1. Plagiarism

2. Plagiarizing, according to the
Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is
“to steal and pass off (the ideas or
words of another) as one's
own : use (another's production)
without crediting the source
… present as new and original
an idea or product derived from
an existing source.”
(www.m-w.com/dictionary/plagiarizing)

3. What is Plagiarism?
 Using another person’s ideas or words
without using citations
 Copying information from the Internet
without using citations
 Using a copyrighted image without using
citations
 Using a person’s exact words without using
quotation marks
 Buying or stealing a paper

4. What are Citations?
 Citations are a method for telling
the reader where you found
your information
 Citations are also a way for the
reader to locate more
information on the paper topic

5. Consequences of Plagiarism
 According to Ivy Tech
Community College of Indiana,
“Plagiarism is an issue of
Academic Integrity”:
Students who misrepresent their academic work
violate the rights of their fellow students. […]
The College therefore views any act of
academic dishonesty as a serious offense
requiring disciplinary measures, including failure
for the exam or specific course work, course
failure, suspension, and expulsion from the
College. (Ivy Tech Community College 39)

6. Consequences of Plagiarism
 Receive a failing grade on the
assignment
 Fail a class
 Lose a job
 Face a lawsuit

7. How to Prevent Plagiarism
 Do not cut & paste information into your document
 Inform the reader by using citations each time you
write something you didn’t know before you started
the paper
 Use a note taking system that will allow you to
organize your sources
 Check the citations when you are finished writing
 Don’t wait until the night before the paper is due to
research or to write it

8. Note Taking & Citations
 Make a copy of the document so you can
accurately quote or paraphrase the
information later.
 Color code, label, or highlight notes so it is
clear which are your ideas or thoughts and
which are the author’s.
 Clearly note source information for each
source: author, title of work, title of
publication, publisher, date, issue, and
page number (if applicable).

9. Quoting a Source
 Be careful to quote the text exactly.
 A direct quote must be included in
quotations. Use ellipses (…) to show
omitted text and brackets [ ] to show
added phrases.
 Quotes must mention the person’s name
and be cited using the format specified by
your instructor.

10. Paraphrasing a Source
 Paraphrasing is putting the author’s
words into your own words.
 Paraphrasing is not changing or
deleting a couple of words in an
author’s statement.
 Paraphrases must mention the
person’s name and be cited using
the format specified by your
instructor.

11. Paraphrasing Tips
 Read the author’s paragraph and
then look away while writing the
concept in your own words and your
own style
 Do not use a thesaurus to change
the author’s words
 If you still recognize the author’s
work, then you haven’t paraphrased

12. How Much Have You Learned
About Plagiarism?
1. Copying and pasting from the Internet
can be done without citing the Internet
page because everything on the Internet
is common knowledge.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE
The answer is FALSE because Web pages
and other Internet sources are created by an
author or authors, which means that if you
use something from the Internet you have to
cite it. (www.fairfield.edu/x13870.xml)

13. How Much Have You Learned
About Plagiarism?
2. When you summarize a block of text from
another work, citing the source at the end
of your paper is sufficient.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE
The correct answer is FALSE because when
you summarize a block of text, you have to
cite the source within your paper.
(www.fairfield.edu/x13870.xml)

14. How Much Have You Learned
About Plagiarism?
3. Using a few phrases from an article and
mixing them in with your own words is
not plagiarism.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE
The correct answer is FALSE because using
someone else’s words without acknowledging
who wrote them – even when you mix those
phrases with your own – is plagiarism.
(www.fairfield.edu/x13870.xml)

15. How Much Have You Learned
About Plagiarism?
4.The date for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s
birthday is common knowledge which
means you do not have to cite the source
in which you found it.
TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE
The correct answer is TRUE because Martin
Luther King, Jr.’s birthday can be verified in
several different sources, which means it is
common knowledge and you do not have to
cite it. (www.fairfield.edu/x13870.xml)

16. Additional Sources
 Online Writing Lab (OWL), Purdue
University.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/res
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/re
 Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana
University.
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiar
 Sources – Their Use and
Acknowledgement, Dartmouth College.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/

17. References
DiMenna-Nyselius Library. Plagiarism Court: You be
the Judge. 2004. 2 Jan. 2007.
<www.fairfield.edu/x13870.xml>.
Ivy Tech Community College. Ivy Tech Community
College of Indiana 2006-2007 Student Handbook.
Evansville, IN: Ivy Tech Community College of
Indiana. 2006.
Merriam-Webster. “Plagiarizing.” Merriam-Webster
Online Dictionary. 2006. 13 Jan. 2007. <www.m-
w.com/dictionary/plagiarizing>.
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