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Academic Integrity and Plagiarism. Plagiarism. Plagiarize: “To take ideas or writings from another and pass them off as one’s own.” (Webster’s New World Dictionary, 2nd College Ed., Collins). Plagiarism.
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Academic Integrity and Plagiarism T. D. Mantei
Plagiarism Plagiarize: “To take ideas or writings from another and pass them off as one’s own.” (Webster’s New World Dictionary, 2nd College Ed., Collins) T. D. Mantei
Plagiarism To plagiarize means to copy something that someone else wrote or said without telling where you found it. T. D. Mantei
Plagiarism Plagiarism is not good professional behavior: Don’t do it! T. D. Mantei
How do you know if you are plagiarizing? “You are plagiarizing if you copy from published sources without adequate documentation.” www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/plagiarism.html T. D. Mantei
What are the penalties for plagiarism? Failing grade for a paper or a course Retraction of a journal paper Retraction of the graduate degree Expulsion from the University T. D. Mantei
How do you avoid plagiarism? You must give credit whenever: You use another person's idea, opinion, or theory. www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html T. D. Mantei
How do you avoid plagiarism? You must give credit whenever: You use any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings--any pieces of information--that are not common knowledge. www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html T. D. Mantei
How do you avoid plagiarism? You must give credit whenever: You use quotations of another person's actual spoken or written words. www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html T. D. Mantei
How do you avoid plagiarism? You must give credit whenever: You paraphrase another person's spoken or written words. (To paraphrase means to express another person's spoken or written words in your own words). www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html T. D. Mantei
How do you give credit?Use references! The proof of Theorem 1 does not require NP completeness. (these someone else’s words) It has been shown that the proof of Theorem 1 does not require NP completeness.13 13. F. Chen, Proceedings of …. Chen has shown that the proof of Theorem 1 does not require NP completeness.13 13. F. Chen, Proceedings of …. T. D. Mantei
How do you give credit?Use references! This system remains linear at all frequencies. (someone else’s words) It has been shown that this system remains linear at all frequencies.7 7. P. Das, IEEE Transactions on… It was shown by Das7 that this system remains linear at all frequencies. 7. P. Das, IEEE Transactions on… T. D. Mantei
How do you give credit?Use references! Suppose you want to use someone’s equations: ------------- ------------- (these are someone else’s equations) The following system of equations, from Sugai and Samukawa,18 provides the basis for our model. ------------- ------------- S. Sugai and T. Samukawa, J. Appl. Phys. 21, … T. D. Mantei
Suppose you want to use someone’s exact words If you use someone else’s exact words, you must use quotation marks and then reference. Plasma etching is the only commercially viable procedure for removing material from surfaces. (taken from a book) “Plasma etching is the only commercially viable procedure for removing material from surfaces.”10 10. M. Lieberman, in Principles of Plasma Discharges… T. D. Mantei
Or, use your own words (paraphrase) and then reference: It has been said that only plasma etching is commercially viable for the removal of material from surfaces.10 10. M. Lieberman, in Principles of Plasma Discharges… T. D. Mantei
When don’t you have to give credit? • When something is general knowledge (i.e., given in every textbook), then it is not necessary to reference. • Ex: Silicon is a Group IV semiconductor. • Light has both a wave and a particle nature. • Every modern computer has an operating system. • World War II ended in 1945. • Paris is the capital of France. • F = m a • E = mc2 • Etc. T. D. Mantei
Useful Web Sites UC Libraries: www.engrlib.uc.edu/instruction/classes/cite www.libraries.uc.edu/research/plagiarism Virginia Tech: www.writing.eng.vt.edu Indiana Univ: www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism Duke Univ: www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing T. D. Mantei