Plagiarism And Copyright Protection : Plagiarism

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http://www.plagiarism.org/

This website provides many different resources for students who wish to avoid plagiarism; it features explanations of what plagiarism is as well as how to prevent plagiarism. There is also a section that answers questions sent by students on questionable practices that could be considered plagiarizing.

http://wwwcc.ivytech.edu/shared/shared_hlibrarycc/pdf/student_plagiarism_brochure.pdf

This brochure, shared by the Ivy Tech Community College Libraries, explains both plagiarism and copyright protection. It explains what plagiarism is, and the potential consequences if you do plagiarize. It also lists multiple credible websites that students can refer to for more information.

http://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/help/plagiarism/

The University of Bradford, a 4-year-university based in the UK, has several helpful webpages that clearly communicate what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. They also list the specific penalties that their students may face for plagiarism, as well as multiple other resources to help students prevent plagiarizing.

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One of the most surprising forms of plagiarism that I discovered while doing this project and that we also briefly discussed during the live class session is using a piece of work that you had previously completed for another assignment.

However, I feel the form of plagiarism most commonly used in academic settings is taking an exact statement from a book that someone else wrote, and copying it, word for word, therefore claiming it as your own.

When I hear the word “cheating,” the image that pops into my mind is someone glancing at another student’s paper during a test to copy answers. Just as if you glance at someone else’s paper during a test t...

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...rhaps they failed to properly cite their source each time they took away from that piece of writing.

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Referring back to point number 6, I believe the answer to this question depends on if the plagiarism was intentional or unintentional. Either way, the student must face the consequences for plagiarism.

If a student decided to partake in intentional plagiarism in a course that I was instructing, they would automatically fail my course. In fact, if they took credit for someone else’s work rather than doing it themselves, I would recommend expulsion.

However, if it was done unintentionally because of lack of knowledge, I would fail the student for that assignment. Furthermore, I would assign them further coursework that correlated with the issue at hand. This coursework would include assignments on citing, paraphrasing, and the proper usage of quotation marks.