1. PlagiarismRecognizing andAvoiding Errors

2. What is Plagiarism? Websters Dictionary defines plagiarism as: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another)as ones own : use (anothers production) withoutcrediting the source to commit literary theft : present as new and originalan idea or product derived from an existing source 3. http://gamezblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Plagiarism.gif 4. Examples Copying and pasting text from online encyclopedias Copying and pasting text from any web site Using photographs, video or audio without permission oracknowledgement Using another students or your parents work and claiming it asyour own even with permission Using your own work without properly citing it! Using someone elses ideas without citing themFrom: Mirka, 2004, The Plagiarism Trap.Powerpoint Presentation. 5. More Examples!! Quoting a source without using quotation marks-even if you docite it Citing sources you didnt use Getting a research paper, story, poem, or article off the Internet Turning in the same paper for more than one class without thepermission of both teachers (this is called self-plagiarism) Can you think of more? From: Mirka, 2004, The Plagiarism Trap. Powerpoint Presentation. 6. How to Avoid Plagiarism Use your own words and ideas ALWAYS give credit to others for their work byusing citations When using someone elses exact words, putquotation marks around the text and use acitation When paraphrasing or summarizing someoneelses work, use a citation Cite, cite, cite 7. How to Cite a Source Use MLA citations for English classes MLA stands for Modern Language Association Use an in-text citation Create a Works Cited page 8. In-text Citations After a summary, paraphrase, or quote, includean in-text citation (AuthorLastName page#) Example She was going to live so as to go to the good place.(Twain 23) More help? Visit Purdue OWL 9. http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/tigertail /nf/module3/plagiarism.htm 10. Works Cited Page After ensuring you have proper in-text citations,you need to create a Works Cited Page Works Cited Page Last page of the paper Full citation required for each and every source citedin text NOT a bibliography Only cite sources actually cited in the paper 11. Works Cited Page Example Works Cited"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. Clinton on Climate Change. New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1 (2007): 27-36. Print.An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore, Billy West. Paramount, 2006. DVD.Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. New York: Springer, 2005. Print.Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American Economic Review 96.2 (2006): 31-34. Print.---. "Global Warming Economics." Science 9 Nov. 2001: 1283-84. Science Online. Web. 24 May 2009.Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.Adapted from Purdue OWLowl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resources/747/12/ 12. Works Cited Page Things to notice Works Cited is centered at the top of the page No extra caps, underline, bold, italics Sources are in alphabetical order First line is to the margin, all others in same citationare one tab in 13. Works Cited Page More Things to Remember Second source with the same author is indicated withthree dashes (---) Entire page should be double spaced No extra spaces between sources More in-depth information at the Purdue OWL 14. How does this all connect? By learning to properly cite sources, you canavoid plagiarism It does not matter if plagiarism is purposeful oraccidental ANY plagiarism will result in consequences Zero on the assignment Possible school disciplinary action Possible legal action 15. Final Thoughts http://unionresearch.schools.officelive.com/plagiarism.aspx