Oct 6, 2016

Plagiarism

Plagiarism

When you copy words from a source—whether it’s a dictionary, another book, someone’s blog, an online article, or even another student’s paper—you will need to properly document your research. Failure to cite a source is plagiarism. Submitting a paper WITHOUT footnotes is also plagiarism. Whether intentional or unintentional, it is still plagiarism. For a good definition of plagiarism, check out this brief article about plagiarism  which provides a good definition of plagiarism by S. E. Van Bramer, Widener University. And for more information look at; “Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It” and this Liberty Youtube Videos "Avoiding Plagiarism" and "What is Plagiarism".

Help with Citing your Sources:

1)  Content without “documentation” is a defective academic work. You MUST cite your work using marks, or indent and single space large quotes with properly footnotes formatted whenever you:

  •    Quote directly, paraphrase, or summarize.
  •    Use an idea in your work that you obtained from somewhere else
  •    Refer to a point your instructor made
  •    Find a source on the Internet that gives you useful information
  •    Is not common knowledge (not everyone knows this)   

NOTE: DO NOT COPY AND PASTE ANY INFORMATION FROM ANY WEBSITE WITHOUT PROPER “ ” MARKS AND PROPERLY FORMATTED FOOTNOTES (go at the bottom of the page) IN ALL PAPERS.         
       
Here is a good way to think about citation:  If you can trace the origin of your thoughts, phrases, and arguments to any source except your own mind, you need to cite it using a footnote at the bottom of the page. When in doubt, cite your source! 
 
2)  You do not need Citation when you:

  •      Develop an idea entirely on your own
  •      Do primary research and want to report the results of the study
  •      An idea emerges in class, but is different than what was presented
  •      Are talking about your paper with someone and you have an idea
  •      Refer to a fact that is common knowledge (most know it)

Modified Sept 11, 2019. Copyright © 2016 Electronic Christian Media

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