Plagiarism Prevention & Citing Sources in Chicago/Turabian Style Dr. Jun Wang San Joaquin Delta College 1

What Is Plagiarism? What Is Plagiarism? 2 As Robert A. Harris pointed out, Plagiarism is using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to the other person Harris, Robert A., Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001), 25.

2. WriteCheckVideos, “10 Types of Plagiarism,“ Online video clip, YouTube, watch?v=EF5eFeJMplA (accessed November 12, 2014). Common Types of Plagiarism 3

Desperate Types of Plagiarism Copy an entire article from the Web or a subscription online database Download a free research paper from the Web Buying a paper from a commercial paper mill Faking a citation to get by so as to meet the deadline Use a paper with permission from a friend who took the same course or chose the same research topic 4 3. Harris, Robert A., Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001),

Why Do People Plagiarize? 5 1. Ignorance 2. Students are natural economizers 3. Some students fear that their writing ability is inadequate 4. Tutoring out of control 5. Cheating in self-defense 6. Lack of perceived punishment 7. Many students have poor time management and planning skills 8. Some students do not believe professors actually read research papers Robert A. Harris 4. Harris, Robert A., Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001), 2-9.

How to Avoid Plagiarism? ( Tips to avoid accidental plagiarism ( Stop, Thief! Avoiding Plagiarism by Paraphrasing ( 6 Tips on Avoiding Plagiarism

Start your research as soon as possible. Purchase a USB and create folders for semesters and subfolders for individual classes within each semester. Click on the specific class and create subfolders for individual research papers/projects. In gathering information from the online databases for your research paper, be sure to save the full-text articles or e-books as well as the embedded citations in a required style in the specific folder for the research paper. Get to know Chicago/Turabian Style and where you can find reputable citation guides online so that you can properly cite sources in the body of your article, Notes (footnotes or endnotes), and Bibliography. List your cited sources in your footnotes and Bibliography as you write your paper so that you won’t miss any source citations. Tips on Avoiding Plagiarism 7

Policy and Procedure on Academic Dishonesty Board Policy 5500 A Administrative Procedure 5500 A 8

Chicago/Turabian Citation Tools Check out the built-in Citation tools from the library’s subscription online databases Reputable Web resources: ◦ (citation guide) ◦ (Citation Guide from Delta College Library) ◦ (Sample Paper) Books: Turabian, Kate L A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations: Chicago style for students and researchers. 7 th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 9

10 Display the Detailed Record and Chicago/Turabian Citation Using the Citation Tool from GoElectronic Meta Database

11 Find Citation Tool from a Detailed Record in GoElectronic Meta Database

12 Find Citation Tool from the Full-Text Article in GoElectronic Meta Database

Find and Tweak the Embedded Chicago/Turabian Citation from GoElectronic (Notes and Bibliography) Bibliography Flaitz, Catherine, Paul Casamassimo, and Rebecca Lunstroth. “Is Social Justice Relative When It Comes to Oral Health? The Realities of a Complex Health Issue.” Pastoral Psychology 62, no.2 (April 2013): Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost, (accessed November 7, 2014) Catherine Flaitz, Paul Casamassimo, and Rebecca Lunstroth, “Is Social Justice Relative When It Comes to Oral Health? The Realities of a Complex Health Issue,” Pastoral Psychology 62, no. 2 (April 2013): Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost, (accessed November 7, 2014).

Footnotes in Chicago/Turabian Style How to place the footnote number in your paper using Microsoft Word? 1.Type the note number at the end of the sentence of your direct quote or paraphrased idea from a cited source. 2.Highlight the number and press Ctrl + Shift + Plus Sign simultaneously to make the number in superscript How to create a footnote in Microsoft Word? 1.Click on Insert and then Header/Footer icon on the top of the screen and select Footer. 2.Choose Align to the left. 3.Number the notes in numerical order throughout your paper. 4.In the footnote, indent the first line and type the note number followed by a period (superscript the footnote number and the period is preferred by the style). Enter the author’s first name, middle name, and last name followed by a comma and a space. 14

Footnotes in Chicago/Turabian Style Sample Footnotes for a book and a chapter of a book in print format: 1. Robert A. Harris, Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001), Robert A. Harris, “Educating Yourself About Plagiarism,” in Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001), Footnote for a periodical article or an e-book from an online database: ◦ See Delta College Library’s Citation GuideCitation Guide 15

References Flaitz, Catherine, Paul Casamassimo, and Rebecca Lunstroth Is social justice relative when it comes to oral health? The realities of a complex health issue. Pastoral Psychology 62, no.2: Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost, (accessed November 7, 2014). 16 Find and Tweak the Embedded Chicago/Turabian Citation from GoElectronic (Author-Date) In the body of your research paper, place the parenthetical reference (in-text citation) at the end of the sentence where you have a direct or indirect quote from the above source in parentheses. List the authors’ last names, the publication year, and the page number. Note the use of comma in the parenthetical reference. [Flaitz, Casamassimo, and Lunstroth 2013, 190].

Student Gauging Your Learning Outcome 1.What is plagiarism? 2.Name at least 3 most common causes of plagiarism so as to avoid them. 3.Name the reputable websites (discussed in this session) that will help you with your Turabian style citation 24/7. 4.Students who plagiarize may receive the following academic discipline according to Delta College’s policy and procedure 1.Failing grade for the assignment 2.Failing grade for the course 3.Removal or suspension from the college 4.All of the above 5.Locate built-in citation tools from one of the online databases: 1.Successfully identified the tools for citation 2.Not successful in locating the tools for citation 17 Library