Plagarism Terms

Citation

1. A short, formal indication of the source of information or quoted material 2. The act of quoting material or the material quoted

Original

1. Not derived from anything else, new and unique 2. Markedly departing from previous practice 3. The first, preceding all others in time 4. The source from which copies are made

Cite

1. to indicate a source of information or quoted material in a short, formal note 2. to quote 3. to ascribe something to a source

Plagiarize

1. to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own 2. to use (another's production) without crediting the source 3. to commit literary theft 4. to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

What is a citation?

A citation tells you how to find the source again including; information about the author, the title of the work, the name and location of the company that published your copy of the source, the date your copy was published, the page numbers of the material you are borrowing.

Copyright

A law protecting the intellectual property of individuals, giving them exclusive rights over the distribution and reproduction of that material.

Bibliography

A list of sources used in preparing a work

Intellectual Property

A product of the intellect, such as an expresses idea or concept, that has a commercial value.

Paraphrase

A restatement of a text or passage in other words.

Plagiarism

Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit

Why should I cite?

Citations are extremely helpful to anyone who wants to find our more about your ideas and where they came from. Your own ideas may often be more accurate or interesting than those of your sources, proper citation will keep you from taking the rap for someone else's bad ideas. Citing sources shows the amount of research you've done. Citing sources strengths you work by lending outside support to you ideas.

Way to prevent plagiarism

Consult your instructor is you have questions about plagiarism. You can also check the guidelines for citing sources properly.

Self-plagiarism

Copying material you have previously produced and passing it off as a new production. This can potentially violate copyright protection, if the work has been published, and is banned by most academic policies.

Plagiarism

Copying so many words or idea form a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

Plagiarism

Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit

Way to prevent plagiarism

Evaluate you sources: not all sources are worth citing. The website should tell you the author, where they got their information, and when they wrote it. Then it's up to you to evaluate how credible the source is.

Plagiarism

Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks or giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation

Common

Information that is readily available from a number

Way to prevent plagiarism

Know how to paraphrase: this is a restatement in your own words of someone else's ideas. HOWEVER, changing a few words of the original sentence does NOT make your writing a legitimate paraphrase. You must change both the words and the sentence structure of the original sentence without changing the content.

Facts

Knowledge or information.

Way to prevent plagiarism

Make it clear who said what: make sure that when you mix your own ideas with those of your sources, you always distinguish them and give credit to the right person.

Way to prevent plagiarism

Plan your paper: have a balance between your own original ideas and those you have taken from sources

Way to prevent plagiarism

Take effective notes: to avoid improper citations and misquotations, use different colored pens or pencils for each source. Make sure you mark page numbers and record bibliographical information or web address for every source right away.

attribution

The acknowledgement that something came from another source

Fair Use

The guidelines for deciding whether the use of a source is permissable or constitutes a copyright infringement.

Plagiarism

The reproduction or appropriation of someone else's work without proper attribution; passing off as one's own the work if someone else

Plagiarism

Turning in someone else's work as your own

Quotation

Using words from another source

Way to prevent plagiarism

When in doubt, cite sources: if it is unclear whether an idea in you paper came from you, or whether you got it from somewhere and just changed it a little, you should always cite your source.

When do I cite?

You should cite your work; whenever you use quotes, whenever you paraphrase, whenever you use an idea that someone else has already expressed, whenever you make a specific reference to the work of another, and whenever some else's work has been critical in developing your own ideas.

Knowledge

of sources, or so well known that its sources do not have to be cited