Quoting and Paraphrasing |A plagiarism guide
Writing an essay or term paper in College or University involves integrating published primary and secondary research into their own writing. It is critical that when you are inegrating this information you do not plagerize by presenting the ideas as your own.
The Merriam-Websters online dictionary defines the act to "plagerize" as:
- to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas
- to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
In general, you must approporiatly reference and give credit to all thoughts, ideas, resources, and information that is not common knowledge or your own orignal idea.
A list of examples of plagiarism include:
- Copying text “as is” without quotation marks and with no citation or source.
- Reordering the elements of the source text without citation.
- Copying pieces (sentences, key phrases) of the source text without citation.
- Paraphrasing without citation.
- Reproducing information that is not common knowledge or self-evident without citation.
- Incorporating an idea heard in conversation without citation.
- Using your own past material or another student’s material as a new idea without citation.
- Paying for another to contribute to your work without citation.
- Using software or online translators to translate material without citation.
- Paying someone else to do your work, purchasing material, or translating from someone else’s material (web-based or hard copy).
Reference: Calvano, B. (2011). Plagiarism in higher education. Retrieved from http://www.examiner.com/adult-education-in-pittsburgh/plagiarism-higher-education
Please vist the followiong online resources for tips and hints on how to avoid plagerism and the academic methods of quoting primary and secondary resources and paraphrasing academic ideas and concepts.
- How Not to Plagiarize - University of Toronto Writing Centre
- Plagiarism Tutorial - Simon Fraser University
- Cite this For Me - an online reference generator to manage and create reference lists that meet Harvard, APA, MLA writing styles.
- Quick Answers—References - APA Style
- Google Results: How to Reference