PLAGIARISM…

Plagiarism is taking ideas, work, words, or images from someone else and presenting them as your own. It can be intentional and deliberate or innocent and accidental. Either way, it can get you into big trouble! But you can avoid it if you understand how to cite, quote, and paraphrase information. Here’s how…

YOU ARE CHEATING OR

PLAGIARIZING IF YOU:

1.      Reuse or rework a paper you turned in for another class.

2.      Order a term paper from a paper mill or buy one from an online essay factory or copy one and  turn it in as your own.

3.    Copy entire sentences or paragraphs from a source and present them as if you wrote them, or copy pictures and don’t say where you got them.

4.      Take group work and turn it in as your own work or do not contribute to the group work but still take credit for it.

5.      Ask for extra time to turn in a project, claiming technical difficulties, such as a broken computer, crashed drive, or printer problems.

TO AVOID BEING ACUSED OF

CHEATING OR PLAGIARIZING:

1.      Keep all notes you take while doing your research.

2.      Save as separate files all versions, revisions, or drafts of your paper. Printing out your paper while you work is a good practice. Not only will printouts act as a backup in case of computer problems, but they   will provide a paper trail of your work.

3.      When using the internet for research, save or print the information you need, because it’s possible for a site to disappear from the web and your copy may be the only proof that it existed.

4.      Periodically ask your teacher for advice on your progress. Show your paper to your teacher and ask for opinions and suggestions.

5.      Check a writing handbook or style guide (or use a website like www.easybib.com) for proper source citation, and, when in doubt, ask your teacher or a librarian for help.

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