Plagiarism

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 Plagiarism is defined as borrowing other people's writing or language without giving them the credit.  Teachers will recognize when words and sentences are clearly not your own.  Plagiarism will result in a loss of points or possibly even a “0” because this act is so serious.

 

Here are the best ways to avoid the temptation of plagiarism:

 

    1.  Cite all of your sources.

o  Tell where you found the information.

o  Give credit to the original writer(s). 

 

    2.  Use direct quotes if you use the exact same words.

    3.  Give source notes when summarizing or paraphrasing statements and when including facts and figures (that aren't common knowledge) directly from a source.

 

- It is alright to use someone else's’ work as long as you give them credit and do not try to claim it as your own.

 

 

For more information on how to avoid plagiarizing, see these websites:

 

http://www.hamilton.edu/academic/Resource/WC/AvoidingPlagiarism.html

 

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/QuotingSources.html

   

http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~levy/plagiarz.htm

 

1.What is plagiarism?

        (See  http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/printable_docs.html  and

        click on “what is plagiarism?” , then develop a link to this Word document.)

 

2.Plagiarism.org 

         http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/printable_docs.html

 

3.Plagiarism Stoppers (teacher’s resource)

          http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html

4. Copyright
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

5. Fair use
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html