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The Perils of Plagiarism
http://www.plagiarism.org/
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/overview
According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary…
• Plagiarize:– 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 source.
STEALING LYING
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/types-of-plagiarism/
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/types-of-plagiarism/
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http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/types-of-plagiarism/
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/types-of-plagiarism/
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/types-of-plagiarism/
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/types-of-plagiarism/
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/types-of-plagiarism/
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/types-of-plagiarism/
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/glossary/
Facts:
Common knowledge or facts found in many sources.
Facts unique to certain research or ideas.
Must CiteNo cite needed
Check whether you can find it in a variety of sources
http://www.plagiarism.org/resources/facts-and-stats/
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/glossary/
Milk has a lot of calcium.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was December 7, 1941.
Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of killing President Kennedy.
Examples of Common Knowledge
Paraphrase:
• “A restatement of a text or passage in other words.”
• “A paraphrase must make significant changes in the style and voice of the original while retaining the essential ideas.”
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/glossary/
Is this paraphrasing?
When playing in the outfield, it is important to keep alert of how deep or how shallow you are in case of fly balls.
When playing as an outfielder, it is essential that you are aware of how deep or how shallow you are in the grass so that if a batter hits a fly ball you can run in the correct direction.
As an outfielder, a player needs to concentrate on his position: how close is he to the warning track or how close to the infield; this will help ensure that he can run in the correct direction when a fly ball is hit towards him.
Public Domain• No copyright protection• In general, anything published more than 75
years ago BUT not always – best to check!
Brave New World not
listed!http://www.plagiarism.org/resources/facts-and-stats/
Are all published works copyrighted?
• No.• Readily available information – like the phone
book.• # works published by the US government• Facts that are not the result of original
research• Works in the public domain (provided you cite
properly)
http://www.plagiarism.org/resources/facts-and-stats/
Self-Plagiarism
• You wrote a paper on traveling to Mars for science class in your freshman year. You have to write a paper on space travel for your senior science class. You do some more research and add a page or two to your freshman paper on advances that have happened in the last three years.
Plagiarism!
Punishments for PlagiarismAcademic: loss of credit; punishment; expulsion from university; and others
ZERO TOLERANCE
Personal & Professional: fine; trial – jail time; loss of income/job; loss of reputation; lawsuit; and others
http://www.plagiarism.org/resources/facts-and-stats/
http://www.plagiarism.org/resources/facts-and-stats/
The Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics surveyed 43,000 high school students in public and private schools and found that:- 59% of high school students admitting cheating on a
test during the last year; 34% self-reported doing it more than two times.
- One out of three high school students admitted that they used the internet to plagiarize an assignment.
Academic Integrity in High School Students
http://www.plagiarism.org/resources/facts-and-stats/
“In a survey of 24,000 students at 70 high schools, Donald McCabe (Rutgers University) found that 64% of students admitted to cheating on a test, 58% admitted to plagiarism and 95% said they participated in some form of cheating, whether it was on a test, plagiarism or copying homework.
Academic Integrity in High School Students
What will happen at VHS if you plagiarize?
Administration informed
Record of incident kept
Penalties given
Zero credit for work
Parents informed
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/guides/preventing-plagiarism/real-world-examples.html
Plagiarism in the Real World
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/guides/preventing-plagiarism/real-world-examples.html
Plagiarism in the Real World
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/guides/preventing-plagiarism/real-world-examples.html
Plagiarism in the Real World
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Sample Scenarios
Must you cite?• You have been asked to write a report on
gorillas for biology class. You include the following information.
Gorillas are primates with 10 fingers and 10 toes.
Gorillas are sometimes hunted for meat.
There may only be 800 mountain gorillas left in the wild.
“Gorillas are capable of learning human communication,” says Dr.
Mun Kee
17% of a gorillas diet comes from leaves.
NO
NO
YESYES
YES
Is this plagiarism?• You doing a homework assignment for History
class on Confucius.
You write about your own feelings about something he wrote.
You find something on Wikipedia.
You find something in another language and then translate it
using Google or other site.
You copy word for word what your teacher told you about him.
NO
YES
YES
YES
UCSD SOURCESUC San Diego. (2010). The Library: Glossary: Academic Integrity. Retrieved from http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/guides/preventing-plagiarism/glossary.html
UC San Diego. (2010). The Library: Real World Examples. Retrieved from http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/guides/preventing-plagiarism/real-world-examples.html
UC San Diego. (2010). The Library: Tips to Avoid Plagiarism. Retrieved from http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/guides/preventing-plagiarism/tips-to-avoid-plagiarism.html
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/guides/preventing-plagiarism/real-world-examples.html