Research Methodology Workshop - PlagiarismDilip Barad, Ph.D.M.K. Bhavnagar UniversityGujaratdilipbarad@gmail.comwww.dilipbarad.com

In this session, we shall discuss . . .

1. How to pronounce Plagiarism?2. What is the meaning of Plagiarism?3. Why is it necessary to understand Plagiarism?4. How to know Plagiarism?5. How to avoid Plagiarism?

1. Correct way to Pronounce & Meaning

1. How to pronounce Plagiarism?2. What is the meaning of Plagiarism?

1. Encarta Dictionary meaning; Pronounce video1, 2; meaning video 1, 2 (/g/ is Germany, germ; and NOT /get/, /grey/, /grocery/

2. Necessity to understand

1. Why is it necessary to understand Plagiarism?1. For academic integrity & honesty2. Internet resources – advantage / disadvantage3. Books ? (It was and is difficult to identify plagiarism

in the works which have used offline book resources)4. Some real life examples . . . (Several politicians in

Hungary, Germany have to resign on the charges of plagiarism)

3. Ways to Understand Plagiarism

1. How to know Plagiarism?1. 10 types of unoriginal works2. How can I know if my re/source is a plagiarized one?

(SEER – Source Educational Evaluation Rubric)

4. Documentation

1. How to avoid Plagiarism?1. Documentation – as per prescribed style (subject spedific

1. Take help of referencing tools . . . Or2. Use MS Word feature of Referencing

• Other Online platforms - Reference Management Tools• Mendeley • Zotero• EndNoteWeb• Documentaiton stules for Engineering Research Writings: • https://engineering.library.cornell.edu/services/Citation-Style-Guide• http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/citation/asme.html• http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/citation/ieee.html• Screen shots 1, 2, 3

5. Online Tools to check Originality of work

• Online tools to help in avoiding Plagiarism• Turnitin (Originality Checker & Online Grading Tools –

for educators)• iThentica (for researchers)• WriteCheck (for students)• Grammarly• PaperRater• . . . And many . . .

Thank you

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