1. Shippensburg University Library 1 PLAGIARISM:Cheating is Just a Click Away! Berkley Laite Outreach Services Coordinator Lehman Library

2. Shippensburg University Library 2 Plagiarism is From the Latin, meaning “kidnapper.” A form of intellectual theft. The false assumption of authorship. The wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind and presenting it as one’s own.

5. Paraphrasing another’s argument.

6. Presenting another’s line of thinking.Using someone's particularly apt phrase.

7. Shippensburg University Library 5 Documentation is Giving Credit for Everything You Borrow: Direct quotations and paraphrases Information and ideas Any material that readers might mistake as yours

8. Shippensburg University Library 6 Document an “apt” phrase Incorrect handling of an “apt” phrase: Hypertext, as one theorist puts it, is “all about connection, linkage, and affiliation.” Who is the theorist? Where did you read it? Is this phrase the theorist’s or yours? (See next slide for correct citation.)

9. Shippensburg University Library 7 Document an “apt” phrase In your text: Hypertext, as one theorist puts it, is “all about connection, linkage, and affiliation” (Moulthrop, par. 19). In your “Works Cited:” Moulthrop, Stuart. “You Say You Want a Revolution? Hypertext and the Laws of Media.” Postmodern Culture 1.3 (1991) 3 Apr. 1997 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/postmodern_culture/v001/ 1.3 moulthrop.html. Shippensburg Library (PA).

10. Shippensburg University Library 8 Document an idea Incorrect handling of an idea: Between 1968 and 1988, television coverage of presidential elections changed dramatically. Whose idea is this? It’s not your idea, is it? Where did you read it? (See next slide for correct citation.)

11. Shippensburg University Library 9 Document an idea In your text: Between 1968 and 1988, television coverage of presidential elections changed dramatically (Hallin 5). In your “Works Cited:” Hallin, Daniel C. “Sound Bite News: Television Coverage of Elections, 1968-1988.” Journal of Communication 42.2 (1992): 5-24.

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17. Shippensburg University Library 15 Documentation Scholarly authors acknowledge their debts to predecessors by giving credit to each source. You must specify what you borrowed (facts, opinions, quotations) and where you borrowed it from. Writing a paper in college is scholarly writing; you are a scholarly author.

18. Shippensburg University Library 16 Exceptions to Documentation Familiar proverbs: “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” Well-known quotations: “We shall overcome.” Common knowledge: “Shakespeare was born during the Elizabethan age.”

19. Shippensburg University Library 17 Review Plagiarism is pretending something you wrote is your own idea. Honesty and ethics require that you give credit to another’s ideas. Documentation is giving credit to your sources of information or ideas. SU considers plagiarism to be Academic Dishonesty.

20. Shippensburg University Library 18 Why Do Students Plagiarize?

21. Shippensburg University Library 19 Why Do Students Plagiarize? IGNORANCE

22. Shippensburg University Library 20 Why Do Students Plagiarize? CARELESS NOTE TAKING

23. Shippensburg University Library 21 Why Do Students Plagiarize? STRESS AND COMPETITION

24. Shippensburg University Library 22 Why Do Students Plagiarize? ANTI EDUCATION ATTITUDE

25. Shippensburg University Library 23 Why Do Students Plagiarize? SELF DEFENSE

26. Shippensburg University Library 24 Why Do Students Plagiarize? CHEATING BY THOSE ABOVE

27. Shippensburg University Library 25 Why Do Students Plagiarize? LACK OF PERCEIVED PUNISHMENT

28. Shippensburg University Library 26 Why Do Students Plagiarize? FEAR OF INADEQUATE WRITING ABILITY

29. Shippensburg University Library 27 Why Do Students Plagiarize? DO PROFS ACTUALLY READ THE PAPERS?

30. Shippensburg University Library 28 Why Do Students Plagiarize? CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

31. Shippensburg University Library 29 How Many Ways Can I Plagiarize?Let Me Count the Ways Download a free research paper Buy a paper from a paper mill Copy a page from the Internet Copy an article from the library’s databases Dump a foreign article into Babelfish Check out the local sources Cut and paste a quilt

32. Shippensburg University Library 30 How Many Ways Can I Plagiarize?Let Me Count the Ways Quote less than all the words Paraphrase it Fake a citation

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34. Shippensburg University Library 32 Shippensburg University Policies on Academic Dishonesty

35. Shippensburg University Library 33 The graduate catalog The undergraduate catalog The student handbook Shippensburg Policies Are In PLUS: ALL THESE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE!

36. Shippensburg University Library 34 SU Policy on Academic Dishonesty It is the policy of Shippensburg University to expect academic honesty. Students who commit breaches of academic honesty will be subject to the various sanctions outlined in this section. This policy applies to all students enrolled at Shippensburg during and after their time of enrollment.

37. Shippensburg University Library 35 Plagiarism Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty. Shippensburg University will not tolerate plagiarism, and the faculty will make all reasonable efforts to discourage it. Plagiarism is your unacknowledged use of another writer’s own words or specific facts or propositions or materials in your own writing.

38. Shippensburg University Library 36 It’s not always plagiarism: Certain situations may cause conscientious students to fear plagiarizing when they are not really plagiarizing. These include: Improper format for documentation Use of supplemental individualized instruction on an assignment Use of a proofreader

39. Shippensburg University Library 37 Meeting with the Professor You should be treated with respect. You should be given the rules. The professor should ask questions rather than make accusations.

40. Shippensburg University Library 38 Methods for Resolution Informal Resolution Formal Resolution Penalties

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42. Shippensburg University Library 40 For More Information: Contact the Learning Center First Floor of the Library 717-477-1420 AIM participations will receive credit for viewing this Power Point presentation by answering the questions below and emailing your replies to aim@ship.edu. 1. Was this presentation useful? 2. Which part of the presentation did you find most useful? 3. Which part of the presentation was the least useful? 4. What are you going to do now based on what you have learned from this presentation?