Understanding and avoiding plagiarism
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The document discusses understanding and avoiding plagiarism. It defines plagiarism as presenting others' words, ideas, or creative work as one's own without proper citation or attribution. The document notes that plagiarism includes copying text verbatim or rephrasing it without citation, as well as using images or other content without permission. It encourages readers to always cite sources, take good notes that distinguish quotes, paraphrases and summaries, and to use citation management tools. Readers are advised to summarize in their own words, paraphrase by changing some words, and use direct quotes sparingly with attribution.
![Avoid Plagiarism:
Take Good Research Notes
• Take notes using a variety of methods: summary, paraphrase,
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and quotation.
Develop a consistent method to connect a note to its citation
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Write key words or topics to describe your notes. This is best
done after writing the notes.
Record only information that seems important for your purpose.
Be accurate: double check facts, statistics, spelling of names and
key words, and quotations.
Enclose direct quotations in quotation marks and include the
speaker's name, if the speaker is not the author of the work.
Use brackets [ ] to change or add words to a quotation or ellipsis
(...) to leave words out of a quotation.
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Understanding and avoiding plagiarism
- 2. What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism is the act of presenting the words, ideas, images, sounds, or other creative expression of others as your own. If you have • included, copied, or downloaded the words and ideas of others into your work and neglected to distinguish them from your own ideas and words and cite them, • turned in someone else’s work under your name, • had help you wouldn’t want your teacher to know about, • you have probably plagiarized!
- 3. Plagiarism is not just copying words, it is also… • using another author’s sentence and paragraph structure for your work, even if you change some of the words • copying images from the internet and using them in your work without citing them • using anything but common knowledge in your work without citing it • failing to use quotation marks when you do copy, even if the material is cited • Real World Examples of Plagiarism
- 5. Avoid Plagiarism: Always Cite Your Sources • A source can be many different things: an image, a book, • • • • a website, a song, a database, an interview, a video, a magazine, etc. As soon as you decide to use a source, record the citation information For each source, you will generally be including information about the author(s)/contributor(s), title(s), publishers, dates, and medium (web or print). For each source, create one bibliography/works cited entry Use a program such as NoodleTools to make it easier to keep track of your sources.
- 6. Avoid Plagiarism: Take Good Research Notes • Take notes using a variety of methods: summary, paraphrase, • • • • • • • and quotation. Develop a consistent method to connect a note to its citation information. Write key words or topics to describe your notes. This is best done after writing the notes. Record only information that seems important for your purpose. Be accurate: double check facts, statistics, spelling of names and key words, and quotations. Enclose direct quotations in quotation marks and include the speaker's name, if the speaker is not the author of the work. Use brackets [ ] to change or add words to a quotation or ellipsis (...) to leave words out of a quotation. Write page numbers for print sources
- 7. Avoid plagiarism: Summary, paraphrase, quotation • Summary—concise notes and information put in own words; contains only main points and ideas; much shorter than original source. • Paraphrase—notes written in own words in more detail than a summary. Using bullet points, short phrases, and lists can be helpful in paraphrasing. Note: copying words and phrases and just changing or leaving some words out is not paraphrasing. • Quotation—word for word notes from original source; enclose in quotation marks. Use sparingly.
- 8. Summary Main ideas only, much shorter than original, in own words Tip: Use the title to help focus on the main ideas Summary of article: Original article • Words: 590 • Chars: 2996 The public cost of lowwage jobs Words: 130 Chars: 644 The authors discuss their report entitled "Fast Food, Poverty Wages: The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the Fast-Food Industry." This report shows how low-wage jobs in the fast food industry causes workers to rely on government assistance in order to survive. They found that the fast-food industry tends to pay poverty level wages and offer very few benefits, which is not enough for people to pay for basic needs like food, health care, and rent. The fast food industry is able to keep wages low by relying on government assistance. Taxpayers are financing these public assistance programs at almost $7 billion dollars a year. The authors recommend that wages in fast food and other lowwage industries increase in order to both help the overall economy and allow the workers to have the ability to take care of themselves
- 9. Quotation copy exactly, enclose in quotation marks, use sparingly Original text―It doesn’t make sense that workers like Snider who prepare and serve food to millions of Americans each day can’t afford three meals a day for their own families.‖ Reason to quote: it illustrates the authors’ opinion in an interesting and effective way, contains irony.
- 10. Paraphrase or Plagiarism? Original - Words: 63 Chars: 299 • After two years working at a St. Louis Wendy’s, Alisha Snider still cannot afford basics like rent, food, clothes and daycare for her three daughters. • The 26-year-old earns only $7.50 an hour and works just 20 hours a week. So how does Alisha make ends meet? She puts her kids in a taxpayer-funded daycare program and uses $398 a month in food stamps to feed them. (#1) Notes - Words: 64 Chars: 284 • Alisha Snider, a 26-year-old mother of three in St. Louis, has worked for two years at a Wendy's. She works 20 hours a week and only makes $7.50 an hour. • This low pay and light schedule does not allow her enough money to pay for all the necessities, so she uses a government-funded daycare and receives $398 a month in food stamps in order to get by.
- 11. Paraphrase or Plagiarism? Original - Words: 104 Chars: 527 • This problem is not going away. A recent analysis by the National Employment Law Project shows lowwage jobs account for nearly three out of five jobs generated since the end of the recession. The Economic Policy Institute expects nearly 30 percent of American workers to be employed in low-wage jobs in 2020, the same as 2010. • As long as pay remains low, these jobs will generate public costs. The fast-food industry is a major contributor to the growth of the lowwage economy, forcing more and more workers onto public assistance programs, which means taxpayers will be footing an even heftier bill if we don’t improve those jobs. (#2) Notes - Words: 102 Chars: 499 • A recent analysis by the National Employment Law Project found that low-wage jobs make up almost three out of five jobs created since the end of the recession. The Economic Policy Institute thinks that almost 30% of workers in America will be employed in low-wage jobs in 2020, which is the same as 2010. • If pay remains low, the low-wage jobs will create public costs. The fast food industry is a main contributor to the problem of the low-wage economy, pushing more workers onto public assistance. This means taxpayers will be footing an even bigger bill if we don't do something to improve
- 12. Paraphrase or Plagiarism? Original - Words: 44 Chars: 239 • Fast-food jobs pay so little that 52 percent of the families of front-line fast food workers – versus 25 percent of the overall workforce – need to rely on public assistance programs, costing taxpayers nearly $7 billion a year. The cost is highest in California at $717 million each year. (#3) Notes - Words: 41 Chars: 234 • Fast-food jobs pay very little • • • • compared to other industries 52% of fast-food workers’ families use public assistance programs Only 25% of all workers use these programs $7 billion a year in taxes is spent on this assistance California spends the most at $717 million annually
- 13. Paraphrase or Plagiarism? Original - Words: 40 Chars: 223 • The median wage for a front-line fast-food worker is $8.69 an hour, and the median number of hours worked per week is just 30. Benefits are rare, with only 13 percent of workers receiving employer-provided health insurance, compared to 59 percent of workers overall. (#4) Notes - Words: 26 Chars: 149 • median wage front-line fast-food worker $8.69 an hour • median number of hours worked per week 30 • Benefits rare • only 13% of these workers receive health insurance, compared to 59% of all workers
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