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- An adoption or reproduction of the “ideas, words, or statements of
another person without appropriate acknowledgement.” 1
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- A writer must give credit to the originality of others …when he or she
does any of the following:
- Quotes another person’s actual words (oral or written),
- Paraphrases another person’s words (oral or written),
- Uses another’s idea, opinion, or theory,
- Borrows facts, statistics, or other illustrative material unless the
information is common knowledge. 1
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- Three forms of plagiarism
- Cheating . . . Submitting the work of another under one’s own name,
- Non-attribution . . . Including passages copied exactly from the work of
another,
- Patchwriting . . . Writing passages that are borrowed from another
source with some changes. 2
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- Avoiding plagiarism
- Know what it is.
- When making note cards use quotation marks, or
- Close the book and write a summary in your own words, then
- Compare your summary with the original.
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- Plagiarism is serious.
- It can result is loss of employment.
- Mike Barnicle (Boston Globe)
- It can result in public disgrace and humiliation.
- Howell Raines & Gerald Boyd
- (New York Times editor)
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- ACS policy about plagiarism
- At school it will result in a grade of zero,
- Other school consequences may apply.
- This applies to all assignments, reports, projects, etc.
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- Submitting Written Work
- You may be required to submit electronic copies of your work. (Your
teacher will provide instructions.)
- Your work may be screened by plagiarism detection software.
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- Works cited
- 1University Faculty Council and Trustees of Indiana
University, Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct, Part
III, 1990
- 2Hricko, Internet Plagiarism: Strategies to Deter Academic
Misconduct. Online. Available:
http://www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed98/mhricko.html
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- Additional Resources
- Further information
- Self-quiz about plagiarism.
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Notes