Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Avoiding Plagiarism in Academic Writing

Marie Garrett (English Studies and Theatre Librarian)

Allison Bolorizadeh (Journalism and Electronic Media Librarian) November !" #$$%

&e'(ords Associated )ith *lagiarism

+heating Academic dishonest' +o,'ing and ,asting -ntellectual ,ro,ert' the.t

Academic /onest'

Academic honesty involves0

+learl' articulating our o(n ideas Giving credit to the sources o. in.ormation (e dra( .rom Accuratel' documenting those sources *resenting research materials in a .air and truth.ul (a'

Plagiarism Defined

The act o. ta1ing someone2s ideas or (ords and ,resenting them as 'our o(n (ithout giving credit3 -t is a .orm o. intellectual ,ro,ert' the.t3

)hat 8oes Ta1ing Someone9s -deas Entail:

4sing s,eci.ic in.ormation .rom a ,articular source (ithout re.erencing it *ara,hrasing in.ormation (ithout citing 4sing direct 5uotations (ithout citing the author

(Ta1en .rom the 6..ice o. Judicial A..airs 7lier)

)hat 8oes Giving +redit Entail:

*utting others words in quotation marks +iting 'our source(s) Giving citations (hen using others9 ideas" even i. those ideas are paraphrased in 'our o(n (ords" unless such in.ormation is recognized as common knowledge

nintentional vs !ntentional Plagiarism

-nternet ,lagiarism (;+'ber,lagiarism<)

+an ta1e various .orms0

Downloading or ordering papers .rom the (eb=commercial ,a,ermills" (hich are o.ten o. ,oor 5ualit'" and ;research< could be outdated etc3 Copying and pasting ,ictorial re,resentations or (or1s o. art" .acts" statistics" gra,hs" or ,hrases .rom the (eb or an electronic database > submitting it as 'our o(n

+'ber,lagiarism

nintentional vs !ntentional Plagiarism

+o,'ing and ,asting either te?t or gra,hics +ollaborating on a graded assignment (ithout the instructor9s a,,roval Turning in the same ,a,er to t(o classes unless ,ermission is granted b' both instructors

*lagiarism:

nintentional vs !ntentional Plagiarism

Summarizing=,ara,hrasing (ithout ,ro,er documentation Submitting another student9s (or1 ,reviousl' graded in another course or the same course3

Why "alk A#out Plagiarism$

*lagiarism violates the 4T Standards o. +onduct as stated on ,age o. the #$$%@$A /illto,ics3
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+ould result in .ailure o. the course -t devalues other ,eo,le9s original (or1 and ta1es an un.air advantage over other ,eo,le9s e..orts3

Plagiarism in the news:

When people arent careful in crediting their sources:

%hio niversity Accuses &ngineering Graduates of Plagiarism 'aavya (iswanathan)s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life
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htt,0==chronicle3com=ne(s=article=DE#=,lagiarism@scandal@at@ohio@u@claims

(A dismisses HA in cheating scandal

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=#E=virginia3,lagarism=inde?3ht

)a's to Avoid *lagiarism

*ara,hrasing Summarizing Iuoting

4se *ara,hrasing to0

;+lari.' di..icult material b' using sim,ler language" 4se another (riter9s idea but not his or her e?act (ords" +reate a consistent tone J .or 'our ,a,er as a (hole" or -nteract (ith a ,oint that 'our source has made3 KGlenn" EH#L

/o( to *ara,hrase
State the idea in 'our (ords3 4se about the same number o. (ords as the original source3 Give a citation3

A source

Mimmer" +arl3 Soul Made Flesh: The Discover of the !rain " #nd How it $han%ed the World& Ne( Nor10 7ree" #$$H3 %3 The ma,s that neuroscientists ma1e toda' are li1e the earl' charts o. the Ne( )orld (ith grotes5ue coastlines and blan1 interiors3 And (hat little (e do 1no( about ho( the brain (or1s raises disturbing 5uestions about the nature o. our selves3 KGlenn" EH!L

An -nade5uate *ara,hrase0

The ma,s used b' neuroscientists toda' resemble the rough ma,s o. the Ne( )orld3 Because (e 1no( so little about ho( the brain (or1s" (e must as1 5uestions about the nature o. our selves (Mimmer %)3 KGlenn" EH!L

An Ade5uate *ara,hrase0

+arl Mimmer com,ares toda'9s ma,s o. the brain to the rough ma,s made o. the Ne( )orld3 /e believes that the lac1 o. 1no(ledge about the (or1ings o. the brain ma1es us as1 serious 5uestions about our nature (%)3 KGlenn" EH!L

Summarize to0

;+onve' ideas e..icientl' J b' re,ortKingL a (riter9s main idea and the most important Kem,hasis mineL su,,ort given .or it< KGlenn" EHH@HEL

/o( to Summarize
State the idea in 'our o(n (ords3 4se .e(er (ords than the original source3 +ite the source3

Source

Oecent e?,erience reveals that the biodiversit' o. nature ma' be bene.icial to disease resistance and cro, ,roductivit'" an idea that runs counter to current agricultural ,ractice o. creating su,erstrains o. various cro,s3 -n +hina" .or e?am,le" rice 'ields more than doubled and the re5uirements .or anti.ungal a,,lications declined a.ter the introduction o. a second strain o. rice in .ields (8oe" #$$$" ## )3

Summar'

-n his science ne(s column" 8oe re,orts that .armers in +hina have doubled their 'ields and reduced the occurrence o. disease b' ,lanting t(o strains o. rice together" a .act no( calling into 5uestion the common use o. su,erstrain ,lanting (## )3 K/arris" DD@D%L

4se Iuotations )hen0

;Nou (ant to retain the beaut' or clarit' o. someone9s (ords" Nou need to reveal ho( the reasoning in a s,eci.ic ,assage is .la(ed or insight.ul3 or Nou ,lan to discuss the im,lications o. the 5uoted material3< KGlenn" EH L

/o( to Iuote
4se the e?act (ording and ,unctuation o. the original source3 Enclose the ,assage in 5uotation mar1s3 +ite the source3

A Iuotation

According to Jerome Groo,man" ,ro.essor o. medicine at /arvard 4niversit'" ;*ediatricians sometimes ado,t e?traordinar' measures to insure that their ,atients are not harmed b' treatments that have not been ade5uatel' studied in children< (!!)3 KGlenn" EH$L

7or citing sources" use0

A*A (American *s'chological Association) MLA (Modern Language Association) 6r the st'le s,eci.ied b' 'our instructor

"ips on Writing *onest Papers

Bibliogra,h'
Glenn" +her'l and Loretta Gra'3 Hod%es' Har(race Hand(oo)& Dth ed3 Boston0 Thomson" )ads(orth" #$$%3 /arris Oobert A3 The pla%iaris* Hand(oo): Strate%ies for +reventin%, Detectin% and dealin% with +la%iaris*3 Los Angeles0 *'rcza13 #$$ 3

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Marie Garrett (English Studies and Theatre Librarian)

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Allison Bolorizadeh (Journalism and Electronic Media Librarian)

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