Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism (Check all that Apply)

• Stealing/Theft

• Changing a few words or borrowing an idea from someone else

• An Act of Fraud

• Using material without crediting the source or citing a source incorrectly

• Unethical Behavior

What are some consequences of plagiarism? (Check all that apply)

• Monetary Loss

• Loss of Employment (Job)

• Legal Repercussions

• Tarnished Reputation

• Suspension or Expulsion from School

Paraphrasing properly is to:

• summarize the text in your own words and cite it

• Use only the idea without citing it

• Put quotation marks around the text and cite it

• Change a few words to make it your own and cite it

Is it acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper and simply add quotation marks around it?

• Yes, that shows it is not original text

• No, that is an incomplete citation

You re-use paragraphs from a paper you wrote last semester and put it into a new assignment, and you don't cite it because it's your own work. Is this plagiarism?

• No, it is not plagiarism

• Yes, it is self-plagiarism

Say you found two papers about the same research: Paper A is the original finding; Paper B is an analysis that references Paper A. You use a section of the analysis from Paper B. Which paper do you cite?

• Paper A

• Paper B

• Both

For an individual class assignment, Chi and Juan decide to collaborate. Chi compiles research notes, Juan identifies the main findings, and both write their own original research papers. Is this:

• Unethical collaboration

• Plagiarism

• Unethical collaboration and plagiarism

• Acceptable collaboration

It is necessary to cite information that is common knowledge or widely accessible, like historical information or popular scientific information, e.g. 70% of the earth is covered in water?

• True

• False

A source doesn’t need to be cited if it’s collaboratively written on the web like Wikipedia.

• True

• False

You want to use a photograph taken by someone else in your project. If you use a graphics program to change the photograph you do not need to seek permission from the original creator.

• True

• False