1. 12/7/2015 Clearing the Clouds of Plagiarism Elizabeth Pyatt, ITS Full Disclosure: 1. I am not an attorney 2. I am presenting content from external resources

2. What is Plagiarism?  How do you commit it?  Any “best practices”? 12/7/2015

3. Technical Definitions  Plagiarism  “Plagiarism is the act of stating or implying that another person’s work is your own.” – TLT Plagiarism Tutorial for Students  Copyright Violation  Using another persons creation without the holder’s permission. Credit doesn’t always count Credit doesn’t always count Can violate copyright without plagiarizing and vice-versa Can violate copyright without plagiarizing and vice-versa 12/7/2015

4. Let’s Dissect Plagiarism 12/7/2015 Image licensed under Fair Use

5. Outright Nasty Plagiarism  Wholesale copying  Calling all paper mills!  Is Wikipedia also available? “The copyright info says I can….”  Commission someone else to write your paper  Plagiarism without copyright violation  Stitch together sources  “At least I used multiple sources….” 12/7/2015

6. The Originality Report 12/7/2015 Images, courtesy of Turnitin

7. Why is this wrong?  Or is it wrong? 12/7/2015

8. Why we (PSU) are concerned  We want to know you did the work  Especially if PSU claims you completed the requirements for a degree  We want to know where that data came from  And separate your contributions from previous work  Do you want to hire a lawyer who plagiarized through law school? 12/7/2015

9. “Legitimate” Plagiarism  Cases where credit is typically not given its due  Speechwriters  Ghostwriters Esp celebrity biographies/novels Esp celebrity biographies/novels  News stories from press wires (?) Many Sandusky stories from one paper:________ Many Sandusky stories from one paper:________  Instructor PowerPoints (ahem) That is, citations often lacking That is, citations often lacking They often exist in the textbook though They often exist in the textbook though 12/7/2015

10. Accidental Plagiarism (Oops)  Inappropriate Paraphrase  Use almost identical phrasing as source  Missing citation  All data/information that is not yours must be cited (or footnoted), even if your phrasing is original  “Self-Plagiarism”  Not exactly plagiarism, but still NOT doing the course work… 12/7/2015

11. Inappropriate Paraphrase 12/7/2015 Images, courtesy of Turnitin

12. Better Paraphrase  Tip 1: Use multiple sources across entire paper  Tip 2: Write, then cite  Yosemite Valley, located in Yosemite National park of Eastern California is a glacial valley containing the Merced River (NPS 2011). The Valley has had a special hold on the mainstream American conscience ever since it was discovered by European Americans in 1833 (Tii 2010, Wuerthner 1994) 12/7/2015

13. Quotation  The modern color space as initially developed by Albert Munsell[1], distinguishes three parameters of color – hue, value and saturation[2] (also known as intensity or chroma) [3]. Munsell defines “hue” as follows”[4]: “Hue is the quality by which we distinguish one color from another as a red from a yellow, a green, a blue or a purple” —Munsell, 1905 §21 12/7/2015

14. Writing Process Tips  Find topic you like whenever possible  You’ll be more motivated and absorb more  Start researching as soon as possible  Use the Library to find quality sources  Use a notetaking system to find citations  Notecards, stickies, Word file, online notes.  DON’T copy text from somewhere else  Unless you intend to put it in quote marks  Write freely and put in empty citations 12/7/2015

15. Citation Tips  Cite EVERYTHING  Except “common knowledge” But that can be slippery slope, so cite when in doubt. But that can be slippery slope, so cite when in doubt.  You can cite ANYTHING  Books, articles, conference presentations  Websites, videos, photos, drawings  Your instructor or grandmother “personal communication” “personal communication” 12/7/2015

16. Other Thoughts  Ask your instructor  What are the guidelines? Esp. citations  Will it be checked?  Don’t write everything the night before  Strange things happen at 3AM….  Ask for an extension  The grief for being accused of plagiarism is worse than for just a late assignment! 12/7/2015

17. References/Resources  See list on  http://tlt.its.psu.edu/plagiarism/links http://tlt.its.psu.edu/plagiarism/links  http://tlt.its.psu.edu/plagiarism/links/other guides/instructorguides http://tlt.its.psu.edu/plagiarism/links/other guides/instructorguides http://tlt.its.psu.edu/plagiarism/links/other guides/instructorguides 12/7/2015

18. Questions?