PLAGIARISM Plagiarism is the deliberate use of someone elses ideas or information without proper acknowledgement Plagiarism is the malicious

use of someone elses idea/work without proper acknowledgment, punishable by law. Plagiarism is the use of someone elses work/ideas without proper acknowledgement, due to either laziness, carelessness or malice Plagiarism = Academic dishonesty FORMS OF PLAGIARISM 1. Copying word for word from a source without acknowledging the source by quotation marks and an appropriate reference. ( and parenthetical citation) 2. Paraphrasing someone elses ideas in your own words without acknowledging the source by an appropriate reference 3. Turning in as your own work a paper or portion of a paper conceived jointly with others but not giving credit for others contributions. What needs to be credited/documented? 1. Words/ideas in a magazine, book, song, newspaper, TV program, web page, computer program, letter, advertisement, or any other medium 2. Exact words or a unique phrase 3. Reprint of diagrams 4. Internet downloaded data 5. Info from interview DOCUMENT EVERYTHING No need to document 1. Generally-accepted facts 2. Common knowledge (not historical docs) COMMON KNOWLEDGE 1. Same info is undocumented in at least 5 credible sources 2. If you think your audience knows the info WHEN IN DOUBT, DOCUMENT. Best practices in summarizing/paraphrasing 1. Use a statement that identifies your source when you paraphrase or summarize 2. Quotation marks 3. Summarize in your own words 4. PUBLIC DOMAIN- you may borrow ideas, but not copy USING SOURCES -Dont start a sentence using a quotation; never leave a quotation unexplained Documentation or Acknowledgement of sources 1. Two places

a. In-text Citation b. References section (Bibliography, Literature cited or Works cited) 2. In the in-text citation, cite the original source of information along with the reference where you found it, in abbreviated form. Ex: (Smith, 1998 in Reyes, 2002) 3. In the References section at the end of the paper, citing in full where you got the information Keys to avoiding plagiarism: 1. Methodical and meticulous note taking a. Take down complete details about sources of information, both primary and secondary. b. Make it clear in your notes if what youve taken down is a quotation (use ), a paraphrase, summary, or outline c. To save yourself the trouble of locating the reference in case you need it again, copy call number 2. Recognizing your sources of information *For ENG501M, use APA format. ______________________________________________________ CITATION Two ways of documenting sources: -In text citation or documentation in the different parts of the paper -End documentation called References/Literature Cited or Works Cited or Bibliography (Find out the label used in your discipline) -In text documentation is ABBREVIATED. You need only the authors surname, year and page if its quoted Therefore, deletion of 1st name of author in in-text citation does not make it plagiarized Location -In text citation may appear BEFORE the borrowed information/idea or right after 2nd style of citation: before the borrowed info/idea (you can separate page from year) -When the info/idea in several sentences cones from one source, the in-text citation appears once, either at the beginning or at the end of the info/idea -Different sources-cite new sources as needed Citing original source- In APA secondary source appears in the bibliography Using quotation marks should be faithful to the original text [ ] adding words - deleted words