There are many types of plagiarism in the world or what can
be considered plagiarism. The most
common form of plagiarism is to steal and pass off the ideas or words of
another as your own. The second form of plagiarism is to use another's
production without crediting the source. You must cite the source even if you
use one word from a website book or anything that did not come from your head,
but it can also be flaws in coming up with stuff from you head which can also
be a form of plagiarism which is to present as new and original an idea or
product derived from an existing source. The expression of original ideas is
considered intellectual property, and is protected by copyright laws, just like
original inventions. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright
protection as long as they are recorded in some way (such as a book or a
computer file). Here is a quick list to remind you of simple plagiarism to stay
away from turning in someone else's work as your own, copying words or ideas
from someone else without giving credit, failing to put a quotation in
quotation marks, giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation,
and changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without
giving credit
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Thurhill, Mark. "Plagiarism.org." Plagiarism.org : Learning Center : Plagiarism Definitions, Tips on Avoiding Plagiarism, Guidelines for Proper Citation, & Help Indentifying Plagairism. Psychology Today, Jan.-Feb. 2010. Web. 17 Oct. 2012. .
Kadarius,
ReplyDeleteThe way that you went about discussing plagiarism is excellent and unique. I also like the incorporation of the list of helpful hints of how to stay away from plagiarism. I like when you stated in your helpful hints that “giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation” (Williams-Marcus). When students are required to utilize a lot of sources for a paper/project they tend to mix up their sources. So it is good to recognize that this is in fact a form of plagiarism.