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Citations & plagiarism

How much do you know?

Lauren Arrowsmith

Visiting Business Librarian

Olin Library, Rollins College

larrowsmith@rollins.eduSlide2

Question 1:

You do research and take notes in your own words. Later, when typing your paper, you do not give credit to the author because you are not using the author’s exact words. You are plagiarizing your research.

TRUE or

FALSE

?

TRUE.

Broussard, M. and Oberlin, J. U. (2014). Goblin Threat Plagiarism Game.

Retrieved February 5, 2015, from

http

://

www.lycoming.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/plagiarismGame.aspx.Slide3

Question 2:

You find an article online for your PPT presentation which addresses issues you have been discussing in class. How can you reasonably include a direct quote from this article in your presentation?

a

parenthetical citation on that particular slide;

a

citation on a works cited slide;

both

A and B;

formal

citations are not needed for PPT

presentations.

C.

Broussard

, M. and Oberlin, J. U. (2014). Goblin Threat Plagiarism Game. Retrieved February 5, 2015, from http://www.lycoming.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/plagiarismGame.aspx.Slide4

Question 3:

Making up citations for a paper because you took sloppy notes

is

plagiarism.

TRUE

or

FALSE?

TRUE.

Broussard

, M. and Oberlin, J. U. (2014). Goblin Threat Plagiarism Game. Retrieved February 5, 2015, from http://www.lycoming.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/plagiarismGame.aspx.Slide5

Question 4:

If you

have multiple

articles that

cover similar

information, you:

must

always cite all sources;

only

need to cite one source, it doesn’t matter which one;

only need

to cite the source which

contains

the most

information

, but more adds credibility;

don’t need to cite any material since it is common knowledge.

C.

Broussard, M. and Oberlin, J. U. (2014). Goblin Threat Plagiarism Game. Retrieved February 5, 2015, from http://www.lycoming.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/plagiarismGame.aspx.Slide6

Question 5:

You find an article that is perfect for your research paper. You know you should not copy entire sentences word-for-word. Instead, you rearrange the sentences and replace the descriptive words with your own. You also add a complete footnote citing the page and the source. T

his is an

act of

plagiarism.

TRUE or FALSE?

TRUE.

Hayes, S. (2003).

Xtreme

Plagiarism Game. Retrieved February 5, 2015

, from

http

://

www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/xplag.html.Slide7

Question 6

:

You are reading a book that cites a very pertinent article on your research topic. You forget to obtain a copy of the article. Despite this, you include a summary of the article’s findings in your paper, written in your own words, and add a footnote to cite it. I

ncluding

this information into your paper

is an

act of

plagiarism.

TRUE or FALSE?

FALSE.

Hayes

, S. (2003).

Xtreme

Plagiarism Game. Retrieved February 5, 2015, from http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/xplag.html.Slide8

Question 7

:

What

information must you cite in your research paper?

common knowledge;

all statistics, data, and figures;

references to studies done by others;

references to specific facts the average reader would not know about unless he/she had done the research.

(Hint: There may be more than one correct answer)

B, C, & D.

Brennecke

, P. Avoiding plagiarism: What is common knowledge? Retrieved February 5, 2015

, from http://

www.upenn.edu/academicintegrity/ai_common%20knowledge.html.Slide9

WHAT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE?

Common knowledge is any information that

is widely accessible, likely to be known by a lot of people, and can be found in a general reference resource.

This

includes:

General information that most people

know

,

such as: water freezes at 32 degrees

Fahrenheit.

Information

shared by a cultural group

, such as the dates of national holidays

or

names of famous

heroes.

Knowledge

shared by members of a certain field

, such as the fact that

a SWOT analysis measures a company’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.

Brennecke

, P. Avoiding plagiarism: What is common knowledge? Retrieved February 5, 2015, from http://www.upenn.edu/academicintegrity/ai_common%20knowledge.html.Slide10

Should this be cited?

Pterosaurs were the flying reptiles of the dinosaur

age.

NO – IT’S COMMON KNOWLEDGE, SO NO CITATION IS NEEDED.

Even the largest pterosaurs may have been able to take off simply by spreading their wings whilst facing into a moderate breeze

.

YES – IT’S NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE, SO A CITATION IS NEEDED.

CITATION:

Wilkinson, M.T., Unwin, D.M. and Ellington, C.P. (2005). High lift function of the

pteroid

bone and

forewings

of pterosaurs. Proc. R. Soc.

Lond

.

B

University of Cambridge. (2014). What is common knowledge? How to avoid accidental plagiarism. Retrieved February 5, 2015, from

http://

www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/plagiarism/students/referencing/commonknowledge.html.

.Slide11

THE BENEFITS OF CITING SOURCES…

Avoids plagiarism

Respects intellectual property

Helps the reader find your sources

Adds credibility to your paper

Broussard, M. and Oberlin, J. U. (2014). Goblin Threat Plagiarism Game. Retrieved February 5, 2015, from http://www.lycoming.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/plagiarismGame.aspx.Slide12

Paraphrasing tip…

When paraphrasing, one way to be sure you aren’t plagiarizing the text is to:

Read the original source

Close the original source

Write what you want to say without looking at the original source

Compare what you wrote with the original source to make sure you haven’t used any phrases from that source – if you have, enclose the phrase in quotation marks

Add a parenthetical reference at the end of what you just wrote

Add an entry for this source to the Reference List in your paper

Hayes

, S. (2003).

Xtreme

Plagiarism Game. Retrieved February 5, 2015, from http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/xplag.html

.Slide13

The moral of the story…

WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE!

Questions? Ask your professor, or your librarian (me!).Slide14

Hate typing citations?

Use a citation generator, such as Son of Citation Machine

www.citationmachine.net

Use a Citation Management System, such as Zotero

www.zotero.orgSlide15

references

Brennecke, P. Avoiding plagiarism: What is common knowledge? Retrieved February 5, 2015, from

http://www.upenn.edu/academicintegrity/ai_common%20knowledge.html

.

Broussard

, M. and Oberlin, J. U. (2014). Goblin Threat Plagiarism Game. Retrieved February 5, 2015, from

http://www.lycoming.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/plagiarismGame.aspx

.

Cimasko

, T. (2013). Paraphrasing. Retrieved February 9, 2015, from

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/976/02

/

.

Hayes

, S. (2003).

Xtreme

Plagiarism Game. Retrieved February 5, 2015, from

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/xplag.html

.

University

of Cambridge. (2014). What is common knowledge? How to avoid accidental plagiarism. Retrieved February 5, 2015, from

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/plagiarism/students/referencing/commonknowledge.html

.