, charts, tables, graphs, illustrations… • Collaboration: help provided by friends, colleagues, instructors, supervisors, etc.

  5. Requesting Permission • “Fair Use” and Personal communication (on-line): listserve postings, e-mail, graphics, photos ask for permission (only when using to disseminate material beyond the classroom)

  6. DEFINITION • Buying, stealing, or ‘borrowing’ SOMEONE ELSE’S PAPER • Hiring someone to write your paper • Copying (either verbatim, or selective words, or an idea) WITHOUT A CITATION • Using the original wording of a source when paraphrasing WITHOUT CITATION

  7. When Should I Cite? • If the source isn’t from you (a quotation, an idea, illustration), if it’s NOTyour idea then you need to cite it (books, journals, interviews, internet, etc.-SECONDARY SOURCES/PRIMARY SOURCES) • Dan Brown-The Da Vinci Code allegations of plagiarism

  8. Indirect Plagiarism • When you don’t use quotes around a quotation original quote (81) • When you don’t use parenthetical citation for a source “original quote”. • When you forget to cite the source in a summary/paraphrase (block the paraphrase) • When you use someone else’s idea

  9. Direct Plagiarism • Buying a paper on-line • Using research and restatingtheir argument as your own • Allowing someone to use your old paper for a course you’ve taken • Appropriating someone’s thoughts as your own

  10. Consequences for Plagiarism • “0” on your work. • Expulsion from school. • Lawsuit

  11. Great Websites • When in doubt consult the QA (Quick Access) pgs. 160-173 • http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml# • http://www.owl.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.htm-7 • http://www.plagiarism.org/research_site/e_what_is_plagiarism.html-TURNITIN.com • http://www.csub.edu/TLC/options/resources/turn_it_in_help_page.shtml

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