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"Plagiarism (Latin: plagiarius, kidnapper of a child) is the use of another person's ideas or work without proper acknowledgement. If ever you are in doubt, document your source. If you need information about documentation, consult the MLA Handbook, Warriner's English Grammar and Composition or A Manual for Writers by Kate Turabian.
Plagiarism usually occurs in two forms, the first of which may consist of the following:
- Copying or gaining any other advantage from another's test during a test or examination situation;
- Exact copying of an author's text without the use of quotation marks;
- Using an author's passages with occasional omissions or changes in wording without proper acknowledgement;
- Rearranging the words or sentences of one or more authors;
- Using an author's argument or points from an argument and representing them as one's own.
The source of the plagiarized material may, for instance, be another student's paper, an encyclopedia, a scholarly text, or an Internet site; the source does not change the degree or seriousness of the plagiarism.
The second form of plagiarism occurs when students receive unacknowledged help in preparing an assignment. Such outside help includes proofreading, editing and assistance from, but not limited to, parents, proctors, tutors, or classmates. While students ar encouraged to discuss assignments with faculty and other students, the writing should be a student's own. Again, if you are in doubt, acknowledge any help you receive.
The grade for any assignment in which plagiarism occurs is zero. In order to ensure adherence to this policy and to resolve questions of authorship, the Academy reserves the right to electronically screen papers and other submitted work for authenticity." Source: DA to Z (p. 6)
Avoiding Plagiarism
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ewts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
Avoiding Plagiarism
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar
Avoiding Plagiarism
http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/plagiarism/index.html
Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/QPA_plagiarism.html
Plagiarism Tutorials & Quizzes
Plagiarism (amusing tutorials and quizzes)
http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/
The Plagiarism Court (with audio)
http://library2.fairfield.edu/instruction/ramona/plagicourt.html
Plagiarism: How to Recognize it and How to Avoid It
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/using/tutorials/LILT/plagiarism.htm
Plagiarism Quiz
http://www.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/library.nsf/wholeshortlinks2/Plagiarism+Quiz?opendocument
What is Plagiarism?
http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/tutorial/plagiarism/tutorial/introduction.htm
Road Etiquette: Plagiarism
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/rtr.php?module=Etiquette§ion=Plagiarism&page=01
Academic Honesty Quiz
http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/advocacy/academic_honesty_quiz.shtml