Plagiarism is the use of another person’s words or ideas and representing them as your own.
Plagiarism may be intentional or unintentional.
To make sure you have avoided plagiarism in your work, you should:
A student is considered to have "plagiarized" when s/he has failed to acknowledge sources or has not acknowledged sources accurately and completely. Plagiarism can occur in many types of assignments, including but not limited to:
Plagiarism occurs any time and every time a writer relies upon the words and ideas (in a variety of forms) of another without acknowledging that source fully and correctly.
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Some types of plagiarism are intentional attempts to deceive others. Intentional plagiarism occurs when a student deliberately chooses to use other people's ideas in part or all of his own assignment without giving credit to the other writer(s). By turning in this type of plagiarized assignment, the student is claiming that the work is his own, but is is not.
All of these examples are types of intentional plagiarism. It doesn't matter whether you paid for the essay or got it for free, whether your friend gave you permission to use her paper, or whether the original source is published or unpublished. It doesn't even matter if the source has an author listed or if it is anonymous. If you did not write the paper, but you turn it in with your name on it as if you did write it, you have intentionally plagiarized. This type of plagiarism is easy to identify and understand. In these cases, the student didn't do the work, but decided to behave as if he or she did do the work.
Even if a student does not plagiarize the entire assignment, intentional plagiarism can occur. If the student copies and pastes a paragraph, a sentence, or any content from another written or electronic source with out acknowledging that source, he has intentionally plagiarized.
Other forms of intentional plagiarism occur when a student:
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Other types of plagiarism are not completely "intentional" in the same way as the 'intentional' examples. In fact, many cases of plagiarism occur as a result of a student's sloppiness, laziness, or failure to learn how to acknowledge sources.
Unfortunately, if you plagiarize because you don't know how to use quotations or because you have not paraphrased correctly, you still have committed plagiarism. Upholding academic integrity requires attention and effort. If you don't care where you are getting your ideas, or if you don't feel like looking up the correct documentation format, you might end up turning in plagiarized work.
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"Why You Need to Cite Sources" YouTube, uploaded by OLSIS Secondary Videos, June 4, 2017, https://youtu.be/4v9mRHivjX4.
Here is a brief list of what needs to be credited or documented:
There are certain things that do not need documentation or credit, including:
“Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Plagiarism.” Plagiarism FAQs - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University, owl.purdue.edu/owl/avoiding_plagiarism/plagiarism_faq.html. Accessed 8 May 2023.