BS218 Tutorial on Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a growing problem in America and at Southeast. Although more and more Americans are benefiting from higher education, it appears that more and more of them are violating the primary rule of scholarship - give credit to the ideas of others.
While deliberate plagiarism is a knowing act of dishonesty and leads to various sanctions, much plagiarism is done accidentally or out of ignorance. Ignorance can still lead to sanctions. I want to be sure you know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Please work through the following sites before the in-class exercise.
There will be a graded exercise on plagiarism in class on January 27, 2009.
Do the quick
tutorial on "Avoiding Plagiarism" at
http://ustudies.semo.edu/writing/owl2/tutorials/plagiarism/
In contrast to this tutorial, my view is that passing in someone else's work is
cheating, not plagiarism. Passing in someone else's work will result in an
F for the entire course.
For those of you that need to do the paraphrase
tutorial, here is the link
http://ustudies.semo.edu/writing/owl2/tutorials/paraphrasing/
Read the guides to writing safely and avoiding plagiarism
from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University. It is excellent,
brief and useful.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_plagiar.html
Do the "Using Quotes" tutorial at
http://ustudies.semo.edu/writing/owl2/tutorials/quoting/
Optional.
Work through the excellent examples of word-for-word and too-closely-paraphrased
plagiarism, with explanations from the Indiana University School of Education..
The link "How to Recognize Plagiarism" has much useful information.
Click on "examples." There is also a practice area and a test.
http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/index.html