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Due April 12, 2011 Plagiarism: Plagiarism Checklist.docx

Key Points:

1) If you are not sure whether to cite something, it is safer to cite it regardless. http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_educational_tips_on_plagiarism_prevention.html
2) Just finding the information is not what is important. It is synthesizing that information so that the brain understands it at a deep level. Plagiarism allows you to bypass that process.
http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_educational_tips_on_plagiarism_prevention.html
3) "The word plagiarism comes from a Latin word for kidnapping. You know that kidnapping is stealing a person. Well, plagiarism is stealing a person's ideas or writing."
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html

Peer's Additional Points:
(Jackson) Changing only the words of an original source is NOT sufficient to prevent plagiarism
http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_plagiarism_faq.html

(Melinda) Even if you cite a reference, if you do not do it properly, you will be plagiarizing. One example would be:

1. "'The Too-Perfect Paraphrase' The writer properly cites a source, but neglects to put in quotation marks text that has been copied word-for-word, or close to it. Although attributing the basic ideas to the source, the writer is falsely claiming original presentation and interpretation of the information. "

http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_types_of_plagiarism.html

(Tru) "A 'citation' is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source."
http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_citation.html

Plagiarism_Notes_Student Evaluation 2 .xls

What is PLAGIARISM?


Due April 14, 2011 Direct Quote? Paraphrase?