Plagiarism
Plagiarism is copying another person's ideas, words or writing and pretending that they are one's own work.[1] It can involve violating copyright laws.[2] College students who are caught plagiarizing can be expelled from school. It can permanently damage a student's reputation.[3] Writers who plagiarize commit serious legal and ethical violations.[3]
Types of plagiarism[change | change source]
- Direct Plagiarism - copying and pasting someone else's work, or making minor changes to someone else's work to pass it off as their own.[4]
- Self-Plagiarism - Happens when a student submits all or part of their own previous work without getting permission from all involved professors.[4]
- Mosaic Plagiarism - Or "patch writing," is when parts of other works are copied without using quotation marks. It can also be when a student keeps the same structure and meaning of an original passage and only uses synonyms.[4]
- Accidental Plagiarism - This can happen when a student does not cite their sources. It can also happen when a student paraphrases information without giving attribution (credit to the original author or authors).[4]
- mash-up. Two or more data sources that have been turned into one. They may be graphics, texts, songs, and video from various media.[5][6]
Avoiding plagiarism[change | change source]
It is usually not enough to know what plagiarism is, students must also know how to avoid plagiarism.[7] Writers are as responsible for intentional plagiarism as they are for accidental plagiarism.[7] It is important to cite sources while doing research. Putting this off until later can cause some sources to be forgotten or incorrectly cited.[7]
When using a source, make sure the content is in the same context as the paper.[7] Try to avoid using biased sources.[7] Always take the time to find the correct information about a source.[7] For example, some web pages may be part of a larger website. While a web page article may seem fair and balanced, it can be affected by the overall bias or reputation of the publisher.[7] Using something out of context can also lead to charges of plagiarism.[7] Taking the time to properly cite all sources in a paper or work is paying respect to the original ideas of others.[8] This is all part of doing good work.
Related pages[change | change source]
- Copyright
- Copyright infringement
- Academic dishonesty
- Fair use
- Wikipedia:Citing sources (Wikipedia guideline)
- Ghostwriter
- Pastiche
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Plagiarism". The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "What Are Some Consequences Of Plagiarism?". The Law Dictionary. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "6 Consequences of Plagiarism". iThenticate. Turnitin, LLC. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "The Common Types of Plagiarism". Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "What is Plagiarism?". iParadigms, LLC. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ Stolley, Karl; Brizee, Allen; Paiz, Joshua (7 June November 2006). "Avoiding plagiarism". Purdue OWL. Retrieved 6 January 2014. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 "How to Avoid Plagiarism". Harvard Guide to Using Sources. President and Fellows of Harvard College. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "Guidelines for Proper Attribution". Office of the Provost. Northwestern University. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
