avoiding plagiarism: mrs. mcgowan, teacher-librarian (2011) adapted from ms. e. hansen, qe (2006)...

Avoiding Plagiarism:

Mrs. McGowan, Teacher-Librarian (2011)

Adapted from Ms. E. Hansen, QE (2006)

Adapted from Ms. M. Mirka, Centennial (2004)

Revised by Ms. C. Leonhardt – English Teacher (2012)

Do you know…

• What is Plagiarism?

• What is an in-text Citation?

• What is a reference list?

• What does paraphrasing mean?

Getting Started…

• What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism means using another’s

work without giving them credit and

saying that it is your own

From: Mirka, 2004, The Plagiarism Trap. Powerpoint Presentation

Examples of Plagiarism…• Copying and pasting text from

online encyclopedias

• Copying and pasting text from any web site

• Using pictures, video or audio without permission

• Using another student’s or your parents’ work and claiming it as your own even with permission

• Using your own work without properly citing it!


More Examples of Plagiarism…• Quoting a source without using

quotation marks-even if you mention it in your paper

• Citing sources in your bibliography that you didn’t use

• Getting a research paper, story, poem, or article off the Internet

• Turning in the same paper for more than one class without the permission of both teachers (this is called self-plagiarism)

• Can you think of more?


How to Avoid Plagiarism…

• Use your own words and ideas

• Always give credit to the source where you have received your information

• If you use someone’s exact words - put them in quotes AND give credit using in-text citations. Include the source in your bibliography or works cited page


How to Avoid Plagiarism…• If you have paraphrased someone’s

work, (summarizing a passage or rearranging the order of a sentence and changing some of the words)-always give credit

• Take very good notes--write down the source as you are taking notes. Do not wait until later to try and find information in the the original source

• Avoid using someone else’s work with minor and making small ” changes


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Getting Started…

• What is a reference list (bibliography)?– A reference list (bibliography) at

the end of a paper provides the full information necessary to identify and find each source used.

– References should be alphabetically listed by author’s last name at the end of the paper or presentation.

Reference or Bibliography page

Go to the back of your document, and on a SEPARATE piece of paper…

Centre the word “References” (not bolded) at the top of the page.

Give the full information on how to access your sources, in alphabetic order, (sort↓) and a hanging indent.

Double-space the whole page.

Use NoodleTools or Easybib.com to assist you in the Bibliography or References page.

Getting Started…• What is a Citation?

– To properly cite information from a source, you need to include the source in the bibliography AND use in-text citations with each portion of information taken from a source

• An In-Text Citation?

– Citing direct quotations in the body of a research assignment or paper.

(Right in the sentence or paragraph where the information is used)

CITATIONS IN TEXT

Definition

In text citations identify the source of information used in research. Format like this (author’s last name and page number p. or pp.). 1 2

Citations point you to the full information on a Bibliography or References page. The reader then knows exactly where the information is coming from.

Format1. Citations are included in the same sentence or

paragraph as the quotation.

2. The sentence and the citation together must provide the author’s last name and page(s) from which the quotation was taken.

3. You should try to mention the source within the sentence, but you still need to do the citation at the end in parentheses (parenthetical documentation) every time you use something that comes from a source.

Punctuation1. Quotation marks “ ” enclose

quotations of less than 40 words and are included in the sentence or text, then the citation.

2. Quotations of more than 40 words are indented five spaces from the left margin and are double-spaced in a free-standing block (example later). They are also known as a Block Quotation.

3. Just before the long quotation starts, type a colon: then indent your long quotation (block quotation). (then your citation after the period)

4. Brackets ( ) enclose information about the source of the quotation (this is the citation).

Quotation Examples…

1. less than 40 words:

He confirms our suspicions.

“Because N-Gen children are born

with technology, they assimilate it.

Adults must accommodate – a

different and much more difficult

learning process”_ (Tapscott, 1998,

p. 40). (Punctuation is only after in-text citation.)

Quotation Examples…2. more than forty words (Block Quotation):

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

(2010) explains how to avoid plagiarism:

Quotation marks should be used to indicate the exact

words of another. Each time you paraphrase another

author (i.e., summarize a passage or rearrange the

order of a sentence and change some of the words),

you need to credit the source of the text.. (p.15)

(Punctuation at end of quote, before the citation.)

Citation Example 1

He states, “anything takes on a new meaning when we think of it as a monument” (Boorstin 215) and adds that monuments can be both man-made and natural.

What makes this sentence elegant or unique? The sentence has both a direct quotation and a paraphrase!

Citation Example 2Johnston and Cutchins state that “life is hard for animal babies of all kinds, but for young reptiles, surviving their first year is especially difficult” (36).

Since the author name is mentioned in the sentence, you only need to put the page number at the end of the sentence.

Citing Internet Sources or Sources with No Author

Many times, you will encounter and need to cite a resource that does not have an author. It might be a Corporation. We are used to doing citations using the author’s last name. However, this is not always possible.

REFERENCE LISTING of resources that do not have authors:

No Author

Sports nutrition: Nutrition science & the Olympics. (2008). Retrieved from http://btc.montana.edu/olympics/nutrition/default.htm

Corporate AuthorCentre for Systems Science at Simon Fraser University.

[Image]. (2009). Great Canadian scientists. Retrieved from http://fas.sfu.ca/css/gcs/main.html

Romeo and Juliet [CD-ROM]. (1997). New York: Columbia.

**Use the first few words of the title or corporate author if no author’s name is given

Examples: Many people feel that eating healthy foods can help your

performance playing sports: “It is a proven fact that eating a nutritious meal prior to a game will increase performance” (Sports Nutrition, 1998).

How does plagiarism affect you??WHAT happens if you

plagiarize?

• In junior/senior high school?

• In post-secondary?

• In society?

Source: http://www.fborfw.com/strip_fix/archives/000811.php

For Better or For Worse – Lynn Johnston



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