Plagiarism & Citing Sources
What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is a type of cheating. The word plagiarism comes from the Latin word plagiarius meaning "kidnapping". Just like kidkapping is stealing a person, plagiarism is stealing someone's words or ideas. Someone else's words or thoughts are their personal property, if you try to make them your own it is stealing or plagiarism.
How do I avoid plagiarism?
Summarize: a summary condenses information, and should be written in your own words
Paraphrase: retells the information in your own words and should be written in your own words
Direct Quotations: the exact words from your source, use quotation marks to identify direct quotes
(Reserve for special purposes to use writer's expressive wording, to explain complex material or have a primary source speak for himself)
Cite Author's Work: Give credit or recognition to the author both in-text and a bibliography page.
In-text citation should give immediate credit to the author by indicating the author and page number
Bibliography page should list all of the sources used in your research
Paraphrase: retells the information in your own words and should be written in your own words
Direct Quotations: the exact words from your source, use quotation marks to identify direct quotes
(Reserve for special purposes to use writer's expressive wording, to explain complex material or have a primary source speak for himself)
Cite Author's Work: Give credit or recognition to the author both in-text and a bibliography page.
In-text citation should give immediate credit to the author by indicating the author and page number
Bibliography page should list all of the sources used in your research
Anti-Plagiarism Checklist
Did I make a list of all of the books, articles, websites and other sources I used?
Did I keep track of which information came from which source?
Did I put quotation marks around sentences I used exactly the way they were in the source?
When I summarized or parapharased ideas, did I give credit to the original source?
When I was unsure, did I ask the librarian?
Did I keep track of which information came from which source?
Did I put quotation marks around sentences I used exactly the way they were in the source?
When I summarized or parapharased ideas, did I give credit to the original source?
When I was unsure, did I ask the librarian?
References
KidsHealth. (2012). What Is Plagiarism? Retrieved November 8, 2012, from
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html.
SIU Writing Center. (2012). Southern Illinois University. Retrieved November 13, 2012, from
http://write.siu.edu/Writing%20Resources.html.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html.
SIU Writing Center. (2012). Southern Illinois University. Retrieved November 13, 2012, from
http://write.siu.edu/Writing%20Resources.html.