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AVOID PLAGIARISM!
2010/2011 Orientation Programme for the New Nigerian Students 1
Mudathir Funsho Akorede
Graduate Student Member, IEEE Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department, UPM,
Serdang, Malaysia
8th August, 2010
If You Don’t Know How to Paste, Don’t Cut!
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Presentation Outline• What is Plagiarism?• Types of Plagiarism• Who Could be Involved in
Plagiarism?• Why Do People Plagiarise?• How is Plagiarism Detected?• Sanctions for the Plagiarist• How to Avoid Plagiarism• Concluding Remarks
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What is Plagiarism? From a Latin word which means kidnapping.
Plagiarism is stealing of another person's ideas, expressions or any other creative tasks and presenting them as one’s.
i.e. Without Giving Credit or Proper Citation to the Original Work.
It’s A Break of Academic and Professional Ethics and Morality
It is an Academic Theft; Hence a Serious Offence!!!
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Types of Plagiarism Based on the Intensity
Minimal Plagiarism Substantial Plagiarism Complete Plagiarism
Unintentional Plagiarism Paraphrasing Poorly Quoting Poorly Citing Poorly
Intentional Plagiarism Cutting and Pasting from different Sources without
giving Credit Borrowing Words or Ideas from others without
giving Credit Copying Essays from the Internet without Proper
Referencing Self Plagiarism Source:
www.centralia.edu/academics/writingcenter/
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"Dramatic changes in the non-Aboriginal community's appreciation of the importance of women as social and ceremonial agents in Aboriginal society had translated into pressure of demand in the art world for Papunya women's paintings."
(Johnson, V. 1994, Aboriginal artists of the western desert, Roseville East, NSW: Craftsman House : p. 18).
The plagiarised text:Johnson (1994) explains that dramatic changes in the non-Aboriginal community's appreciation of the importance of women as social and ceremonial agents in Aboriginal society had translated into pressure of demand in the art world for Papunya women's paintings.
" There is a strong market demand for eco-tourism in Australia. Its rich and diverse natural heritage ensures Australia's capacity to attract international ecotourists and gives Australia a comparative advantage in the highly competitive tourism industry."
(Weaver, D. (Ed.) 2000, The encyclopedia of ecotourism, New York: CABI Publishing: p. 143).
The plagiarised text:There is a high market demand for eco-tourism in Australia. Australia has a comparative advantage in the highly competitive tourism industry due to its rich and varied natural heritage which ensures Australia's capacity to attract international ecotourists.
Source: http://library.curtin.edu.au/study-and-research-tools/online-tutorials/studytrekk/trek6.cfm
Plagiarism Examples
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What is NOT Plagiarism?" More and more occasions require negotiation; conflict is a growth
industry. Everyone wants to participate in decisions that affect them; fewer and fewer people will accept decisions dictated by someone else."
(Fisher, R., & Ury, W. 1991, Getting to Yes - negotiating an agreement without giving in. London, Random House : p. xiii).
Correctly used in an essay: Fisher & Ury (1991) believe that because people want to be involved in the decision making process, rather than be given instructions, negotiation is an essential skill.
Source: http://library.curtin.edu.au/study-and-research-tools/online-tutorials/studytrekk/trek6.cfm
" For a cinema whose heroic male leads had been figures like Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, and Paul Hogan, the films of the early 1990s represented a radical shift in its image of Australian masculinity".
(Butters, P. 2001, 'Becoming a man in Australian films in the Early 1990s' in I. Craven (Ed.), Australian cinema in the 1990s. London, Frank Cass : p. 79).
Correctly used in an essay: Butters (2001) discusses a move away from the traditional movie heroes, and suggests that more recent films "represented a radical shift in its image of Australian masculinity".
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Who Could be Involved in Plagiarism?
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Majorly Students (All Categories)
Lecturers; Professors Inclusive
Authors of any Kind
Researchers
Journalists
Publishers
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Lack of Adequate Knowledge About Plagiarism. Could Lead to Unintentional Plagiarism
Laziness Time to Type/Draw. Just Cut and Paste, I’m Done!
Writer’s Block The Feeling That One’s Work/Writing is
Inferior Poor Time Management Thinking One Cannot be Caught The Impression that Others also Do
Why Do People Plagiarise?
Source: http://www.geneseo.edu/~elmore/Why_plagiarism.htm
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How is Plagiarism Detected?
World Wide Web. Students Use the Internet to Cut and Paste
Works So Also Lecturers Use the Same Internet to
Detect Plagiarism Google.Com – a Popular Search Engine
By typing in five consecutive words from the text, internet-based plagiarised source could be discovered.
Use of Software Turnitin via UPM Library or its Website WriteCheck
The Owner of the Original Work or Other Readers.
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Source: http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/resources/plagiarism/06detection.htm
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Sanctions for the Plagiarist Termination of Candidature for
Students Withdrawal of the Conferred Degree End of One’s Academic Career Retraction of the Published Work Suspension by the
Publisher/Professional Body Loss of Integrity and Trustworthiness Source:
http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/resources/plagiarism/06detection.htm
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How to Avoid Plagiarism
Use of One’s Words and Ideas Proper Referencing Checking One’s Writing against the Sources’
Writing before Paper Submission Using Turnitin or WriteCheck Software
Good Time Management Don’t Look at the Original Work While Typing
Your Own
Source: http://www.swinburne.edu.my/docs/plagiarism_guide_sc.pdf
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Concluding Remarks
1. Plagiarism is a Serious Academic Crime.
3. Stiff Sanctions
Await A
Plagiarist.
2. Plagiarism Could be
Detected Easily Nowadays.
4. G
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Man
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Cou
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One
to A
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5. Don’t C
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Don’t Know
How to Paste!
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Question(s)?
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