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PLAGIARISM Plagiarism occurs when someone uses another’s words, work or ideas without providing acknowledgement. Plagiarism takes many forms and in many cases, individuals may not truly be aware that what they are doing is plagiarism. But whether it is intentional or unintentional, plagiarism is a serious academic offence. As university students, it is your responsibility to understand what constitutes plagiarism and take the necessary steps to prevent it from happening. Some forms of plagiarism, such as misrepresenting someone else's work as your own by copying another student's work, copying content from a journal or website, or “buying” an essay online, are obvious forms of plagiarism. However there are many other forms that you may doing without realizing that you are in fact plagiarizing. Some examples include: Copying sentences or paragraphs without properly citing their source. For example: o Including direct quotes in your work without citing the source and without proper use of quotation marks o Using specific facts without providing proper citation o Using graphics (pictures, illustrations, graphs, maps, etc.) or statistics without proper citation o Translating a work from one language to another without proper citation Incorrect paraphrasing. For example: o Summarizing information from a source without proper acknowledgement o Paraphrasing by re-writing a section but not making it sufficiently different from the original, even if cited appropriately The Writing Centre (Rm SN-2053) at Memorial University can provide further information on plagiarism and how the university handles issues of academic integrity. Please refer to: http://www.mun.ca/ writingcentre/plagiari sm
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PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism occurs when someone uses another’s words, work or ideas
without providing acknowledgement. Plagiarism takes many forms
and in many cases, individuals may not truly be aware that what they
are doing is plagiarism. But whether it is intentional or unintentional,
plagiarism is a serious academic offence. As university students, it is
your responsibility to understand what constitutes plagiarism and take
the necessary steps to prevent it from happening.
Some forms of plagiarism, such as misrepresenting someone else's
work as your own by copying another student's work, copying content
from a journal or website, or “buying” an essay online, are obvious
forms of plagiarism. However there are many other forms that you
may doing without realizing that you are in fact plagiarizing.
Some examples include:
Copying sentences or paragraphs without properly citing their
source. For example:
o Including direct quotes in your work without citing the source
and without proper use of quotation marks
o Using specific facts without providing proper citation
o Using graphics (pictures, illustrations, graphs, maps, etc.) or
statistics without proper citation
o Translating a work from one language to another without
proper citation
Incorrect paraphrasing. For example:
o Summarizing information from a source without proper
acknowledgement
o Paraphrasing by re-writing a section but not making it
sufficiently different from the original, even if cited
appropriately
The Writing Centre
(Rm SN-2053) at
Memorial University
can provide further
information on
plagiarism and how
the university handles
issues of academic
integrity. Please
refer to:
http://www.mun.ca/
writingcentre/plagiari
sm
“Hybrid” content. For example:
o Copying from multiple sources and combining into one paper
or assignment without providing proper citation
o Copying from multiple sources and giving proper citation but
the paper or assignment contains very little original material
For more information please follow the highlighted links. You can take
the plagiarism quiz to challenge your understanding of what actions
constitute plagiarism as well as find further resources that help define
and describe different types of plagiarism. See “The Plagiarism
Spectrum” below for a detailed list of 10 different types of plagiarism,
as described by Turnitin, a company that has developed one of the
most widely used online educational applications for originality
detection and evaluation of student work, used by more than 10000
educational institutions worldwide.
Visit the Turnitin
site and try the
plagiarism quiz!
http://turnitin.com/
assets/en_us/media
/plagiarism-quiz/
Reprinted from: White Paper: The Plagiarism Spectrum. Instructor
Insights into the 10 Types of Plagiarism [Online]. Available:
http://go.turnitin.com/paper/plagiarism-spectrum
Don’t forget to try the plagiarism quiz!
http://turnitin.com/assets/en_us/media/plagiarism-quiz/
