3. INTRODUCTION
The oxford dictionary defines plagarism as “The practice of
someone else’s work or ideas passing them as ones own”
It can also be defined as:- the "wrongful appropriation" and
"stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts,
ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own
original work.
Plagiarism now is not confined to mere cut and paste;
synonymizing and translation technologies
are giving a new dimension to plagiarism.
4. FORMS OF PLAGARISM
The Ghost Writer: making a copy
of another work's word for word and
verbatim to this without being of
citing the original document.
The photocopy writer: to make
copy of significant portion of
another writings from one and
single source without modification
and acknowledgment to the source
used.
The Potluck Paper writer: attempt
of copying from several other
sources with a few changes have
made of paragraphs and sentences
retaining most of the original
phrasing.
The Self-Stealer writer: borrows
idea generously from own previous
works and common threat to all
above not putting the original
source.
5. TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
Copying- most common type,To copy someone else's work and put
your name on it, you have plagiarized.
Patchwork Plagiarism: similar to copying and is perhaps the
second most common type of plagiarism. Occurs when the plagiarizer
borrows the "phrases and clauses from the original source and weaves
them into his own writing" without putting the phrases in quotation
marks or citing the author.
Paraphrasing Plagiarism: occurs when the plagiarizer
paraphrases or summarizes another's work without citing the source.
Even changing the words a little or using synonyms but retaining the
author's essential thoughts, sentence structure, and/or style without
citing the source is still considered plagiarism.
Unintentional Plagiarism: occurs when the writer incorrectly
quotes and/or incorrectly cites a source they are using.
7. AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
1. SUMMARIZE
• We must reference from the original source
• Our summary should be shorter than the text you are summarizing
• We must use your own words, usually with a very limited use of quotations
2. PARAPHRASE
• The text you produce may be shorter or longer than the original text .
• We must use our own words
3. QUOTE
• The text produced is the exact length of the original text quoted
• We must use the original author's exact words and must put
quotation marks around them
8. University presses (Harvard, Cambridge)
Major Publishing Houses (Penguin, Random House)
Well Known Organizations (United Nations, Government
websites)
Well-Known Newspapers (New York Times)
Well Known Media Sources (BBC, CNN)
Magazines
Online Journals (JSTOR)
GOOD SOURCES BAD SOURCES
Wikipedia
Personal Blogs
Non-credible newspapers,
magazines, editorials
Think about "bias"
9. Lack of Writing Skills.
Misconception/ignorance of plagiarism.
Lack of strict academic discipline.
Lack of research methods skills.
Lack of referencing/citation skills.
Time factor.
Easily availability of reading materials/text on the internet.
Lack of knowledge or subject matter.
Lack of patience.
Cut-and-paste culture in research and academic community.
Sheer lethargy
REASONS FOR PLAGIARISM
10. Level 0:-similarities up to
10%. Minor similarities, no
penalty
Level 1:- similarities above
10% to 40% such student
shall be asked to submit a
revised script within a
stipulated time period not
exceeding 6 months.
Level 2 :-Similarities above
40% to 60% such student
shall be debarred from
submitting a revised script
for a period of one year.
Level 3:- Similarities above
60%. Such student
registration for that program
shall be cancelled.
LEVELS OF PLAGIARISM
12. Always double check all
your citations for accuracy,
proper formatting, author
and page number.
Make sure all your text
citations match the
sources listed in the
Works Cited.
Anyone reading your work
should be able to easily
locate the original source
of any material you use in
your own work.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
