What is it?How to Avoid it!

Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism?

The word 'plagiarism' comes from the Latin verb meaning

“TO KIDNAP”

If you plagiarize, you’re kidnapping others’ hard work

and intellectual property!

erty!

Why is Plagiarism a Big Deal?

It shows a lack of integrity for yourself and your own unique style! If you plagiarize, you are cheating yourself and the world from the benefit of your original thoughts, words and expressions (regardless of the format) and robbing yourself of the experiences involved in individual research, thinking, writing and creating.

The bottom line is: Taking credit for someone else's work hurts you most of all!

Be an Original!You've got a great brain—use

it!

The world needs fresh original thoughts not overused regurgitated words and ideas.

Besides...

It's Illegal!

JRMS Plagiarism PolicyThe policy for Academic Dishonesty is found

on page 31 of the student handbook. “Here at JRMS the relationship of Integrity, Respect and Responsibility in developing and

maintaining trust, and honesty between teachers and students is of the utmost importance. Cheating, copying, allowing copying, lying, plagiarism or other examples of academic dishonesty will be taken seriously. Students should be aware that teachers employ many methods to discourage Academic Dishonesty.” (31 JRMS Student Handbook)

Consequences for Academic Dishonesty are cumulative over the career of a JRMS student and could include any of the following:

Notification to parents and/or guardianNotification to guidance and administrationExample of Academic Dishonesty kept in student's fileStudent will receive a zero for the work in questionNo make up or alternative work allowedReferral to school administrationRecommendations for discipline action could include In-school or Out-of-school suspension

Famous Plagiarism Cases

ESPN has suspended ESPN News anchor Will Selva

The Black Eyed Peas have been accused of plagiarism by British DJ Adam Freeland.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Accused Of Plagiarism

Harvard student novelist accused of plagiarism

Students expelled from University of Virginia shipboard program for plagiarism

ConsequencesAccording to the website Plagiarism.org

“Recent studies indicate that approximately 30 percent of all students may be plagiarizing

on every written assignment they complete.”

Consequences for plagiarism are very real and can include:

Receiving a Failing Grade Expulsion from school or university Termination of job Criminal charges/Fines (particularly in cases of plagiarism

involving music/art/literature) Jail

Deliberate or Accidental

Whether it is deliberate or accidental, copying the work of others and turning it in as your own

is considered PLAGIARISM even if you just copy PART of the work.

If you do not give credit to the source you are

using, you are Plagiarizing.

Deliberate (Intentional) Plagiarism

*Copying & Pasting

*Using another's paper

*Reusing one of your own papers

*Downloading/purchasing a paper from an online 'paper mill'

Why??? Fear of failure/taking risks, poor time management, view cheating as unimportant, lazy

Accidental (Unintentional) Plagiarism

*Paraphrasing/summarizing a source without citing it

*Failure to include a works cited page

*Patchwork Plagiarism: taking the ideas of other writers and patching them together

Why??? Lack of experience/knowledge of how to integrate ideas of others and document properly, unclear as to definition of plagiarism, lack of experience/knowledge of how to take notes properly

Avoiding Plagiarism

To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use any pieces of information that are not considered to be 'common knowledge' (well known facts)--even when you paraphrase, summarize or use direct quotations.

• Paraphrase: Stating ideas and details of what you have read in your own words (Rephrasing the words of the author)

• Summarize: Giving a broad overview of the main idea—usually in fewer words than the original source and presented in a different order.

• Use Direct Quotations

• Cite Your Sources: You must cite your sources if you paraphrase, summarize or use direct quotations.

Avoiding Plagiarism

How to ParaphraseThe best way to paraphrase is to:

• Read the information

• Close the book, website, or article

• Write about it using your own words

• Cite your source, giving credit to the author or publisher

How to Summarize• State the general idea in your own words

• Use fewer words than the original source

• Cite your source

Using Quotations• Use the EXACT wording and punctuation

of the original source

• Enclose the passage in quotation marks

• Cite the source

Using Citations• There are several different styles for citing sources. The most

common style used by K-12 schools is the MLA 7 (Modern Language Association). Your teachers will let you know the style they require.

• We have hard copies of the MLA 7 format in the JRMS LMC. There are also many 'online' citation helpers and there are links to a few of these from the JRMS LMC Home Page site at http://sau47.follettdestiny.com

• Don't forget—you can also use our LMC online library catalog (Follett Destiny) to cite resources from our collection and websites from Web path Express

• Other common citation styles include: APA, Turabian, and Chicago

Other Tips Take Good Notes—Carefully!

In your notes, mark someone else's exact words with a big Q (for quote) or use big quotation marks

Indicate in your notes which ideas are taken from other other sourcessources (other than from your own mind) with a big S, and your own insights with a ME

When information comes from any source (other than from your own mind), immediately record relevant documentation in your notes (book and article titles; Web URL's, etc.) for easy transfer to your 'Works Cited' page

Another idea is to use different highlighted colors or a unique code of some sort to identify direct quotations, someone else's main ideas or your own words and ideas

Check Your Work(Before someone else does!)

Teachers and professors use software programs such as “Turn-it-in” to uncover plagiarism of papers and projects—why shouldn't you?

Check your own papers by using similar programs online—many are free!

http://www.plagiarism.org/http://www.plagiarismchecker.comhttp://www.grammarly.comhttp://www.duplichecker.com/http://plagiarisma.net/http://www.paperrater.com/

OR...at least Google a few lines in your paper to make sure you have not followed another's text too closely!

Plagiarism ActivityVisit the interactive plagiarism site below to learn

more about plagiarism. Write down at least 3 things you learned from the sites on your attached sheet.

http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/

Visit the following site to answer the 9 questions on your attached sheet.

http://www.fairfield.edu/media/flash/library/lib_plagicourt.swf

Works CitedIslin, Ramona. “Plagiarism Court: You be the Judge” http://www.fairfield.edu/media/flash/library/lib_plagicourt.swf. Fairfield University. Aug. 2006. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.

“Purdue Online Writing Lab.” http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/ 1995 – 2011. Web. 28Feb. 2011.

“Ten Authors Accused of Plagiarism.” http://www.examiner.com. 21 April 2009. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.

Thompson, Sue. “Plagiarism Prevention for Students.” http://library.csusm.edu/plagiarism/index.html 22 Oct.. 2008. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.

“Top Ten Plagiarism Scandals of all Time”. http://www.onlineclasses.org/2009/10/21/top-10-plagiarism-scandals-of-all-time/. 2011. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.

“You Quote it, You Note it! “ http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ Vaughan Memorial Library. 2004-2008. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.

“What is Plagiarism?” http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/ Rutgers University. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.

“Writing Tutorial Services.” http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets.shtml Indiana University, 12 Oct. 2010. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.