Vheanne Althea J.

Cordinete 8-Adelfa

Understand Plagiarism
Plagiarism is when you use another person’s words or ideas and try to pass them off as
your own. However, plagiarism can take many different forms.

Properly Quote and Paraphrase

Using outside evidence is important in academic writing, but those sources must be used
appropriately. You can include information from outside sources through proper
paraphrasing and quoting.

Properly Cite Sources

You can paraphrase and quote pieces of evidence to include information from outside
sources. But, all of that information must be cited within your paper using in-text citations
and a separate references list.

Check Your Work for Possible Plagiarism

It’s always a good idea to use a tool to check that you have properly used outside sources
in your work.

Practice
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/5-most-effective-methods-for-avoiding-plagiarism/
Here are some examples of plagiarism:
 A writer decides that he wants to create an Internet website to generate ad revenue.
Instead of writing his own articles, he visits twenty other websites that have articles
on the topic in which he is interested. He copies each of the articles, changes the
titles and the authors' names to his name and posts the articles on his own website.
 An academic is expected to publish papers but he doesn't have time to research
because of family obligations. He looks through old professional journals in another
country and he copies a 10-year-old article from someone else in the field. He submits
the article as his own and hopes that no one finds the article from which he copied.
 A student is expected to write a book report about a book that his teacher has
assigned. The student doesn't want to read the book and is bored with the subject.
He visits websites that provide reviews and book reports and he copies from each of
the different book reports to create one report of his own.
 A student is expected to write a research paper on a topic in his history class. The
student had a friend who took a similar class five years ago. The student asks his
older friend for a copy of his paper and then takes the paper and passes it off as his
own, turning it in to the teacher with his name on it.
 A student takes a large block of text from a book and quotes it in his paper word-for-
word. The student puts a footnote into the paper indicating where the text came from;
but, the student does not give any indication in the text that he or she is quoting
directly from the paper.
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Here are some examples of quoting and paraphrasing properly:

1. If you are mentioning a source for the first time, you include the name of the
author and article.
Deborah Tannen in “Sex, Lies, and Conversation; Why is It So Hard for Men and Women
to Talk to Each Other?” explains women also need to learn to communicate differently
with men because “Women’s conversational habits are as frustrating to men as men’s
are to women.”
2. Afterward, you only mention the author’s last name if you use the source again.
Tannen explains women also need to learn to communicate differently with men because
“Women’s conversational habits are as frustrating to men as men’s are to women."
3. Parenthetical Citation in MLA. If you mention the author's name, you don't
necessarily need to add a parenthetical citation unless the article has many pages and
you want to add the page number. However, if you are mentioning several articles by the
same author in your paper, you need to tell which one in the parenthesis.
1. If you are mentioning a source for the first time, you include the name of the
author and article.
 Deborah Tannen in “Sex, Lies, and Conversation; Why is It So Hard for Men and Women
to Talk to Each Other?” explains women also need to learn to communicate differently
with men because “Women’s conversational habits are as frustrating to men as men’s
are to women.”
2. Afterward, you only mention the author’s last name if you use the source again.
Tannen explains women also need to learn to communicate differently with men because
“Women’s conversational habits are as frustrating to men as men’s are to women."
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/paraphrase-examples.html

Here are some examples of citing the source properly:

Cite immediately after you paraphrase or quote source material. For most citation
styles, your in-text citation goes at the end of the sentence where the paraphrased or
quoted material is used. Parenthetical citations typically come before the sentence's
closing punctuation, while footnote superscript numbers come after.[6]
Note: For some citation styles that use footnotes or endnotes, the superscript number
appears immediately after the paraphrased or quoted material, rather than at the end of
the sentence. Consult the guide for the citation style you're using to make sure.
Use author-date parenthetical citations in APA. To cite paraphrased material in the
text of your paper, put the author's last name in parentheses at the end of the sentence
where the paraphrase appears. Place a comma after the author's name, then type the
year the source was published. Place the period ending the sentence after the closing
parentheses mark.[7]
 If you include the author's name in your text, put the year in parentheses immediately
after their name. For example: Allison (1987) demonstrated that leaving the ground in sod
increases the organic matter of the soil by 15 percent in 10 years.
 If you're quoting the source directly, include the page number in your in-text parenthetical
citation. For example: Allison (1987) asserted that "leaving the ground in sod increases
the organic matter of the soil by 15 percent in 10 years" (p. 45).
Example: Leaving the ground in sod increases the organic matter of the soil by 15
percent in 10 years (Allison, 1987).
Insert footnotes for Chicago style in-text citations. Chicago style uses footnotesthat
include the same information as the full bibliographic citation, with different punctuation.
Place a superscript number at the end of the sentence where the paraphrased or quoted
material appears, after the closing punctuation.[8]
 Generally, you'll separate the elements of the citation with commas rather than periods.
Publication information typically is set off in parentheses. The only period in a Chicago-
 style footnote occurs at the very end. For example: Kent Portney, Taking Sustainable
Cities Seriously (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003).
Example: Leaving the ground in sod increases the organic matter of the soil by 15
percent in 10 years.1
nclude the author's name and page number for MLA in-text citations. MLA uses
parenthetical citations in the body of your work. In most cases, you'll provide the author's
name and the page number where the material appears, with no intervening
punctuation.[9]
 If the source you're citing doesn't have an author, use a shortened version of the title
instead. Use enough of the title that your reader could easily find the full reference entry
in your Works Cited. Put the title in quotation marks. For example, if you were creating a
parenthetical citation for a source called "Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously," and it
didn't have an author, you might use: ("Sustainable Cities" 57).
Example: Leaving the ground in sod increases the organic matter of the soil by 15
percent in 10 years (Alison 45).
Copy direct URLs for online sources and record the date of access. All citation styles
require a direct URL, or permalink, for any source that you found online. Since information
on the internet can be changed or updated, most citation styles also want you to provide
the date you last accessed the page.[5]
 If you accessed a scholarly article from an online database, it may have a digital object
identifier (DOI). Use this number instead of a URL.
Tip: Double-check your online sources the day before you turn your paper in. That way if
anything has moved or changed, you can make sure you have the most up-to-date
information. Use that date as your date of access in your citations.
https://www.wikihow.com/Cite-Sources

Here are some examples of checking your work:

Checking your papers and posts for plagiarism is important if you run a serious business,
write an essay for college, or are finishing up an important official release. You should
make certain that everything that you publish is original, because you don’t want the
owner of the content to come after you and accuse you of using their content without their
permission, maybe even attracting the attention of their lawyers. If you have a blog, you
have to write original content, where possible, so that you won’t be punished by
Google for duplicate content. If you quote, use proper citation, mentioning the author, title
of publication, and page number or URL of the source.
1. Copyscape.com (Free/Paid)

This tool is free, but if you want more results and details, you need to purchase the
premium version of this tool. The premium version charges you five cents per page for
the plagiarism check for each page that is checked with the tool. You simply cut and paste
your URL into the given search box and the tool searches around online to see if there
are copies of your content on the net.

Pros: You can get an accurate picture of any of your content that is being copied and the
magnitude of that being copied;
Cons: You have to pay 5 cents per copy check
When we plugged in the URL of the content from the site, we received a list of 10 sites
that apparently have similar content. The content listed includes exact matches, content
that is similar to your copy, partial copies and content that has been modified from your
original form.

2. Grammarly.com (Free Trial/Paid) Winner “Accuracy”

This tool is free to run your content, but once the results come up you are prompted to
sign up for a free 7 day trial. Although you can cancel your subscription before those
seven days are up, you can also choose a subscription plan – the options are $29.95 a
month, $59.95 quarterly or $139.95 annually.

Pros: The information that is given back to you is pretty accurate.

Cons: This is a paid side and the details given for the content are pretty intense, most
people won’t really get it unless they have a university degree in English.
We took a couple of paragraphs of the content and pasted it into the box. The results we
got back included a score of 42 out of 100, “weak, needs revision”. Unoriginal text was
detected, there was some issue with sentence structure, and there were six apparent
issues with the writing style and vocabulary use. Of course, you would have to pay for a
membership to see what those issues were.

3. Writecheck.com (Paid only)

This tool is not free, in fact it actually requires that you sign up for an account and choose
a payment option, the lowest cost one being $7.95 per paper check. This site is geared
towards university or college students who want to turn a paper in to their instructor and
want to ensure that it is accurate and well-cited as well as being free from plagiarism.
Upon submission, the writing is checked for similarities and phrases and quotes that are
not cited against 250 million student papers, 110,000 published works and the world wide
web.
Pros: This is one of the most comprehensive plagiarism checkers available online.
Cons: It’s not free and can be quite costly for a single use. There is no option for a free
check to see if you like the tool before you buy.

4. Plagscan.com (Paid only)

This is another way to detect plagiarism that is not free. You can’t even run a free trial to
see if you like the interface of this tool, it prompts you immediately to sign up for a paid
account running on a system that they call “Plag Points”. Each “Plag Point” allows you to
analyse 100 words or a fraction of a document. Obviously, we did not test this one out,
but it seems like it is pretty much on par as far as cost compared to other paid sites. There
is quite a bit of detail that is returned to you as the user when you run a scan using this
tool.

Pros: You can cancel your membership if you do try the site and don’t like it.
Cons: You can’t try the service before you make a purchase. If you want to cancel your
membership you need to explain why. As far as we are concerned, if you are not happy,
there is a reason, but you shouldn’t have to explain yourself.

5. Turnitin.com (Paid only)

This site is geared towards teaching professionals and is generally meant for institutions
who wish to open an account in the name of the school. The motto of the site is to prevent
plagiarism and motivate students. The school has to get a quote of what it would cost for
a membership, then the paper in question can be entered into the system to be checked.
Originality reports details where matches are found to other papers in the database.
Sources are listed and instructors can filter so that quotes are eliminated.
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Here are some examples of practicing good plagiarism:

Practice good Plagiarism

1. Paraphrase - So you have found information that is perfect for your research paper.
Read it and put it into your own words. Make sure that you do not copy verbatim
more than two words in a row from the text you have found. If you do use more than
two words together, you will have to use quotation marks. We will get into quoting
properly soon.
2. Cite - Citing is one of the effective ways to avoid plagiarism. Follow the document
formatting guidelines (i.e. APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) used by your educational
institution or the institution that issued the research request. This usually entails the
 addition of the author(s) and the date of the publication or similar information. Citing
is really that simple. Not citing properly can constitute plagiarism.
3. Quoting - When quoting a source, use the quote exactly the way it appears. No
one wants to be misquoted. Most institutions of higher learning frown on “block
quotes” or quotes of 40 words or more. A scholar should be able to effectively
paraphrase most material. This process takes time, but the effort pays off! Quoting
must be done correctly to avoid plagiarism allegations.
4. Citing Quotes - Citing a quote can be different than citing paraphrased material.
This practice usually involves the addition of a page number, or a paragraph number
in the case of web content.
5. Citing Your Own Material - If some of the material you are using for your research
paper was used by you in your current class, a previous one, or anywhere else you
must cite yourself. Treat the text the same as you would if someone else wrote it. It
may sound odd, but using material you have used before is called self-plagiarism,
and it is not acceptable.
6. Referencing - One of the most important ways to avoid plagiarism is including a
reference page or page of works cited at the end of your research paper. Again, this
page must meet the document formatting guidelines used by your educational
institution. This information is very specific and includes the author(s), date of
publication, title, and source. Follow the directions for this page carefully. You will
want to get the references right.
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