Plagiarism and Intellectual Freedom

What is Plagiarism?

What are the consequences of Plagiarism?

Failing an assignment.
Not graduating.
Not being admitted into a college or university or expelled.
Losing a job.
Jail time.
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Definition: Plagiarism

pla·gia·rism [pley-juh-riz-uhm]

Literary theft. Plagiarism occurs when a writer duplicates another writer's language or ideas and then calls the work his or her own. Copyright laws protect writers' words as their legal property. To avoid the charge of plagiarism, writers take care to credit those from whom they borrow and quote.

"plagiarism." The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. 26 Mar. 2012. .

Examples

Solutions

Copying word for word from a source to your own paper without giving proper citation.
Use quotation marks around the exact words captured and cite the source.
Paraphrasing and claiming the idea or words as your own.
Write down the source of the idea or words on your bibliography.
You have written a paper and are not sure if you have properly cited all of your sources.
Talk to your teacher or library media specialist to be sure you have cited your sources properly.

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