plagiarism pitfalls how to conduct research & produce correctly cited works
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Plagiarism Pitfalls
How to conduct research & produce correctly cited works
What is Plagiarism?
When someone uses another person’s words & ideas, and forgets to say
who or where the info came from
Sometimes it’s accidental
Sometimes, it’s not
What Plagiarism looks like
1. Exact word–for-word copying (copy & paste)2. Footnote instead of quotation marks3. Paraphrasing an idea, without citing4. A collection of others’ ideas, restated w/o
citation5. Using distinct phrases, without citing
• Print resources, record Title, Author, & page
Gathering data & taking notes
• Web resources, record URL
Record exact sentences if you think you may quote a source. Otherwise bookmark sites or pages and write the general idea.
You need a minimum of the following on each notecard
Where to get Print Citation data
Getting Online Citation data
• Use short cut tools to know what data is required• Choose reputable sites which don’t hide data
(read URL extensions for better research sites too: .com .edu. .net .org .gov)• Ignore banners and advertisements• Data will be found in the header or the footer of
the webpage or document
Skim and Focus
Ready to try this on your own?
Use 2010 WordOpen a new Word document
Put your name and class in the upper right corner
Type in the following:Will Smith acted in one movie this year: Men in Black 3
• Open the site www.imdb.com and search Will Smith
• Select the References tab on Word, MLA style 6• Insert a citation > choose add new source>
choose document from web source• Fill in the data fields and submit
Time to cite a print source
Continue typing: Nickson felt Will Smith was a good rapper, but an even better actor. Insert another citation, but this time – book format.
Create the Works Cited
Now for the big finale,Select Bibliography
From the dropdown menu choose Works Cited
Click on it
You have a properly formatted, alphabetical
Bibliography Page
To refer back to these lessons (includes the proper method for using the Word
2012 short cut)&
To view Real-Life Plagiarism pitfalls &
To see a video on the rights individuals have to protect their words, ideas, and
works see the LMC wiki @ …
http://libraries.mpsd.org