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Encouraging Academic Honesty through Anti-plagiarism Software

Paper Presentation at 7 th International CALIBER 2009, Puducherry February 25-27, 2009. Encouraging Academic Honesty through Anti-plagiarism Software. Dr Rajeev Vij & Sh Navin Kumar Soni Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), DRDO, Delhi-110054 Dr Gayas Makhdumi ,

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Encouraging Academic Honesty through Anti-plagiarism Software

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  1. Paper Presentation at 7th International CALIBER 2009, Puducherry February 25-27, 2009 Encouraging Academic Honesty through Anti-plagiarism Software Dr Rajeev Vij & Sh Navin Kumar Soni Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), DRDO, Delhi-110054 Dr Gayas Makhdumi, University Librarian & Head, DLIS, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi-110025

  2. My Gang……. Cathy Oxley 2007 www.wcbvi.k12.wi.us/assets/clipart/student.gif

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  4. Quality for Selection of a Paper Editors and reviewers of all scholarly journals look for the following for selection of a paper for its inclusion in a journal: • Originality – what’s new about subject? • Relevance to and extension of existing knowledge • Research methodology – are conclusions valid and objective? • Clarity, structure and quality of writing – does it communicate well? • Sound, logical progression of argument • Currency of references • Compliance to the editorial scope and objectives of the journal

  5. Plagiarism: Made Easy The Internet has made it easier for everyone to plagiarise.

  6. How are Papers Made !

  7. Plagiarism: Made Easy

  8. Plagiarism: Made Easy

  9. Say No to Plagiarism

  10. Definition According to the Merriam-WebsterOnline Dictionary, to "plagiarise" means • to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own • to use (another's production) without crediting the source • to commit literary theft • to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

  11. Why People Plagiarise?

  12. Why People Plagiarise? Lack of time / planning Pressures to publish (for career advancement) To influence others Competition (parental & colleague pressure) Fear of failure Lack of Enforcement Laziness Lack of knowledge

  13. Plagiarism Includes • Using someone else’s exact words without using quotation marks or a citation. • Using someone else’s ideas without using a citation (even if the source is in the bibliography). • Using rearranged words from a source without a citation.

  14. Types of Plagiarism Complete Plagiarism-A piece of work copied entirely from one or more sources Copy and Paste-Available information off internet or electronic journals Word Switch-If you copy a sentence or paragraph into your assignment and change a few words it will still be considered to be plagiarism Self-plagiarism-Self-plagiarism is when you re-use your own previously written work or data in a new assignment and do not reference it appropriately

  15. Stop Plagiarism

  16. Plagiarism Detection • Manual detection requires substantial effort and excellent memory • Computer-assisted detection allows vast collections of documents to be compared to each other

  17. Anti-plagiarism Tools • Plagiarism.org (www.plagiarism.org) • Turnitin.com (www.turnitin.com) • Plagiarism Checker (http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/) • Plagiarism Detector (http://www.plagiarism-detector.com) • And many more software…….

  18. Say No to Plagiarism

  19. Say No to Plagiarism

  20. Avoiding Plagiarism • One way to avoid plagiarism is reading something and putting it into your own words • Another way is to credit the author of what you read and not taking credit for it • Using quotations is another way of avoiding plagiarism • At the beginning of the first sentence in which you quote, paraphrase, or summarize, make it clear that what comes next is someone else's idea http://www.writing.northwestern.edu/avoiding_plagiarism.html

  21. Avoiding Plagiarism If you are worried about being accused of plagiarism, your best defense is to… • Do your own work • Keep careful track of your sources and notes • Understand everything you have written • Finally, acknowledge those who contribute to your work

  22. Avoiding Plagiarism • attribute references • describe all sources of information • give acknowledgments • provide footnotes • use quotation marks wherever required • paraphrase the original, attributed work • for extensive quotations, obtain permission from the publisher of the original work • avoid self-plagiarism by taking permission from the publisher of the previous article authored by you • obtain permission for use of published drawings or other illustrations

  23. Punishments Plagiarism may result in serious sanctions, including • public disclosure, • loss of research funding, • loss of professional stature and • termination of employment • legal action against the individual's committing plagiarism

  24. Real Life Consequences • Prof. B. S. Rajput VC of Kumaon University and colleagues in the field of Theoretical Physics, had to resign after being found guilty of copying from a paper published by a Stanford University scientist, in Physical Review. • C.K. Raju charged Michael Atiyah, former President of the Royal Society, UK, of plagiarising or claiming inappropriate credit to some of his previously published ideas.

  25. Real Life Consequences

  26. Real Life Consequences Jon Bon Jovi Being Sued for $400 Billion for Plagiarismof a song’s lyrics

  27. Real Life Consequences • H. Rangaswami and Colleagues from the group of Dr. Gopal Kundu have misrepresented data in a paper published in Journal of Biological Chemistry. The allegation was that they had rehashed the same set of data which they had published earlier • Dr Mashelkar has been accused by a British IPR expert Dutfield about verbatim copying of his 1996 paper in Dr Mashelkar's 2004 book "Intellectual Property and Competitive Strategies in the 21st Century" which he co-authored with Shahid Ali Khan.

  28. Real Life Consequences

  29. Say No to Plagiarism When in doubt, cite it!

  30. Real Life Consequences Beware You may find your name and photo here

  31. Conclusion… The librarian role can be: • To develop Web pages, guides for proper citation and plagiarism • To offer checking services to its users and faculty • To educate the users and faculty, through library users training programme. Final steps to addressing plagiarism problem are: • Acknowledge the problem • Universally define plagiarism • Increase its awareness among masses • Prevent (Create an Academic Integrity Policy/ Adjust assignments) • Develop a method for catching/screening • Be a good role model

  32. Thank You . . . . . Contact me at: Ph: 9891 310 600, 9654 36 9654 Email: vijinmas@gmail.com

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