PLAGIARISM!PLAGIARISM! how can we avoid it?...

What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is “the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind and presenting it as onw’s own” (Alezander Lindey, Plagiarism and Originality qtd. In Gibaldi 30). Plagiarism is intellectual theft.

What counts as plagiarism? Buying or downloading a paper and turning it in as your own Copying any portion of another’s work without proper acknowledgement Turning in another’s student’s work as your own, with or without their permission ( giarism/cartoons.htm)

What counts? (continued…) Copying material from a source, supplying proper documentation, but leaving out quotation marks. Paraphrasing writing and ideas from a source without proper documentation. "I stole my term paper off the Internet, but I think it’s okay. My topic is plagiarism."— Cartoon by Randy Glasbergen

What happens if I get caught??? In INT  in-school suspension and a zero on the assignment In college  zero in the course, possible academic probation or expulsion, NO tuition reimbursement. Beyond school  you are facing law suits and charges of larceny and identity fraud.

So…… how do I avoid it?

First of all, CITE CITE CITE CITE CITE! Citing your sources means giving credit someone or something when what you use is not your original work

When should you cite a source? When you use another person's idea, opinion, or theory When you use any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings, pictures, sounds, etc. or any other piece of information which you found from any source When you use quotations of another person's actual spoken or written words When you paraphrase (put in your own words) another person's spoken or written words

What is included in a citation? Who wrote or created it What it is called Where and by whom it was published or produced When it was published or produced Page numbers (We will go over this in more detail later on)

There are 3 ways to use another’s work in your paper… Quoting Summarizing Paraphrasing

QUOTING Using the exact works of the author of the passage. Your way of saying “these were his/her words, not mine!” …BUT you still need to CITE!

SUMMARIZING Restating only the main points of the passage in your own words. Very brief. …BUT you still need to CITE!

PARAPHRASING Explaining the meaning of the text IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Longer than a summary. ….BUT you still need to CITE!

6 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing… Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning. Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase on a note card. Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to remind you later how you envision using this material. At the top of the note card, write a key word or phrase to indicate the subject of your paraphrase. Check your rendition with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form. Use quotation marks to identify any unique term or phraseology you have borrowed exactly from the source. Record the source (including the page) on your note card so that you can credit it easily if you decide to incorporate the material into your paper. The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. (2010). Paraphrase: Write it in your Own Words.

It doesn’t matter where you find your information, whether it is a book, an interview, an electronic resource, or from the Internet; when you use the work of others you must give them the credit they deserve. When in doubt, cite your source!