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St. Clare’s
College LIBRARY
PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is:
using other people’s original
words or ideas
without clearly acknowledging
the source of the information.
Plagiarism often happens accidentally because students:
don’t understand what it is or
its implications or
their information research and processing skills need to be improved
Hmmmm….confused?
Image 1: Causes of Plagiarism (Wilson, 2007,p.2)
Plagiarism can take many forms: Copying or ‘cutting and pasting’ an entire source and presenting it as
your own
Copying ideas from sources without acknowledging where they came from
Paraphrasing material from a source without proper acknowledgement
Using too many direct quotations meaning your contribution is minimal
Buying an essay or assignment from a research service, another student or online (Source: UNSW Learning Centre, 2008)
Learn how to take notes effectively How can you make sense of your notes when you come to write
up your assignment and avoid plagiarising? Use a system when taking notes as you research – try note cards. For example:
Source – Author/Title/Date/URL/Page Number
Tags (keywords)
Abstract –taken from source
Paraphrase – into your own words and condense from the source
My ideas – ideas you have developed in reaction to your research. Ask questions, do you agree?, what is important about this source?, does it give a different perspective?
Change the text colour between your original ideas and the ideas you have paraphrased
(Source: McKenzie, 1998; Abilock & Smith 2007)
Photocopy the title page for bibliographic details
Put author and date details at start and end of each paragraph of notes you write
Reference as you go
Make sure every in-text citation within your essay can be found in the reference list
Leave lots of time to finish your reference list!
Handy tips for avoiding plagiarism
Web tools to help you
Use an online tool like http://quotepad.info/
Use an online referencing generator like http://library.scotch.vic.edu.au/research/biblios/ScotchBib/index.htm
How do I reference? Get the ‘St Clare’s Guide to Referencing Assessment Tasks’
available in the Library and online via
http://delicious.com/stclareslibrary
What do you need to reference? Words and ideas from others from all sources including
the Internet, study guides, books, journal articles, radio transcripts, personal interviews, films, online videos, blogs, wikis, images, diagrams, emails.
No need to reference… Your own experiences; your own critical analysis,
comments or conclusion; common facts and knowledge (eg. the world is round).
(Source: The Learning Centre, 2008, p.3)
Cite correctly to avoid plagiarism
Know the difference between…paraphrasing, quoting and summarising!!!
When you use other people’s original words or ideas: place their words between “…..” and after the quote, place the surname,
and year of publication, page number in parenthesis Eg: “lorem ipsem” (Smith, 2008, p.3).
When you paraphrase other people’s words or ideas: at the end of the sentence or paragraph, place the surname and year of
publication in parenthesis. If there is more than one source, cite them all Eg: (Smith, 2008; Wall, 2006)
Check out the UNSW Learning Centre online document covering this topic at http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/paraquo.pdf
If in doubt…
Don’t pretend if you don’t have the source
Ask for help from Library staff or your teacher
References for this Presentation Abilock, D. & Smith, S. 2007, ‘Beyond cut and paste’, accessed 4 November 2008 from
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/ethical/catandmouse2.pdf
McKenzie, J. 1998,The new plagiarism: Seven antidotes to prevent highway robbery in an electronic age. From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal,7(8), accessed 4 November, 2008 from http://fno.org/may98/cov98may.html
The Learning Centre UNSW, 2008, ‘Avoiding plagiarism’, accessed 4 th November, 2008 from http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/plag.pdf
Wilson, D. 2007, Crime or confusion – why do students plagiarise?,Connections 60(1), pp.1-2.
Useful Links Plagiarism and Academic Integrity, UNSW
http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism/index.html Plagiarism: What do you value? Available through Clickview. http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ - online interactive plagiarism tutorial Plagiarism and Academic Honesty, Sydney University
http://elearning.library.usyd.edu.au/learn/plagiarism/index.php (interactive tutorial) - this is excellent tutorial. It has a university focus but is still highly applicable.
All My Own Work – Board of Studies site for Yr 10 – Yr 12 students http://amow.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/
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