Anti-Plagiarism PDF.pdf

ACADEMIC RIGOR VS. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY?!? no matter how IRRELEVANT, TRIVIAL, TIME CONSUMING, or difficult the work may seem.. Don't do it. Plagiarism has the power to ruin lives. As to not plagiarize my plagiarism lecture, but to provide the most con...

ACADEMIC RIGOR VS. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY?!? no matter how IRRELEVANT, TRIVIAL, TIME CONSUMING, or difficult the work may seem.. Don't do it. Plagiarism has the power to ruin lives. As to not plagiarize my plagiarism lecture, but to provide the most concise, accurate information that lies at the heart of my own understanding of plagiarism and interpretation of plagiarism in the work of others, the text on following three slides of this presentation is directly quoted from Writing Tutorial Services. University of Indiana Bloomington, https://wts.indiana.edu/writing-guides/plagiarism.html. Accessed 2 Oct, 2023 What's plagiarism? Plagiarism is using others' ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information. To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use: another person's idea, opinion, or theory; any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings—any pieces of information—that are not common knowledge; quotations of another person's actual spoken or written words; or paraphrase of another person's spoken or written words. (Indiana University Bloomington)  Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism 1. Put in quotations everything that comes directly from the text, especially when taking notes. 2. Paraphrase, but be sure you are not just rearranging or replacing a few words. Instead, read over what you want to paraphrase carefully; cover up the text with your hand, or close the text so you can't see any of it (and so aren't tempted to use the text as a "guide"). Write out the idea in your own words without peeking. 3. Check your paraphrase against the original text to be sure you have not accidentally used the same phrases or words, and that the information is accurate. (Indiana University Bloomington) Terms You Need to Know (or What is Common Knowledge?) Common knowledge: facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely to be known by a lot of people. Example: John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States in 1960. This is generally known information. You do not need to document this fact. However, you must document facts that are not generally known and ideas that interpret facts. Example: According to the American Family Leave Coalition's new book, Family Issues and Congress , President Bush's relationship with Congress has hindered family leave legislation (6). The idea that "Bush's relationship with Congress has hindered family leave legislation" is not a fact but an interpretation ; consequently, you need to cite your source. Quotation: using someone's words. When you quote, place the passage you are using in quotation marks, and document the source according to a standard documentation style. The following example uses the Modern Language Association's style: Example: According to Peter S. Pritchard in USA Today, "Public schools need reform but they're irreplaceable in teaching all the nation's young" (14). Paraphrase: using someone's ideas, but putting them in your own words. This is probably the skill you will use most when incorporating sour ces into your writing. Although you use your own words to paraphrase, you must still acknowledge the source of the information. (Indiana University Bloomington) You don’t need a citation when: Information is common knowledge as defined above Information is known to your audience —Consider this is "common knowledge" of a specific group of people, and when doing so, remember who your actual audience is! Is your audience that specifically knowledgeable group? Information is from well-known, easily accessible documents, for example The Declaration Independence does not require a full MLA citation, but you would still want to mention it by name ,so it is clear where your words are coming from) Your own work—This means ideas you have expressed in previous assignments or courses. It does not mean resubmitting an assignment or copying paragraphs or sentences in total, which is, in fact, considered plagiarism. YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT RESUBMIT PAPERS YOU HAVE TURNED IN FOR ANOTHER COURSE (or for this course in the past)  Plagiarism can negatively impact you as a student "Borrowing" ideas and not citing the source is plagiarism, regardless if you summarize or copy directly from the original text. Even when summarizing, you need to ensure that your word choice and sentence structure does not too closely parallel the text you are representing. This is what our textbook refers to as "patchwriting" (558-59). It is always best to quote directly if you cannot state it more clearly in your own words and then to explain the relevance on the quoted material as it relates to your own work. "Real Stories of Plagiarism." YouTube, uploaded by RMIT University, 8 Sept 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOiF8STZgy0. And regardless if you quote or summarize, always provide a citation!  BMCC has resources available at your fingertips! Familiarize yourself with the library website. It has plenty to offer from the convenience of your home! You have access to databases of online journals for research, can request books and equipment to be sent to the Hermiston Center, and get tutoring support. There is also this really handy page called "Research Skill Tutorials" where you can find links to information on how to evaluate sources, avoid plagiarism, and cite sources, that can be found using this link: https://libguides.bluecc.edu/ResearchGuides/ResearchSkills WHEN IN DOUBT... Just cite it! Unfortunately, most cases of plagiarism are inadvertent, menaing that the writer did not intend to copy someone else's words or ideas, they simply did not understand the terms and conditions of plagiarism. It doesn't hurt to OVER CITE, but this also doesn't mean your writing should be a cut -and-paste composition of other's words and ideas. You want your thoughts in there. ChatGPT and AI content generators While it can be argued that ChatGPT and other AI writing platforms and content generators do not advertently plagiarize and that they do create original work, if you present (submit) AI generated writing as your own, you are in fact plagiarizing. AI may have the ability to write you a correctly formatted, completely unique paper, proper citations and all, but it is not your work! If you submit an AI generated paper, you are "using others' ideas without citing the source of that information. In this case, that "other" is AI. The ideas and language presented are not your own; they were created by AI. If you submit AI's paper, citing AI as the source of the entire paper (verbatim), you will also fail. You cannot turn in a paper generated by AI to fulfill an assignment in the same way that, if asked to write a children's book, you could not submit a copy of Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat.  GET A HEAD START BY NOT STARTING: Plagiarism exists outside of college and can negatively impact you as a professional What is copyright? Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works. What does copyright protect? Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed. […] "Plagiarism Lecture Part 1." YouTube, uploaded by Byrnne Barnes, 13 Apr 2020, When is my work protected? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgDds2PwVlI. Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#:~:text=Copyright%20is%20a%20form%20of,both%20published%20and%20unpublished% 20works. Citations and credibility You want to demonstrate you have done the work and have considered multiple points of view when formulating your opinion, argument, or perspective. Writing is not just about presenting information. More importantly, writing is about creating meaning. Your writing is a reflection of you. We are born into a social world that presents us with information, beliefs, and practices, but we all experience this world differently. In writing, you are taking knowledge and ideas that compel you (for one reason or another) and presenting your understanding of them. Plagiarizing is simply robbing yourself the opportunity to show your thoughts on existing topics and discussions, and taking the time to cultivate your original thoughts and share them effectively with others has the potential to create change (at many levels).