2. What Is Plagiarism?
According to the Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means:
• to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
another) as one's own.
• to use (another's production) without crediting
the source.
• to commit literary theft.
• to present as new and original an idea or product
derived from an existing source.
3. All of the following are considered
plagiarism:
• turning in someone else's work • changing words but copying
as your own. the sentence structure of a
• copying words or ideas from source without giving credit.
someone else without giving • copying so many words or
credit. ideas from a source that it
• failing to put a quotation in makes up the majority of your
quotation marks. work, whether you give credit
• giving incorrect information or not (see our section on "fair
about the source of a use" rules).
quotation.
4. Facts about Plagiarism
Here are some recent findings regarding plagiarism:
• A study by The Center for Academic Integrity found
that almost 80% of college students admit to
cheating at least once.
• According to a survey by the Psychological Record
36% of undergraduates have admitted to
plagiarizing written material.
• A poll conducted by US News and World Report
found that 90% of students believe that cheaters are
either never caught or have never been
appropriately disciplined.
