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Plagiarism:. A Mistake That You Do Not Want to Make. Today We Will:. Define plagiarism in order to identify actions that can lead to plagiarizing. Acknowledge the importance of avoiding plagiarism in order to influence future research efforts.
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Plagiarism: A Mistake That You Do Not Want to Make
Today We Will: • Define plagiarism in order to identify actions that can lead to plagiarizing. • Acknowledge the importance of avoiding plagiarism in order to influence future research efforts. • Examine note-taking as a way to avoid plagiarism in order to respect intellectual property rights.
Where are we in the information seeking process? Read, hear, View, touch. Extract relevant Information. Avoiding plagiarism starts here!
What are examples of plagiarism? Plagiarism is… It can be or .
Why should you avoid plagiarism? Video created by and property of University of Texas Libraries http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/learningmodules/plagiarism/about.html
What is DWC’s Policy? The Definition of Plagiarism: The Consequences of Plagiarizing: “…Immediate permanent dismissal from the Higher Colleges of Technology with a permanent record on the student’s academic transcript. A student dismissed for breach of academic honesty is not eligible to apply for re-instatement.” “…deliberately presenting another person’s work as one’s own without acknowledging the original source.” From the HCT Catalogue 2010/2011: http://www.hct.ac.ae/files/2011/02/hct-regulations.pdf
How can you avoid plagiarism? Intentional Plagiarism Unintentional Plagiarism
Citing: Do you need to memorize citation formats? • HCT Guide: “How do I…cite my sources?” http://library.hct.ac.ae/screens/cite.html • HCT CampusGuide: “Citation & Plagiarism” http://libguides.hct.ac.ae/content.php?pid=194604&side=163 0941
Note-Taking: Does the format matter? http://libguides.hct.ac.ae/tips_on_taking_notes
Let’s Practice Ten Minutes Complete the front of note-taking handout. Five Minutes Switch papers with your neighbor and complete the review checklist.
How did it go? Did your partner… • Include citation information for the text? • Use their own words to paraphrase key points? • Use quotation marks when directly quoting the text?
In Your Own Words: • What is plagiarism? • What are three things that you learned about note-taking today?
Does the information seeking process stop here? Information Seeking Success!