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PLAGIARISM

PLAGIARISM. or. Academic Honesty?. DEFINITION. Literary theft. To use, and pass off as your own, someone else’s work. IT IS:. Illegal Unethical Dishonest Punishable with severe penalties In business, source of legal action.

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PLAGIARISM

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  1. PLAGIARISM or Academic Honesty?

  2. DEFINITION Literary theft. To use, and pass off as your own, someone else’s work St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre

  3. IT IS: • Illegal • Unethical • Dishonest • Punishable with severe penalties • In business, source of legal action St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre

  4. Does not have to be identical to the original, but it must be so similar that it is obvious that it has been copied “Legitimate borrowing takes place when a writer makes sparing use of some source material by fitting it in carefully in the body of his or her essay, without altering it or distorting it in a way that would upset the author.” (Fit To Print) St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre

  5. IT IS NOT PLAGIARISM • to use other people’s ideas or arguments • to adopt character types, general plots, or other ideas from existing works IT IS PLAGIARISM • to present other people’s ideas as your own • to paraphrase the source’s language closely without using quotes to indicate borrowed words and phrases St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre

  6. Includes: • Direct quotes without acknowledging the source • Presenting someone else’s ideas in your own words, without acknowledgment • The use of someone else’s argument as the basis for your essay St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre

  7. Copying from reference books (e.g. encyclopedias) • Paraphrasing too closely so that it resembles the source • Copying and pasting from a web site • Use of another student’s work, even with permission • Work acquired from commercial sources • Using work written for another assignment without seeking permission from the teacher of the current class and the class from which the original work was used St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre

  8. What is the Solution? • Follow all steps in the process as assigned • Keep all rough notes • Acknowledge all sources • Give credit for all quotes, ideas and arguments • Use imbedded notes, footnotes, works cited where appropriate St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre

  9. Write summaries and paraphrases from memory (with the book closed) • Check to see if you are accurate • Avoid ‘borrowing’ sentence structures and plugging in synonyms • Use quotation marks • When in doubt, document the source St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre

  10. Works Cited • Archer, Lynn, Costello, Cathy, Harvey, Debbie.Reading and Writing for Success (Teacher’s Guide) • Buckley, Joanne. Fit to Print • Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook for Writers • www.mla.com St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre

  11. A+ St. Maximilian Kolbe Library Resource Centre

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