Plagiarism

Powerpoint by Dr. Lee Kem

Graduate Assignments• Develop a topic based on what

has already been said or written

• Rely on experts’ and authorities’ opinions

• Give credit to previous researchers

• Improve your English to fit into a discourse community by building on what you hear and read

• Write something new and original

• Improve on and/or disagree with those same opinions

• Make your own significant contribution

• Use your own words and your own voice

BUT

https://owl.english/purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/

• WHY BE CONCERNED ABOUT PLAGERISM??– See handout

What is Plagiarism?

• According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:– To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of

another) as one’s own– To use (another’s production) without crediting

the source– To commit literary theft– To present as new and original an idea or product

derived from an existing sourcehttp://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/overview

Can words and ideas really be stolen?

• According to U.S. law, yes. The expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property. They are, just like original inventions, protected by copyright laws.

» http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/overview

What is considered plagiarism?

• Turning in someone else’s work as your own• Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving

credit• Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks• Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation• Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source

without giving credit• Copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes

up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not• http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/overview

Types of Plagiarism

• Clone: Submitting another’s work, word-for-word, as one’s own

• CTRL-C: Contains significant portions of text from a single source without alterations

• FIND-REPLACE: Changing key words and phrases but retaining the essential content of the source

• REMIX: Paraphrases from multiple sources, made to fit together

• RECYCLE: Borrows generously from the writer’s previous work without citation

Types of Plagiarism (continued)

• Hybrid: Combines perfectly cited sources with copied passages without citation

• Mashup: Mixes copied material from multiple sources• 404 Error: Includes citations to non-existent or

inaccurate information about sources• Aggregator: Includes proper citation to sources but the

paper contains almost no original work• Re-Tweet: Includes proper citation, but relies too

closely on the text’s original wording and/or structure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF5eFeJMplA

10 Types of Plagiarism

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF5eFeJMplA

• This video discusses the different types of Plagiarism listed in the previous slides.

• From 10 Types of Plagiarism

WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?1. Understand how to paraphrase a text2. How to document or cite a source (use APA

formatting)3. How to use research so paper contains

original content

How can you -----

• Understand how to paraphrase a text?• How to document or cite a source (use APA

formatting)?• How to use research so paper contains original

content?

• On the hdl webpage at the bottom of the page:• APA Resources- APA style and Writing resources

• Other APA and Writing/Research Information• http://libguides.murraystate.edu/content.php?pid=194035&sid=1626381

• http://libguides.murraystate.edu/content.php?pid=194035&sid=1626379

• http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/overview

• http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/plagiarism/

• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptHIA5bMnio

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw6NxvwP41U

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CYHTLzSzs0