PLAGIARISM

PREVENTION
WORKSHOP

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Prepared by Linda G. Nelson Library Media Specialist South Charleston High School

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WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

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DELIBERATE
! DELIBERATE PLAGIARISM IS COPYING THE WORK OF OTHERS AND TURNING IT IN AS YOUR OWN. IT IS STILL PLAGIARISM EVEN IF YOU JUST COPY PART OF THE WORK. IT DOESNT MATTER FROM WHAT SOURCE, OR FROM WHOM YOU COPY; IF YOU DO NOT GIVE CREDIT--YOU ARE PLAGIARIZING.

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WHAT IS IT?

DELIBERATE PLAGIARISM IS CHEATING

(Writing).

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ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM
ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM OCCURS WHEN THE RULES FOR DOCUMENTATION ARE IGNORED. According to Indiana University, To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use: another persons idea, opinion, or theory; any facts, statistics, graphs, drawingsany pieces of informationthat are not common knowledge; quotations of another persons actual spoken or written words; or paraphrase of another persons spoken or written words (Plagiarism).

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WHAT IS A PARAPHRASE? Using your own words to explain or summarize what you have read. The best way to paraphrase is to read the information, close the book, website, or article and write about it using your own words. Do you have to give credit to the author?

ABSOLUTELY YES!

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ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM IS A VIOLATION OF COPYRIGHT LAWS AND SCHOOL POLICY. IT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. CARELESSNESS IN THIS AREA WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF GRADE. THE TEACHER WILL DECIDE ON THE SEVERITY OF THE INFRACTION.

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YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR WORK!

STUDENTS DOING RESEARCH SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL TO USE DOCUMENTATION TO AVOID PLAGIARISM. IGNORANCE OF THE RULES OF PLAGIARISM IS NO EXCUSE(Darling).

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A STUDENT TO LEARN THE RULES OF PROPER DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY YOUR TEACHER AND USE IT IN YOUR ASSIGNMENTS.

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A Statement on Plagiarism Using someone else's ideas or phrasing and representing those ideas or phrasing as our own, either on purpose or through carelessness, is a serious offense known as plagiarism. Ideas or phrasing includes written or spoken material, of course from whole papers and paragraphs to sentences, and, indeed, phrases but it also includes statistics, lab results, art work, etc. Someone else can mean a professional source, such as a published writer or critic in a book, magazine, encyclopedia, or journal; an electronic resource such as material we discover on the World Wide Web; another student at our school or anywhere else; a paper-writing service (online or otherwise) which offers to sell written papers for a fee(Darling).

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INFORMATION AND PRACTICE EXERCISES TO HELP YOU IDENTIFY AND UNDERSTAND PLAGIARISM ARE FOUND ON THE SCHS LIBRARY WEBSITE.

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Margaret Procter, Coordinator of Writing Support for the University of Toronto has compiled the following questions and answers about plagiarism: FAQ ABOUT PLAGIARISM: 1. Cant I avoid problems just by listing every source in the bibliography? NO, internal citations are needed. 2. If I put the ideas into my own words, do I still have to clog up my pages with all those names and numbers? SORRY, YES 3. Do I have to give an acknowledgement for every point I make? IT IS SAFER TO DO IT THAN NOT; check with your teacher 4. How can I tell whats my own idea and what has come from somebody else? CAREFUL RECORD KEEPING HELPS; TAKE NOTES; LIST SOURCES
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5. So what exactly do I have to document? Quotations, paraphrases, or summaries Specific facts used as evidence for your argument or interpretation Distinctive or authoritative ideas, whether you agree with them or not (Procter). 6. Common knowledge does not have to be documented. What is considered common knowledge? Facts that can be found many places and are known by a lot of people Facts that are a part of public recordsuch as birth dates, death dates, nationality, etc.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PLAGIARISM, VISIT THE SCHS LIBRARY WEBSITE. GO TO LINKS TO STUDENT RESOURCES AVOIDING PLAGIARISM.

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Works Cited Darling, Charles. "A Guide For Writing Research Papers " Humanities Department. Capital Community College. 14 Feb. 2003 <http://wwwold.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/>

"Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize It Writing Tutorial Services. Indiana University. 14 Feb. 2003 <http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html>.

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Procter, Margaret. "How Not to Plagiarize" Writing Support. University of Toronto. 29 Jan. 2003 <http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html> "The Writing Place." CAS Writing Program. Northwestern University. 29 Jan 2003 <http://www.writing.nwu.edu/tips/plag.html>

NoteAll clip art in this presentation is public domain.

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WHEN IN DOUBT, ASK YOUR TEACHER OR LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST TO HELP YOU.

YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INFORMATION IN YOUR PAPERS.

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THE END
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