Plagiarism

1. TSEM 102:
Plagiarism and Proper
Citation
Laksamee Putnam – Research & Instruction
Librarian
Slides: http://bit.ly/tsem190fa16c2

2. First…
 Laksamee Putnam
 lputnam@towson.edu
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3. Agenda
 Real world examples and discussion
◦ Define plagiarism
◦ Who owns your data?
◦ Why cite sources?
 Towson Policy – Academic Integrity
 Is this plagiarism?
 Chicago citation style

4. It’s out there, why not reuse
it?
ImagebyDuaneHoffmann
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32657885
Lang, J.M. (2015) Cheating Inadvertently. The
Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from
http://chronicle.com/article/Cheating-
Inadvertently/229883/
Sydell, L. (2015) Online stars feel cheated as
YouTube/Facebook battle over videos. All Tech
Considered/Morning Edition.
http://bit.ly/youtubevsfacebookvideo
Godin, S. (2014) Why I want you to steal my ideas.
ideas.ted.com Retrieved from
http://ideas.ted.com/2014/02/03/the-big-mistake-we-
all-make-about-ideas/
• What is your definition of plagiarism?
• What makes some plagiarism “wrong” or “right”?
• Which was your favorite article? Why?
• How can you avoid plagiarism when writing research papers?

5. What is your definition of
plagiarism?
◦ Using someone’s ideas or expression of
those ideas (words, pictures, music, etc)
◦ Without giving proper credit

6. Why is it important to cite your
sources?

7.  Allows your readers to verify and identify
your information
◦ Support your argument
 Gives credit to the owners of the ideas
◦ Not plagiarizing
 Get credit for your ideas!
 Required for your assignment!
Why is it important to cite your
sources?

8. The point is…
 No matter where you are, you will
constantly need to assess the
information around you
 In order to be an informed consumer you
should know how to evaluate the
information you acquire, and what is
happening to your own data
 In order to support your own arguments
you should know how to research your
question and cite your sources

9.  Policy for Academic Integrity:
◦ http://bit.ly/1RBwN97
 Two Strike System
 100 reported cases a year
 One suspension a year
What is the policy at Towson?

10. What needs to be cited?
 Books
 Web Pages
 YouTube videos
 Magazine articles
 Graphics
 VHS,DVD, audio, etc.
 Government reports
 Statistics
 Encyclopedia articles
 Any source of information!

11. Common Knowledge
Quandary
 Some examples:
◦ Waste not, want not.
◦ George Washington was the first
president of the US
◦ The earth is round
 When in doubt, cite it.

12. Style Manuals
 Different disciplines use different style
manuals
◦ Social Sciences = American Psychological
Association (APA)
◦ Humanities = MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers (MLA)
◦ Physical and Natural Science =
Chicago/Turabian Author-Date

13. Chicago Style
 Citations

14. Chicago Style
 References

15. What needs to be cited?
 Direct quotes
 Ideas borrowed
 Paraphrased material

16. The wrong way to paraphrase:
Failure to Cite Source
 Original
 “They desire, for
example, virtue
and the absence
of vice, no less
really than
pleasure and the
absence of pain.”
 Source: Mill, John Stuart.
“Utilitarianism.” On Liberty and Other
Essays. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1998. Quote is from page 169.
 Paraphrase
 People want morality
just as much as they
want happiness.

17. The wrong way to paraphrase:
Lack of Significant Rewording
 Original
 “To the young
American architects
who made the
pilgrimage, the most
dazzling figure of all
was Walter Gropius,
founder of the
Bauhaus School.”
 Source: Wolfe, Tom. From Bauhaus to Our
House. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981.
Quote is from page 10.
 Paraphrase
 To young American
architects who went to
Germany, the most
dazzling figure was
Walter Gropius,
founder of the
Bauhaus School
(Wolfe 1981).

18. Example A
 Original
 Don't look for one of these
tech heavyweights to knock
out the other. Yet if history
is any guide, Google's
approach may win out over
the long term. Recall that in
the early 1980s Apple lost
its lead in the PC market
when Microsoft enlisted the
aid of hordes of software
developers and dozens of
PC manufacturers. Now, if
Google can marshal such a
united front, Apple could
again be swamped by the
collective innovations.
 Student
 Google's approach may win
out over the long term. In the
early 1980s Apple lost its lead
in the PC market as Microsoft
enlisted the aid of hordes of
software developers and
dozens of PC manufacturers.

19. Example B
 Original
 Don't look for one of these
tech heavyweights to knock
out the other. Yet if history
is any guide, Google's
approach may win out over
the long term. Recall that in
the early 1980s Apple lost
its lead in the PC market
when Microsoft enlisted the
aid of hordes of software
developers and dozens of
PC manufacturers. Now, if
Google can marshal such a
united front, Apple could
again be swamped by the
collective innovations.
 Student
 History tells us that
Google's approach may be
successful over the long
term. In the early 1980s
Apple lagged in the PC
market as Microsoft
collaborated with software
developers and dozens of
PC manufacturers. Now, if
Google would only
summon a united front,
Apple could again be
swamped by the collective
innovations (Burrows
2000).

20. Example C
 Original
 Don't look for one of these
tech heavyweights to knock
out the other. Yet if history
is any guide, Google's
approach may win out over
the long term. Recall that in
the early 1980s Apple lost
its lead in the PC market
when Microsoft enlisted the
aid of hordes of software
developers and dozens of
PC manufacturers. Now, if
Google can marshal such a
united front, Apple could
again be swamped by the
collective innovations.
 Student
 Google stands a chance of
beating Apple if it can
benefit from the pooled
ideas of software
developers and device
manufacturers, following
the strategy that Microsoft
employed to Apple’s
detriment in the early ‘80s.

21. Example D
 Original
 Don't look for one of these
tech heavyweights to knock
out the other. Yet if history
is any guide, Google's
approach may win out over
the long term. Recall that in
the early 1980s Apple lost
its lead in the PC market
when Microsoft enlisted the
aid of hordes of software
developers and dozens of
PC manufacturers. Now, if
Google can marshal such a
united front, Apple could
again be swamped by the
collective innovations.
 Student
 It is possible that in the
battle of the “tech
heavyweights” Google
might eventually prevail
over Apple if it follows the
strategy that Microsoft
employed to Apple’s
detriment during the early
‘80s: collaborating, and
innovating, with software
developers and
manufacturers (Burrows
2000, 25).

22. Library Resources for
Chicago

23. Citation Relay
 Rules:
◦ Only one person from each team maybe
writing on the board
◦ No corrections until after designated writer is
finished and the judge has checked the
citation
◦ No cheating and using the built in citation
creator!!!
◦ First team to complete the citation correctly
wins!

24. Round 1 - Books
 Create the full Chicago reference for
this book
◦ http://bit.ly/round1chicagorelay

25. Round 2 – Journal Article
 Create a full Chicago reference for this
article
◦ http://bit.ly/round2chicagorelay

26. Questions?
 Feel free to contact me:
◦ Laksamee Putnam
◦ lputnam@towson.edu
◦ 410.704.3746.
◦ Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU
 Or any reference librarian:
◦ Visit Cook Library Reference Desk
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