Lecture 2 Avoiding Plagiarism in Academic Writing
Lecture 2 Avoiding Plagiarism in Academic Writing
Lecture 2 Avoiding Plagiarism in Academic Writing
A plagiarism case
in show business
Outline
What is plagiarism? Students reasons for plagiarising Ways of avoiding plagiarism Common knowledge or intellectual property? Referencing in academic writing
What is plagiarism?
comes from Latin word plagiarius an abductor, and plagiare, to steal (HNN, 2008 ) someones ideas, thoughts or findings are used or presented without any referencing and acknowledgment. violates the rights of an author whose ideas, thoughts or findings were used without giving any credit for his work.
personal skills
Research skills
thinking about the question/topic and using your own ideas and experience
managing the information you collect from sources developing an effective note-taking system
Writing skills
planning drafting and redrafting referencing quoting paraphrasing summarising editing
Personal skills
time management
talking to teachers asking for help
acting on feedback
Successful paraphrasing
paraphrasing is used instead of a direct quotation in a paraphrase, the meaning is the same as in the original text but the words are different a reference to a paraphrase must be provided
An example of paraphrasing
Original Source Material
Technology has significantly transformed education at several major turning points in our history. In the broadest sense, the first technology was the of figures in the sand with a stick were methods used to communicate -- yes, even to educate.
primitive modes of communication used by prehistoric people before the development of spoken language. Mime, gestures, grunts, and drawing
Taken from: Frick, T., (1991). Restructuring Education Through Technology. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation.
A paraphrase
According to Frick (1991),one of the earliest technologies was non-verbal signs that our prehistoric ancestors used before spoken language emerged.
Avoiding plagiarism
Successful quoting
should be properly incorporated in academic research a correct reference is provided
acknowledges someones ideas and work helps to refer to works or findings of other scholars
Adapted from Hania Salter-Dvorak, 2008
E-journal article accessed via website on the open Internet Authors surname, initials., (Year of print publication). Title of article. Name of journal. (in italics or underlined) Date of print publication (if applicable, e.g. May/June) Volume number (in bold) Page numbers. (or online equivalent) [online] Available from: <URL>
[Accessed (enter date you viewed the article)].
Bibliography
Copyright, (2007). Extreme Gall. [online] Available from: http://benedict.com/Audio/Vanilla/Vanilla.aspx[Accessed 3 May 2008]. History News Network (HNN), (2008). The American Historical Associations (AHA) Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct. [online] George Mason University. Available from: <http://www.hnn.us/articles/514.html> [Accessed 1 May 2008]. Martin, B., (2004). Plagiarism: policy against cheating or policy for learning? [online] University of Wollongong. Available from: <http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/04ppdf> [Accessed 1 May 2008]. Salter-Dvorak, H., (2008). What is Successful Academic Writing? EAP lecture delivered on 25th April 2008 Seminole Community College (SCC),(2008). Avoid plagiarism through practice, Available from: <http://www.scc-fl.edu/english/plagiarism/> [Accessed 28th April 2008].