Avoiding Plagiarism 101 Don t be a cautionary tale for other students Use plagiarism checkers: www.plagium.com http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/
You are responsible for knowing how to avoid such instances and for knowing the consequences should you choose to ignore this responsibility. Copyright 2001 by Pyrczak Publishing. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission.
Plagiarism is using the ideas and/or words of others without clearly acknowledging the source of that information. It is the failure to distinguish your own words and ideas from those of a source you have consulted.
You must ALWAYS cite your source, and no source may choose not to be cited. Copyright 2001 by Pyrczak Publishing. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission.
another person's idea, opinion, or theory; any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings-- any pieces of information--that are not common knowledge; quotations of another person's actual spoken or written words; or any paraphrase of another person's spoken or written words.
Another s Words? Yes No Quote and cite it. Another s Idea? Yes No Cite it. Don't Cite It.
How many of you write papers in this manner? Copyright 2001 by Pyrczak Publishing. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission.
Ask what format your instructor requires. The three most common are: Modern Language Association (MLA) Works Cited American Psychological Association (APA) References Chicago Style Bibliography
First line is flush with the left hand margin. All subsequent lines are indented.5 spaces. Bibliography Burchard, Peter. One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment. New York: St. Martin s Press, 1965. Hurst, Jack. Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Bibliography. New York: Knopf, 1993.
Endnotes must be listed numerically and consecutively, both in your essay and in your Endnote citation. Endnote numbers must be superscripted. 1 In your text, add a superscripted number immediately after the quote or reference cited with no space. Endnotes must be added on a separate Endnotes or Notes page at the end of your essay just before the Bibliography page.
All first Endnote references must be cited in full. Subsequent references of the same work may be shortened to include only the author's last name and page number. If the source cited has no author stated, use whatever minimal information is needed to identify the same work previously cited, e.g. short title and page number. When you have two consecutive notes from the same source, you may use Ibid. (meaning in the same place ) and the page number for the second note.) http://citesource.trincoll.edu/chicago/
1. Peter Burchard, One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment (New York: St. Martin s, 1965), 85. 2. Jack Hurst, Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography (New York: Knopf, 1993), 8. 3. Burchard, One Galant Rush, 31. 4. Ibid., 174.
Resources on the Web for Writing Works Cited Pages Free web-based tools: Son of Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/ A Pocket Style Manual www.dianahacker.com/pocket NoodleBib Express http://www.easybib.com/ and so many more!
Use these websites to self-check any passage or excerpt of your writing in doubt. http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/ http://www.plagium.com/
What is ironic about this student s statement? Copyright 2001 by Pyrczak Publishing. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission.
Technologist, grant me the Serenity to accept that not everything can be found on the Internet The Courage to go to the Library and the Wisdom to evaluate the information I find.
Databases vs Internet
Experts screen information for Authority Quality Reliability Validity
Databases have Citations
Databases have Full Text articles
http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html http://www.umich.edu/%7eengtt516/ http://www.mcwhortle.com/ http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encycl opedia/content/chocolatesupplyexhauste d.htm http://www.ufosaliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index. jsp http://www.alexa.com
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html
ORIGINAL SOURCE: The median number of texts teens send on a typical day rose from 50 to 2009 to 60 in 2011. Amanda Lenhart (Pew Internet Research Center), Teens, Smartphones and Texting. p. 2 IN A STUDENT PAPER: According to a study conducted by the Pew Internet Research Center, the median number of texts teens send on a typical day rose from 50 in 2009 to 60 in 2011. 1 1. Amanda Lenhart, Teens, Smartphones and Texting. The Pew Research Center. http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media/files/reports/2012/pip_teens_smartphones_and_texting.pdf.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: The median number of texts teens send on a typical day rose from 50 to 2009 to 60 in 2011. Amanda Lenhart (Pew Internet Research Center), Teens, Smartphones and Texting. IN A STUDENT PAPER: According to a study conducted by the Pew Internet Research Center, the median number of texts teens send on a typical day rose from 50 in 2009 to 60 in 2011. 1 1. Amanda Lenhart, Teens, Smartphones and Texting. The Pew Research Center. http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media/files/reports/2012/pip_teens_smartphones_and_texting.pdf.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Scarlet Letter opens with a long preamble about how the book came to be written. The nameless narrator was the surveyor of the customhouse in Salem, Massachusetts. In the customhouse s attic, he discovered a number of documents, among them a manuscript that was bundled with a scarlet, gold-embroidered patch of cloth in the shape of an A. SparkNotes, Plot Summary - The Scarlet Letter. IN A STUDENT PAPER: The Scarlet Letter opens with a long section about how the book came to be written. The narrator was the surveyor of the customhouse in Salem, Massachusetts. In the attic, he discovered a number of papers, among them a manuscript that was bundled with a scarlet, gold-embroidered patch of cloth in the shape of an A.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Scarlet Letter opens with a long preamble about how the book came to be written. The nameless narrator was the surveyor of the customhouse in Salem, Massachusetts. In the customhouse s attic, he discovered a number of documents, among them a manuscript that was bundled with a scarlet, gold-embroidered patch of cloth in the shape of an A. SparkNotes, Plot Summary - The Scarlet Letter. IN A STUDENT PAPER: The Scarlet Letter opens with a long section about how the book came to be written. The narrator was the surveyor of the customhouse in Salem, Massachusetts. In the attic, he discovered a number of papers, among them a manuscript that was bundled with a scarlet, gold-embroidered patch of cloth in the shape of an A.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: Without adequate discipline, the World Wide Web can be a tremendous time sink; no other medium comes close to matching the Internet s depth of materials, interactivity, and sheer distractive potential. Frederick Lane, The Naked Employee, p. 142 IN A STUDENT PAPER: Frederick Lane points out that if people do not have adequate discipline, the World Wide Web can be a tremendous time sink; no other resource comes close to matching the Internet s depth of materials, interactivity, and sheer distractive potential. 3 3. Frederick Lane, The Naked Employee (New York: AMACOM, 2003), 142.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: Without adequate discipline, the World Wide Web can be a tremendous time sink; no other medium comes close to matching the Internet s depth of materials, interactivity, and sheer distractive potential. Frederick Lane, The Naked Employee, p. 142 IN A STUDENT PAPER: Frederick Lane points out that if people do not have adequate discipline, the World Wide Web can be a tremendous time sink; no other resource comes close to matching the Internet s depth of materials, interactivity, and sheer distractive potential. 3 3. Frederick Lane, The Naked Employee (New York: AMACOM, 2003), 142.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: In earlier times, surveillance was limited to the information that a supervisor could observe and record firsthand. In the computer age surveillance can be instantaneous, cheap, and most importantly, easy. Carl Botan, What do Employees Think about Electronic Surveillance at Work? (p. 126) IN A STUDENT PAPER: Scholars claim that the nature of workplace surveillance has changed over time. Before the arrival of computers, managers could collect only small amounts of information about their employees based on what they saw or heard. However, because computers are now standard workplace technology, employers can monitor employees efficiently.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: In earlier times, surveillance was limited to the information that a supervisor could observe and record firsthand. In the computer age surveillance can be instantaneous, cheap, and most importantly, easy. Carl Botan, What do Employees Think about Electronic Surveillance at Work? (p. 126) IN A STUDENT PAPER: Scholars claim that the nature of workplace surveillance has changed over time. Before the arrival of computers, managers could collect only small amounts of information about their employees based on what they saw or heard. However, because computers are now standard workplace technology, employers can monitor employees efficiently.