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Plagiarism is defined as "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's words,
thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution in connection with submission of
academic work, whether graded or otherwise." 2 Because plagiarism is considered a form
of cheating, students who plagiarize may receive a zero on the assignment, a failing
grade in the course, be referred to the University Disciplinary Committee, or be
suspended from the University.
When you are working from other writers work, there are standards you are expected to
meet:
Demonstrate that you understand the sources you have researched and read.
Cite your sources carefully as support for your own ideas.
Make clear what is your writing and what language and ideas have come from
others.
It is NEVER acceptable to simply cut and paste from one source into another. This
collage does not demonstrate that you have read, understood, and analyzed the
sources you have researched. Secondary support must ALWAYS support the writers
original ideas.
Through extensive research, you may reach a point where you feel that every writer says
the same thing or that you know the information well enough to claim it as your own
common knowledge. In order to ensure that you are properly crediting scholarly work,
ask yourself the following questions:
If the answer to either question is no, then you should cite the source.
1 One excellent resource for writing questions of all kinds is the Purdue Online Writing Lab. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Paraphrasing is the process of taking another persons ideas and putting them in your
own words. Rearranging words or changing a word or phrase is not paraphrasing. One
effective way to ensure that you are paraphrasing and not plagiarizing is to read the
material you want to use and then write your paraphrase without reading from the text.
Paraphrased material should be cited just as direct quotes are cited.
Take scrupulous notes. Before you begin reading and taking notes, write down the entire
bibliographic citation. Use the Cornell notetaking method for best results:
After you have completed your research and notetaking, you should know enough about
the topic to write your text. CITE your sources properly during the notetaking phase.
Use the questions below in the COMMENTS column as a heuristic to help you understand
the article you are reading:
Double-check your document to make sure you have properly documented work from
sources.
Cite as follows: