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A Student's Guide to Avoiding PlagiarismPlagiarism is a violation of the Academic Honesty Policy. Whether it is intentional or not, plagiarism is cheating; it is both illegal and a breach of academic conduct this guide briefly addresses definitions and examples of plagiarism and provides instructions on how to avoid plagiarism in your assignments.As a student you will often need to present the ideas and opinions of professionals in your own words. Your instructor/grader expects you to use the work of others in your responses; there is no way to avoid this. However, to avoid plagiarism, simply cite the work of others correctly in APA format, every time. You should refer often to the APA guidelines as well as to a printed or online APA style manual.The following suggestions can be helpful in preparing responses.Avoiding PlagiarismAs you take notes, mark the material that is directly copied or paraphrased in a significant way, perhaps by using a different colored font or by changing the background color of the information (highlighting the information). When you finalize your paper, you can easily check to be sure that you have cited this informationWhen you are paraphrasing information, read the information and then write it down from memory.? This will help you avoid using the sentence structure and words of others. Remember that a paraphrase must still be cited. When quoting directly, copy the person's name that you are quoting into your notes next to the quote as you take notes and put quotation marks around the exact words that you copied. Use very few quotes in your papers, quoting only when the exact phrasing of the information is as important as the information itself. Always put quotation marks around any direct statement from someone else’s work (or indent and single-space extended quotations). Always give a footnote, endnote or other form of citation for this quotation.Cite any paraphrase of another writer’s ideas or statements.Cite any thoughts you obtained from a specific source in your readingCite any material, ideas, thoughts, etc., you received from your reading that can’t be described as general knowledge. Cite any summary (even those in your own words) of a discussion from one of your sources.Cite any charts, graphs, tables, etc., made by others or any you made using other’s information.Cite any computer algorithm you incorporate into a computer program if you did not write or create the algorithm yourself. (Excerpt from the Logger, p.12. 9)Consult your instructor if you have any questions regarding issues of plagiarism and academic rmation Which Must Be CitedAnother person’s idea, opinion, or theory regardless of the medium (magazine, book, newspaper, journal, song, email, lecture, TV program, movie, Web page, letter, advertisement, interview)Any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings – any pieces of information – that are not common knowledgeQuotations of another person’s actual spoken or written wordsParaphrase of another person’s spoken or written wordsInformation That Does NOT Have To Be CitedGenerally accepted factsOne’s own experimental resultsOne’s own experiences, observations, insights, thoughts, or conclusions about a subjectCommon knowledge, including folklore, common sense observations, and shared information within your field of study or cultural groupAPA FormatThere are two ways to incorporate the work of others into your work: quoting and paraphrasing.Quote – called a direct quote – is the use of others’ exact words and must be enclosed in quotation marks. These citations should be presented exactly as they are written and must be attributed to the originator. Note the author names and date in parentheses in the following example.Scripts are defined as “formats for integrating visuals from a computer projection, slide, film, or videotape into a presentation by one or more persons” (Newsom & Carrell, 2001).Paraphrase – or indirect quotes – is material from others’ work, but it is presented in your own words. It too must be cited as in the following example.In general there are two types of presentations: informational and persuasive (Newsom & Carrell, 2001). Useful Resources/Sources Cited BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 1033 Instruction Support Services (ISS). (2004). Plagiarism: what it is and how to recognize and avoid it. Retrieved June 9, 2011, from Writing Tutorial Services: University. (2004). APA Formatting. Retrieved June 9, 2011, from Online Writing Lab: University. (2004). Avoiding plagiarism. Retrieved June 9, 2011, from Online Writing Lab: plagiar.html#common#common ................
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