Plagiarism Prevention & Plagiarism Prevention & Citing Sources in Citing Sources in

Chicago/TurabianChicago/Turabian Style Style

Dr. Jun WangSan Joaquin Delta College

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What Is Plagiarism?

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As Robert A. Harris pointed out,

Plagiarism is using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to the other person.1

1. Harris, Robert A., Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting,

and Dealing with Plagiarism (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001), 25.

2. WriteCheckVideos, “10 Types of Plagiarism,“ Online video clip, 2012. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=EF5eFeJMplA (accessed November 12, 2014).

Common Types of Plagiarism

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Desperate Types of Plagiarism Copy an entire article from the Web or a

subscription online databaseDownload a free research paper from

the WebBuying a paper from a commercial

paper millFaking a citation to get by so as to meet

the deadlineUse a paper with permission from a

friend who took the same course or chose the same research topic

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3. Harris, Robert A., Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting,

and Dealing with Plagiarism (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001), 13-18.

Why Do People Plagiarize?

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1. Ignorance2. Students are natural economizers3. Some students fear that their

writing ability is inadequate4. Tutoring out of control5. Cheating in self-defense6. Lack of perceived punishment7. Many students have poor time

management and planning skills8. Some students do not believe

professors actually read research papers

Robert A. Harris

4. Harris, Robert A., Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting,

and Dealing with Plagiarism (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001), 2-9.

How to Avoid Plagiarism?(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y)

Tips to avoid accidental plagiarism(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwOJvWhF_08)

Stop, Thief! Avoiding Plagiarism by Paraphrasing(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3EHIoa9HI)

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Tips on Avoiding Plagiarism

Start your research as soon as possible. Purchase a USB and create folders for semesters and

subfolders for individual classes within each semester. Click on the specific class and create subfolders for individual research papers/projects.

In gathering information from the online databases for your research paper, be sure to save the full-text articles or e-books as well as the embedded citations in a required style in the specific folder for the research paper.

Get to know Chicago/Turabian Style and where you can find reputable citation guides online so that you can properly cite sources in the body of your article, Notes (footnotes or endnotes), and Bibliography.

List your cited sources in your footnotes and Bibliography as you write your paper so that you won’t miss any source citations.

Tips on Avoiding Plagiarism

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Policy and Procedure on

Academic Dishonesty

Board Policy 5500 AAdministrative Procedure 5500 A

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Chicago/Turabian Citation Tools Check out the built-in Citation tools from the library’s

subscription online databases

Reputable Web resources:◦ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/ (citation guide)

◦ http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/documents/APACitationGuide.pdf (Citation

Guide from Delta College Library)

◦ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/1300991022_717.pdf (Sample Paper)

Books:

Turabian, Kate L. 2007. A manual for writers of research papers,

theses,

and dissertations: Chicago style for students and

researchers. 7th ed.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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Display the Detailed Record and

Chicago/Turabian Citation

Using the Citation Tool from GoElectronic Meta Database

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Find Citation Tool from a Detailed Find Citation Tool from a Detailed Record in Record in GoElectronic GoElectronic Meta DatabaseMeta Database

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Find Citation Tool from the Full-Text Article in Find Citation Tool from the Full-Text Article in GoElectronic GoElectronic Meta DatabaseMeta Database

Find and Tweak the Embedded Chicago/Turabian Citation from GoElectronic

(Notes and Bibliography)

Bibliography

Flaitz, Catherine, Paul Casamassimo, and Rebecca Lunstroth. “Is Social Justice Relative

When It Comes to Oral Health? The Realities of a Complex Health Issue.” Pastoral

Psychology 62, no.2 (April 2013): 189-198. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost,

http://eds.b.ebscohost.com (accessed November 7, 2014). 13

6Catherine Flaitz, Paul Casamassimo, and Rebecca Lunstroth, “Is Social Justice Relative When It Comes to Oral Health? The Realities of a Complex Health Issue,” Pastoral Psychology 62, no. 2 (April 2013): 189-198. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost, http://eds.b.ebscohost.com (accessed November 7, 2014).

Footnotes in Chicago/Turabian Style Footnotes in Chicago/Turabian Style

How to place the footnote number in your paper using Microsoft Word?1. Type the note number at the end of the sentence of your

direct quote or paraphrased idea from a cited source.2. Highlight the number and press Ctrl + Shift + Plus Sign

simultaneously to make the number in superscriptHow to create a footnote in Microsoft Word?

1. Click on Insert and then Header/Footer icon on the top of the screen and select Footer.

2. Choose Align to the left. 3. Number the notes in numerical order throughout your paper.4. In the footnote, indent the first line and type the note number

followed by a period (superscript the footnote number and the period is preferred by the style). Enter the author’s first name, middle name, and last name followed by a comma and a space.

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Footnotes in Chicago/Turabian Style Footnotes in Chicago/Turabian Style

Sample Footnotes for a book and a chapter of a book in print format:

1. Robert A. Harris, Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001), 25.

2. Robert A. Harris, “Educating Yourself About Plagiarism,” in Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001), 1-22.

Footnote for a periodical article or an e-book from an online database:◦See Delta College Library’s Citation Guide

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References

Flaitz, Catherine, Paul Casamassimo, and Rebecca Lunstroth. 2013. Is social justice

relative when it comes to oral health? The realities of a complex health issue.

Pastoral Psychology 62, no.2: 189-198. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost,

http://eds.b.ebscohost.com (accessed November 7, 2014). 16

Find and Tweak the Embedded Chicago/Turabian Citation from GoElectronic

(Author-Date)

In the body of your research paper, place the parenthetical reference (in-text citation) at the end of the sentence where you have a direct or indirect quote from the above source in parentheses. List the authors’ last names, the publication year, and the page number. Note the use of comma in the parenthetical reference.

[Flaitz, Casamassimo, and Lunstroth 2013, 190].

Student Student

Gauging Your Learning Outcome1. What is plagiarism?

2. Name at least 3 most common causes of plagiarism so as to avoid them.

3. Name the reputable websites (discussed in this session) that will help you with your Turabian style citation 24/7.

4. Students who plagiarize may receive the following academic discipline according to Delta College’s policy and procedure

1. Failing grade for the assignment2. Failing grade for the course3. Removal or suspension from the college4. All of the above

5. Locate built-in citation tools from one of the online databases: 1. Successfully identified the tools for citation2. Not successful in locating the tools for citation

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