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Plagiarism

Plagiarism. Plagiarism: What is it?. List as many examples of plagiarism as you can think of. Plagiarism?. The term “plagiarism” includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full or clear

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Plagiarism

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  1. Plagiarism

  2. Plagiarism: What is it? List as many examples of plagiarismas you can think of.

  3. Plagiarism? The term “plagiarism” includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full or clear acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.”

  4. Examples of Plagiarism • Downloading papers from commercial Web sites and turning them in as your own. • Downloading pictures, bits of music, or parts of other people’s PowerPoint presentations found on the Web into PowerPoint presentations that you are creating. • Turning in as your own work a paper (or parts of a paper) that someone else wrote. • Turning in as your own work a paper that you purchased or downloaded for free. • Cutting and pasting (or otherwise copying directly) from articles, Web sites, or other sources without citing them. • Paraphrasing or summarizing what you read without citing the source.

  5. Characteristics of Plagiarism • Lacks guidance • Illegal/unethical • Inadvertent/Unintentional • Inadvertent/Unintentional • Result of poor research methods • Illegal/unethical – also embarrassing • Intentional • Illegal/unethical

  6. Can I Be Caught? There are a number of ways to detect plagiarism: • People can search the Web! All they need is to find a unique phrase that is in a paper to be able to find the original source online. • People can read, and may recognize what you wrote as someone else’s work. • Plagiarism detection programs such as Turnitin. • Other clues, such as a real difference in writing styles.

  7. Guidelines for avoiding plagiarism • Use your own words and ideas. • Give credit for copied, adapted, or paraphrased material. • Avoid using others' work with minor "cosmetic" changes. • There are no "freebies."Beware of "common knowledge."

  8. … Avoid using others' work with minor "cosmetic" changes. Examples: using "less" for "fewer," reversing the order of a sentence, changing terms in a computer code, or altering a spread sheet layout. If the work is essentially the same, give credit. WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE.

  9. … There are no "freebies." ALWAYS cite words, information, and ideas you use if they are new to you (learned in your research). No matter where you find it – even in an encyclopedia or on the Internet – you cite it. WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE.

  10. … Beware of "common knowledge." You don't have to cite "common knowledge,“ BUT the fact must really be commonly known. That George Washington was the first U.S. president is common knowledge; That George Washington was an expert dancer is not common knowledge WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE.

  11. How to give proper credit? • Use quotation marks and credit all sources any time you use another person’s exact words. • Credit sources whenever you paraphrase. • Give credit to the original authors when you model your work on theirs • Common knowledge need not be cited.

  12. The sources I plagiarized from! • writingcenter.unc.edu • wpacouncil.org‎ • smallseotools.com

  13. Recognizing Plagiarism

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