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AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
At ISB we encourage three strategies to avoid plagiarism:
taking careful notes
citing or crediting the original source of every quote, every
paraphrased passage and every summarized idea in your
work
consulting with your teacher or librarian throughout the
research process
PREVENTING PLAGIARISM
DEFINING PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism can be defined as presenting someone else’s words
or ideas as your own. It may take the following forms:
using another person’s ideas, language, theory or other
original material without acknowledging the source to
create the impression that these ideas are your own
paraphrasing material located in web sites, magazines,
newspapers, books, journals, charts or graphs without
citing the source
citing sources you did not use
copying or using work done by another student
NOTE TAKING
When taking notes always:
read the entire text and summarize it in your own
words
paraphrase important points and copy usable quotes
enclose quotes in quotation marks
copy all source information into your working
bibliography
CITING SOURCES
Use NoodleBib to develop a working bibliography as soon as
you begin to take notes. It should include every quote,
paraphrased passage and/or summarized idea that you use.
Remember: common knowledge [ex. Dates and definitions
such as Brussels is the capital of Belgium] are included only if
they are taken directly from a specific reference source. When
in doubt, cite it! CONSULTING WITH YOUR TEACHER AND LIBRARIAN
Ask your teacher or librarian for help if you:
have any questions about what constitutes
plagiarism
are unsure about how to use NoodleBib
need help with any part of the research process
CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM
ISB aims to develop ”independent learners” and ”international
citizens” who value intellectual property and who use information
ethically. Plagiarism violates both these codes of behavior.
Therefore students who plagiarize will be:
required to complete the work honestly with a new timeline set
by their teacher
referred to their headmaster
Additionally:
a note with details of the offence will be placed in the student’s
official file. This will only be removed from the file if there are
no further episodes of plagiarism or cheating
parents of the students will be officially notified in the event of
a second incident
students who knowingly plagiarize on an ongoing basis will be
treated as serious disciplinary issue
Academic integrity is a requirement of being a student at ISB. Given
the potentially serious cheating at the level of external exams and
college, students with an ongoing record of plagiarism will have
their future at ISB reviewed.