8/12/2019 Plagarism Examples

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The Original Material

The association between humans and dogs began as a hunting relationship

before organized agriculture had been developed. This Paleolithic cave painting

dates back to about ten thousand years ago and shows a Stone Age hunter who

has successfully killed an eland with the assistance of his dogs.

Page 150

The Intelligence of Dogs:

Canine Consciousness

and Capabilities

by Stanley Coren.

MacMillan, 1994

Here's a paragraph in

which the

student plagiarizes by

direct copying from

Coren's text.

Plagiarism by Direct CopyingDogs have been "man's best friend" since long before recorded history. The

association between humans and dogs began as a hunting relationship before

organized agriculture had been developed. One Paleolithic cave painting dates back

to about ten thousand years ago and shows a Stone Age hunter who has

successfully killed an eland with the assistance of his dogs.

The student has

typed in Coren's

words exactly in

the first copied

sentence and

altered only one

word in the

second.

Here's a paragraph in

which the student

identifies Coren in a

signal phrase,

acknowledges

Coren's work, and

goes on with her

own presentation of

Coren's material.

Revision 1: No Plagiarism--Correctly Paraphrased!Some experts think that dogs have been companions for humans at least since

our earliest records. University of British Columbia Professor of Psychology

Stanley Coren suggests that humans and dogs first got together as hunters. In his

book The Intelligence of Dogs: Canine Consciousness and Capabilities ,Coren

includes a cave painting from about ten thousand years ago that pictures a

hunter with two dogs and an eland they have killed (Page 150).

In the in-text

parenthetical citation,

the student provides

the page number. Her

reference page will

include bibliographic

information for

Coren's book.

The main difference between this correctly paraphrased passage and the paraphrased theft-of-ideas above is that here the

student has introduced the author and provided the location for the specific information. She is giving Coren credit for his work,

not presenting his ideas as her own. Notice that the student has also removed the phrase "man's best friend" and the quotation

marks that suggest she is quoting them from Coren. She provides a citation even though she does not use directly quoted

material--the main idea as well as the contents and interpretation of the painting are part of Coren's work and research, not the

student's, so she must acknowledge them.

Here's a paragraph in

which the student

identifies Coren in asignal phrase,

acknowledges Coren's

work, goes on with

her own presentation

of Coren's material,

and includes a quote.

Revision2: No Plagiarism--Correctly Quoted!

Some experts think that dogs have been companions for humans at least since ourearliest records. According to University of British Columbia Professor of Psychology

Stanley Coren, dogs and humans first teamed up as hunters. In his book The

Intelligence of Dogs: Canine Consciousness and Capabilities,Coren includes one cave

painting that dates back about ten thousand years and shows "a Stone Age hunter

who has successfully killed an eland with the assistance of his dogs" (Plate 2).

The quoted

material

provides Coren's

own phrasing

and her own

words.