Lesson 21 - Avoiding Plaigiarism
Lesson 21 - Avoiding Plaigiarism
Lesson 21 - Avoiding Plaigiarism
PLAGIARISM
What is
plagiarism?
Deliberate Plagiarism
Copying or buying a paper
Recycling one of your papers from another
class
Using information (ideas, words,
passages) from another source without
acknowledging (citing) that source
References:
• https://www.niu.edu/academic-
integrity/students/plagiarism/tips-on-
avoiding.shtml
• https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/useinformation
correctly/avoiding-plagiarism/1/
• https://guides.library.ucla.edu/citing/plagiar
ism/avoid
• https://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-
communication-center/avoiding-
plagiarism/
Unintentional Plagiarism
Paraphrasing that is too close to the
original (patchwriting)
Copying and pasting online sources into
your paper
Forgetting to name the source
What is a source?
acknowledging
the source?
Direct quotations: incorporating
another person’s ideas exactly word
for word into your paper.
“For a time, the United States Telegraph and the
Washington Globe were almost equally favored
as party organs, and there were fifty-seven
journalists on the government payroll” (116).
DO’s
and DON’Ts
DO
Pre-read before reading: Scan the introduction,
section headings & conclusion before you start
reading to get an overview.
A legitimate paraphrase:
– In research papers students often quote excessively,
failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable
level. Since the problem usually originates during note
taking, it is essential to minimize the material
recorded verbatim (Lester 46-47).
THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID
THE BIG “P”!
For both paraphrasing and summarizing, it is
imperative that you understand completely the
material. It may take 2 or 3 readings to reach the
point where you can restate in your own words
what was meant in the original source.