Plagiarism in Academic Research

1. AntarAbdellah Plagiarism in Academic Research

2. Defintion • To plagiarize is to steal information, ideas of some writers and claim them yours. • From Latin plagiarius (literally kidnapper), to denote someone stealing someone else's work • This use of the word was introduced into English in 1601 by dramatist Ben Jonson, to describe as a plagiary someone guilty of literary theft. • Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

3. Types of plagiarism • the following acts represent cases of cheating and plagiarism: • Verbatim copying of printed material and submitting them as part of your work without proper academic acknowledgement and documentation. • Verbatim copying of material from the Internet, including tables and graphics. • Copying other students’ notes or reports. • Using paid or unpaid material prepared for the student by individuals or firms. • [AOU by-law]

4. Using a sentence or phrase that you have come across • Copying word-for-word directly from a text • Paraphrasing the words from the text very closely • Using text downloaded from the Internet • Borrowing statistics or assembled fact from another person or source • Copying or downloading figures, photographs, pictures or diagrams without acknowledging your sources • Copying from the notes or essays of a fellow student

5. Other manifestations • Translations • Paraphrasing • Reordering sentences • Not documenting sources • Not citing references

6. What is NOT plagiarism • Following the STYLE not the verbatim • Proper citation • Proper documentation

7. How to avoid Plagiarism? • Different associations for proper academic citation: • APA: American Psychological Association • MLA : Modern Language Association

8. http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm • http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm

9. Microsoft WORD References