PLAGIARISM

WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO AVOID IT

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

Plagiarism is the act of using someone

else's work and presenting it as your own.

WHY SHOULDNT I PLAGIARIZE?

REASONS NOT TO PLAGIARIZE

Youre Stealing from Another Author

Would you want someone else to stealyourwork?

It Hurts You

You dont learn anything when you plagiarize, including how

to think for yourself.

Plagiarism prevents you from creating your own ideas and

opinions.

You cant cheat forever. Eventually you will get caught and
the consequences will be serious.

Cheating damages your reputation and academic and

professional careers.

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM: COPYING

Copying is the most well-known and most

common type of plagiarism. If you:

Copy another persons work word-for-word

Do not credit him or her for the work

And put your name on it

Then you have plagiarized!

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM:
PARAPHRASING PLAGIARISM

Paraphrase: The restatement of information and

ideas expressed by someone else, presented using
different words.

Paraphrasing plagiarism occurs when you

paraphrase or summarize another person's work
without citing the source.

If you keep the author's essential thoughts, sentence

structure, and/or style without citing the source, this
is plagiarism!

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM:
PARAPHRASING PLAGIARISM

Examples:

Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman, felt that as a child,

growing up in the Bronx, [he and his friends] used to be
vigilantes to survive (Benton, 69).

Plagiarism: Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman, felt that

growing up in New York, he and other kids had to seek their
own justice to survive.

Not Plagiarism: Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman, felt that

growing up in New York, he and other kids had to seek their
own justice to survive (Benton, 69).

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM:
UNINTENTIONAL

Unintentional
plagiarism occurs
when the writer
incorrectly quotes
and/or incorrectly cites
a source they are
using.

So how do I avoid plagiarism?

HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM

Use your own words and ideas as often as possible.

Put anything that comes directly from the text in
quotations.
If you write something that is not your original
thought, or include a fact that is not common
knowledge, then use a citation.
When in doubt, CITE IT!

HOW TO CITE:
MLA IN-TEXT CITATIONS

Indirect Quote: Some researchers note that

"children are totally insensitive to their parents'
shyness" (Zimbardo, 62).

Direct Quote: Zimbardo notes that children are

totally insensitive to their parents shyness (62).

Paraphrasing: Some researchers have observed

that children seem unaware that their parents are
considered bashful (Zimbardo, 62).

HOW TO CITE:
WORKS CITED

At the very end of a paper, you include a list of all of

the sources that you used in your paper.
The format for the works cited list is different than
your in-text citations.
Good resources to use

http://www.bibme.org/

http://www.citationmachine.net/

These websites generate your works cited list for you and
theyre free!

MLA WORKS CITED FORMATS

Book

Essay or Chapter in Book

Author Last Name, Author First Name.Title of Book. City of

Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Author Last Name, Author First name. Title of

Essay/Chapter.Title of Book. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of
Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of
Publication.

Article

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Article.Title of

PeriodicalDay Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.

MLA WORKS CITED FORMATS

Entire Website

Author/Creators Name (if available).Name of Website. Name of

institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or
publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of
publication. Date of access.

Page on a Website

Author Name (if available).Name of Article. Name of Website.

Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor
or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of
publication. Date of access.

SOURCES

www.ulm.edu/~lowe/plagiarism.ppt

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

http://globalclassrooms.weebly.com/avoidingplagiarism.html