Dr Andree Swanson

June 2013
 So you are in receipt of an email letting you
know that there is some evidence of
plagiarism.

 This does NOT mean that you have broken

the law.
 It does mean that you need to review your
Turnitin.com report.
Clear evidence of copying and pasting from www.caseplace.org
Clear evidence of copying and pasting from www.helium.com
 Clear evidence of copying and pasting from www.papercamp.com

This shows a quote that was taken from Boatright (2009).

1. A quote should be presented with quotation marks.

2. A page number or paragraph number must be included in the citation
(Boatright, 2009, p. #).

3. ****www.papercamp.com*** is NOT a RELIABLE SOURCE.

This raises a red flag to your instructor

 To fix these “plagiarism” issues highlighted
from the Turnitin.com, you will need to…
 Rewrite and paraphrase the words that are
presented in COLOR on the TURNITIN report
 Properly cite what you have pulled from outside
reading material or your textbook.
 Convince the reader that you know what you
are talking about because…
 You have researched this from
▪ reliable, academic sources
▪ ProQuest
▪ EBSCOHost
▪ ERIC
▪ Your textbook(s)
▪ Your authors are experts in the field of study
 Run every paper through Turnitin.com
 Review it for large chunks of color
 Contact your professor if you need
assistance
 They are happy to help you.
 They want to help you!
 Academic Voice -- Let Your Reader "Hear" Your Voice, Not the
Author(s)
 You are to present your words, not those of others. Quotations
should be minimal and should only be used to clearly substantiate
a point that you have already made in your own words.
 Typically, there should be no more than one small quote per page,
and that is excessive. Avoid excessive quoting by summarizing
findings in your own words... and then citing!
 Ultimately, for you to be successful in your academic writing, you
will need to discern when to paraphrase and when to quote.
 When writing your paper, use your own
words.
 Research your topic; incorporate what you
researched in your own words.
 This is called paraphrasing.

Do not copy and paste anything from an outside source.

Not even in your first draft!
Put it in your own words and CITE IT!
Source: http://blogs.fit.edu/blog/student-stories/vasudev/zero-
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1. What is Plagiarism

2. How to Recognize Plagiarism

3. How to Avoid Plagiarism

4. What is Common Knowledge

5. Additional Resources
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 Cartoon used under Creative Commons from BLAUGH.com

Avoiding Plagiarism Module

Cartoon used under Creative Commons from BLAUGH.com

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 Using any of the below listed items without
citing the original source is plagiarism:
◦ facts, opinions, or someone else’s words

◦ drawings, charts, graphics, or music

 Intentional
 Unintentional

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 "The action or practice of taking someone
else's work, ideas, etc, and passing it off as
one's own; literary theft."

 Source: Oxford English Dictionary

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 Review your document by answering these
questions?
◦ Did you use outside sources?
◦ Are parenthetical citations (in-text) within your
document?
 Did you paraphrase? Citations should exist for EVERY paraphrase.

◦ If you have a quote in your paper, do you have a

citation?

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 It is easy to
spot
potential
plagiarism.
 Dates and statistics
without sources
 Change in the writing style
 Mentioning sources that
do not appear on your
reference list

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1. Your paper must be:
 in your own words or
 a direct quote from a specific source.
2. If you take three or more consecutive words from a source,
this is a quote.
3. It is acceptable to use someone else’s documents as a
source, if the source is…
 reliable,
 valid,
 paraphrased
 cited appropriately.

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 Use exact quotes sparingly
 Summarize
▪ A short restatement in your own words

 Paraphrase
▪ An expanded summary which would follow the
general flow of the original work

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 Common knowledge
 Information that is well-known and
uncontroversial

▪ George Washington
▪ First President of the United States

▪ Washington, D.C.
▪ Capitol of the United States

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 Avoiding Plagiarism, Purdue OWL
◦ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/

 Avoiding Plagiarism, Northwestern University

◦ http://www.writing.northwestern.edu/avoiding_plagiarism.html

 Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism, Duke

University
◦ http://library.duke.edu/research/plagiarism/index.html

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