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PLAGIARISM: Cheating is Just a Click
Away!
PLAGIARISM: Cheating is Just a Click
Away!
Berkley LaiteOutreach Services Coordinator
Lehman Library
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Plagiarism isPlagiarism is
From the Latin, meaning “kidnapper.”
A form of intellectual theft.
The false assumption of authorship.
The wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind and presenting it
as one’s own.
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PlagiarismPlagiarism
To do so is a violation of professional ethics.
In short, to plagiarize is to give the impression that you wrote or thought something that you in fact borrowed from someone else.
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Forms of Plagiarism:Forms of Plagiarism:
Using someone's particularly apt phrase.
Repeating another’s wording.
Paraphrasing another’s argument.
Presenting another’s line of thinking.
Doing the Following Without Acknowledgement
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DocumentationDocumentation
Any material that readers might mistake as yours
is Giving Credit for Everything You Borrow:
Direct quotations and paraphrases
Information and ideas
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Document an “apt” phraseDocument an “apt” phrase
Incorrect handling of an “apt” phrase:
Hypertext, as one theorist puts it, is “all about connection, linkage, and affiliation.”
Who is the theorist? Where did you read it? Is this phrase the theorist’s or yours? (See next slide for correct citation.)
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Document an “apt” phraseDocument an “apt” phrase In your text:Hypertext, as one theorist puts it, is “all about
connection, linkage, and affiliation” (Moulthrop, par. 19).
In your “Works Cited:”
Moulthrop, Stuart. “You Say You Want a Revolution? Hypertext and the Laws of Media.” Postmodern
Culture 1.3 (1991) 3 Apr. 1997 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/postmodern_culture/v001/1.3 moulthrop.html. Shippensburg Library (PA).
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Document an ideaDocument an idea
Incorrect handling of an idea:
Between 1968 and 1988, television coverage of presidential elections changed dramatically. Whose idea is this? It’s not your idea,
is it? Where did you read it? (See next slide for correct citation.)
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Document an ideaDocument an idea
In your text:
Between 1968 and 1988, television coverage of presidential elections changed dramatically (Hallin 5).
In your “Works Cited:”
Hallin, Daniel C. “Sound Bite News: Television Coverage of Elections, 1968-1988.” Journal of
Communication 42.2 (1992): 5-24.
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Document a Photograph or Work of Art
Document a Photograph or Work of Art
Incorrect use of a photograph:
Note the muted blending of tones in the picture of a mother with her child.
• Where did this picture come from? • Who is the artist?
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Document a Photograph of Work of Art
Document a Photograph of Work of Art
In your text:
Note the muted blending of tones in the picture of a mother with her child. (Cassat)
In your “Works Cited:” Cassat, Mary. Mother and Child. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Amico Library http://eureka.rlg.org September 24, 2003.
Need Help?Need Help?
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Citation HelpCitation Help
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Several FormsSeveral Forms
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DocumentationDocumentation Scholarly authors acknowledge their
debts to predecessors by giving credit to each source.
You must specify what you borrowed (facts, opinions, quotations) and where you borrowed it from.
Writing a paper in college is scholarly writing; you are a scholarly author.
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Exceptions to DocumentationExceptions to Documentation
Familiar proverbs: “You can’t judge a book by its cover.”
Well-known quotations: “We shall overcome.”
Common knowledge: “Shakespeare was born during the Elizabethan age.”
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ReviewReview
Plagiarism is pretending something you wrote is your own idea.
Honesty and ethics require that you give credit to another’s ideas.
Documentation is giving credit to your sources of information or ideas.
SU considers plagiarism to be Academic Dishonesty.
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
Why Do Students Plagiarize?
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
IGNORANCE
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
CARELESS NOTE TAKING
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
STRESS AND COMPETITION
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
ANTI EDUCATION ATTITUDE
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
SELF DEFENSE
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
CHEATING BY THOSE ABOVE
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
LACK OF PERCEIVED PUNISHMENT
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
FEAR OF INADEQUATE WRITING ABILITY
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
DO PROFS ACTUALLY READ THE PAPERS?
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Why Do Students Plagiarize?
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
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How Many Ways Can I Plagiarize?
Let Me Count the Ways
How Many Ways Can I Plagiarize?
Let Me Count the Ways Download a free research paper Buy a paper from a paper mill Copy a page from the Internet Copy an article from the library’s databases Dump a foreign article into Babelfish Check out the local sources Cut and paste a quilt
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How Many Ways Can I Plagiarize?
Let Me Count the Ways
How Many Ways Can I Plagiarize?
Let Me Count the Ways
Quote less than all the words Paraphrase it Fake a citation
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Copyright 2001 by Pyrczak Publishing. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission.
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Shippensburg University Policies on Academic
Dishonesty
Shippensburg University Policies on Academic
Dishonesty
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Shippensburg Policies Are In The undergraduate catalogThe graduate catalog
The student handbook
PLUS: ALL THESE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE!
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SU Policy on Academic Dishonesty
It is the policy of Shippensburg University to expect academic honesty. Students who commit breaches of academic honesty will be subject to the various sanctions outlined in this section.
This policy applies to all students enrolled at Shippensburg during and after their time of enrollment.
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Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty.Shippensburg University will not tolerateplagiarism, and the faculty will make allreasonable efforts to discourage it.
Plagiarism is your unacknowledged use ofanother writer’s own words or specific facts orpropositions or materials in your own writing.
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Certain situations may cause conscientiousstudents to fear plagiarizing when they are notreally plagiarizing. These include:
Improper format for documentation
Use of supplemental individualized instructionon an assignment
Use of a proofreader
It’s not always plagiarism:
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Meeting with the ProfessorMeeting with the Professor
You should be treated with respect.
You should be given the rules.
The professor should ask questions rather than make accusations.
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Methods for ResolutionMethods for Resolution
Informal Resolution Formal Resolution Penalties
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Copyright 2001 by Pyrczak Publishing. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission.
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Contact the Learning CenterFirst Floor of the Library
717-477-1420
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