Myths:
1.Your professors expect you to write perfect papers.
2. Your professors expect you to know everything there is about the subject you are writing about.
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Facts:
1.Your professors expect you to write in your own words.
2. Your professors expect you to ask for help. |
The following is from the Student Community Code:
Plagiarism is the appropriation by any means of another's work or words and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work or words in one's written [as well as oral] work offered for credit. Some ideas have such wide currency that all may use them freely; some words, such as proverbs and clichés are public property. But when the writer borrows what belongs to another, the writer must indicate the source by way of an internal reference, and she/he must enclose all distinctive words of the source within quotation marks |
The best way to plagiarize is:
1. Copy word for word without giving the author source
2. Use a paper that you submitted to another class
3. Use only a few select phrases from an author
4. Borrow somebody's lab notes
5. Use an author's idea as your own
6. Use photos, data, or pictures without citing
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What don't I have to cite?
1. Common knowledge - for example, George Washington was the first President of the United States.
2. Your own original work.
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What are the best ways to avoid accidental plagiarism?
1. Learn to cite your soures.
2. When taking direct passages from text, make sure you use "quotation marks".
3. Keep accurate notes of where you found your material.
4. When using web pages print them out, (web material often changes).
5. Save revisions of your work under a different name, example paper1.doc, paper2.doc, etc. This will help you to see the changes in your work and to make sure that you do not mix up your orignal work with somebody else's ideas.
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Benefits of citing sources
1. You will have brilliant and orignal ideas and want to distinguish them from the other authors.
2. You will become a better writer and possibly write the next New York Times Bestseller. |
Possible penalties for plagiarism
1. Warning from the professor
2. Failure of the work submitted
3. Failure of class
4. Dismisall from the college |
Case Study #1
You are a student involved in yet another group project that requires you to write your paper together. There are five members in your group, and it is decided that each member will research and write a portion of the fifteen page paper. It has fallen upon your shoulders to stitch the final paper together and to turn it in to your professor. As your fellow students give you the information, you realize that the majority of it has been poorly cited, or even worse, directly copied without citation. The paper is due tomorrow, and your professor is one of "those" who require items to be turned in on time.
1. Choose what actions can take place.
2. What might be the consequences of the action?
3. Are there potential conflicts of interest?
4. What would be your final recommendation?
Case Study #2
You are writing your final term paper for Heritage and you are having a hard time just getting started. You know 3 other friends in different Heritage classes that are writing on a similar topic. You read their papers to generate some ideas and even used some of the same citations to get your sources. Would this be considered collaboration?
1. Choose what actions can take place.
2. What might be the consequences of the action?
3. Are there potential conflicts of interest?
4. What would be your final recommendation?
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My professor accused my of plagiarism, what are my rights?
Concerns related to final grades should be handled according to the procedures set forth in the Carthage College Policy on Grade Review. Students who are uncertain about the appropriate way to deal with a particular academic concern are encouraged to discuss the issue with their faculty advisor before taking action.
Student Honor Pledge:
"I have read, do understand and will abide by the College academic honesty guidelines."
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