Plagiarism

Michael Lorenzen

23 September 2003

Modified by Cana Nudi 4/13/06

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Discussion• What is Plagiarism

• How to Avoid Plagiarism

• Why Students Plagiarize

• Sources of Online Plagiarism

• How Faculty Detect Plagiarized Papers

What is Plagiarism?

• Direct Quotes• Paraphrasing• Unique ideas• Total Copy

Types of Plagiarism

Direct Quotes

• If you use someone else’s writing without putting it in quotes, you have blatantly plagiarized.

• Even if you add the source in your bibliography, it is still plagiarism.

Paraphrasing

• Be careful about rewriting someone else’s words. If your sentences use many of the same words and grammatical structure as the original source, it could be construed as plagiarism. Just put the text in your own words.

Original Ideas

• Give credit to unique ideas others have thought up.

• If you present the ideas of another without crediting them, you have plagiarized.

• Obvious ideas, like known facts, don’t have to be credited.

• When in doubt, give credit (cite it).

Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism

• Always put quotes from text in quotations. Never forget to do this. It is the easiest way to get accused of plagiarism.

“This is not my idea.”

When Paraphrasing…

• Be sure you are not just rearranging or replacing words.

• Rewrite the phrase in your own words and credit the original source.

• Double check what you wrote by comparing it with the original writing.

Avoid Danger Spots

• Don’t surf to paper mills.

• Don’t use the Web to look for “easy’ paper sources.

• Don’t turn in other students papers as your own.

Why do students cheat?• Some students do not

come to higher education seeking an education. Instead, they want credentials that will get them a job. Learning is not a priority, getting a good job after graduation is the goal.

This does not relate to my major...

•Many students feel intense pressure to maintain a high grade point average.

•Other students in the school are cheating.

•Some students plagiarize because they do not have a lot of free time.

•Some students inadvertently plagiarize from online sources. They do not understand all the rules for properly using and citing sources.

Sources of Online Plagiarism:

• Paper Mills

• Web Sites (free web…www.)

• Electronic Library Resources

What Does the Student Get?

• Dated material• Poor writing• Bad or nonexistent

research

• BUT NOT ALWAYS

Plagiarism Can Kill Careers

Plagiarism can get you expelled from college.

Plagiarism will result in receiving an “F”.

Plagiarism will result is losing your National Honor Society status.

Why Turnitin.com? Internet provides greater access to resources

Students can find easy ways to shortcut the process of producing “original work”

Some students view the Internet as their personal cut & paste encyclopedia

Reality

70% of students DO NOT plagiarize

29% of students “significantly” plagiarize

1% of students copy entire papers

How Does It Work? Register - Create a Profile - Must Have E-

Mail

Enroll In a Class - Must Have a Class ID and a Class Password

Teachers Must Create Assignment

You Submit Your Paper

Where Does It Search?

• Internet -Over 4 Billion Active Web Sites

• Archived Internet

• ProQuest Databases

• GaleNet Databases

• Student Papers Previously Submitted

Originality Reports

• Blue No matching words

• Green 1 word -24% matching text

• Yellow 25-49% matching text

• Orange 50-74% matching text

• Red 75-100% matching text

Originality ReportsDo not automatically indicate that your paper was plagiarized

Reports are simply tools to help your teacher locate potential sources of plagiarism

The decision to deem your work as plagiarized will be made carefully

Submit FormatsTurnitin.com accepts the following formats:

Microsoft WordWord Perfect

RTF PDF

PostScript Plain Text

HTML formats

PowerPoint Projects

• PP Projects must be converted to Word before

submitting to Turnitin.com