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Jacqui MakselonDirector of TLRC

Senior libraryJanuary 2013

Presenting someone else’s work as your own - even with their permission.

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Ghost writer..

Cutting and pasting to submit as original work

Ctrl + C

Ctrl + V

Photocopy..

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Superficially changing source material by altering a few key words and phrases

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In-disguise…

Original In-disguiseThe Internet is an international medium and although views will differ on how it should be managed in other ways, all countries should be able to agree on legislation for child abuse and pornography. Balancing the need to protect minors with the need to maintain freedom of expression is continuing to prove difficult.http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/cybercrime/cybercrime.htm

The Internet is an international form and opinion might differ on how is should be regulated in some ways, but everyone should be in agreement on child abuse and pornography laws. Assessing the need to safeguard minors with the requirement to preserve freedom of expression is a difficult problem.

Source: http://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/plagiarism/examples.php

Stringing together sentences and ideas from a range of books and other resources to ‘create’ an essay

Mashup….

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Using work you have submitted already

Self stealer...

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Providing inaccurate information regarding sources so they are impossible to find

Misinformer…

6Source: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/60-really-cool-and-creative-error-404-pages/#

Aggregator

Including proper citations but your work contains almost nothing that is original

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Source: White Paper The Plagiarism Spectrum Turnitin

Using exact sentences or phrases from somebody else’s work without using quotation marks

Missed-quote..

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Forgetting to cite sources altogether or not citing because you have forgotten where material was sourced

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Forget-me-lots

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Using images, video or audio without acknowledgement

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Snap stealer…

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Is there anything you don’t have to cite?

Common knowledge

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Example:

You could mention that emissions from cars are known to have a detrimental effect on the environment without providing a reference.

If you then went on to state the exact percentage of carbon dioxide produced from car emissions then you would need to provide a reference.

And now, a plagiarism test…

Work with the person sitting next to you, look at the student work sample you have been given. Determine if (and how) plagiarism has taken place!

Test materials courtesy of:

Plagiarism test answers

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Test materials courtesy of:

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More information…

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THANKYOU

Bibliography:

A Quick Guide to Plagiarism [online] A Sea Devil TV production Accessed 02/01/13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnTPv9PtOooIndiana University Bloomington School of Education Plagiarism Test [0nline] accessed 03/01/13 https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/test.htmlPlagiarism - University of Leeds Guide [online]Accessed 01/01/13: http://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/plagiarism/examples.phpTypes of Plagiarism [online] Accessed 02/01/13http://plagiarism.org/resources/student-materialsWhite Paper: The Plagiarism Spectrum Turnitin [online] Accessed 01/01/13: www.turnitin.com