5. What is your definition of
plagiarism?
◦ Using someone’s ideas or expression of
those ideas (words, pictures, music, etc)
◦ Without giving proper credit
6. It’s out there, why not reuse
it?
ImagebyDuaneHoffmann
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32657885
Lang, J.M. (2015) Cheating Inadvertently. The
Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from
http://chronicle.com/article/Cheating-
Inadvertently/229883/
Sydell, L. (2015) Online stars feel cheated as
YouTube/Facebook battle over videos. All Tech
Considered/Morning Edition.
http://bit.ly/youtubevsfacebookvideo
Godin, S. (2014) Why I want you to steal my ideas.
ideas.ted.com Retrieved from
http://ideas.ted.com/2014/02/03/the-big-mistake-we-
all-make-about-ideas/
• What makes some plagiarism “wrong” or “right”?
• Which was your favorite article? Why?
7. Digital Information
Golbeck, J. (2013) The curly fry
conundrum. http://bit.ly/1pFRU0l
Cham, J. (2015) Who owns your
data? Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD).
https://youtu.be/y1txYjoSQQc
9. The point is…
No matter where you are, you will
constantly need to assess the
information around you
In order to be an informed consumer you
should know how to evaluate the
information you acquire, and what is
happening to your own data
In order to support your own arguments
you should know how to research your
question and cite your sources
10. Policy for Academic Integrity:
◦ http://bit.ly/1RBwN97
Two Strike System
100 reported cases a year
One suspension a year
What is the policy at Towson?
11. Why is it important to cite your
sources?
Poll
◦ http://bit.ly/tsemwhycite2016
12. Allows your readers to verify and identify
your information
◦ Support your argument
Gives credit to the owners of the ideas
◦ Not plagiarizing
Get credit for your ideas!
Required for your assignment!
Why is it important to cite your
sources?
13. What needs to be cited?
Books
Web Pages
YouTube videos
Magazine articles
Graphics
VHS,DVD, audio, etc.
Government reports
Statistics
Encyclopedia articles
Any source of information!
14. Common Knowledge
Quandary
Some examples:
◦ Waste not, want not.
◦ George Washington was the first
president of the US
◦ The earth is round
When in doubt, cite it.
15. Style Manuals
Different disciplines use different style
manuals
◦ Social Sciences = American Psychological
Association (APA)
◦ Humanities = MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers (MLA)
◦ Physical and Natural Science =
Chicago/Turabian Author-Date
18. What needs to be cited?
Direct quotes
Ideas borrowed
Paraphrased material
19. The wrong way to paraphrase:
Failure to Cite Source
Original
“They desire, for
example, virtue
and the absence
of vice, no less
really than
pleasure and the
absence of pain.”
Source: Mill, John Stuart.
“Utilitarianism.” On Liberty and Other
Essays. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1998. Quote is from page 169.
Paraphrase
People want morality
just as much as they
want happiness.
20. The wrong way to paraphrase:
Lack of Significant Rewording
Original
“To the young
American architects
who made the
pilgrimage, the most
dazzling figure of all
was Walter Gropius,
founder of the
Bauhaus School.”
Source: Wolfe, Tom. From Bauhaus to Our
House. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981.
Quote is from page 10.
Paraphrase
To young American
architects who went to
Germany, the most
dazzling figure was
Walter Gropius,
founder of the
Bauhaus School
(Wolfe 1981).
21. Example A
Original
Don't look for one of these
tech heavyweights to knock
out the other. Yet if history
is any guide, Google's
approach may win out over
the long term. Recall that in
the early 1980s Apple lost
its lead in the PC market
when Microsoft enlisted the
aid of hordes of software
developers and dozens of
PC manufacturers. Now, if
Google can marshal such a
united front, Apple could
again be swamped by the
collective innovations.
Student
Google's approach may win
out over the long term. In the
early 1980s Apple lost its lead
in the PC market as Microsoft
enlisted the aid of hordes of
software developers and
dozens of PC manufacturers.
22. Example B
Original
Don't look for one of these
tech heavyweights to knock
out the other. Yet if history
is any guide, Google's
approach may win out over
the long term. Recall that in
the early 1980s Apple lost
its lead in the PC market
when Microsoft enlisted the
aid of hordes of software
developers and dozens of
PC manufacturers. Now, if
Google can marshal such a
united front, Apple could
again be swamped by the
collective innovations.
Student
History tells us that
Google's approach may be
successful over the long
term. In the early 1980s
Apple lagged in the PC
market as Microsoft
collaborated with software
developers and dozens of
PC manufacturers. Now, if
Google would only
summon a united front,
Apple could again be
swamped by the collective
innovations (Burrows
2000).
23. Example C
Original
Don't look for one of these
tech heavyweights to knock
out the other. Yet if history
is any guide, Google's
approach may win out over
the long term. Recall that in
the early 1980s Apple lost
its lead in the PC market
when Microsoft enlisted the
aid of hordes of software
developers and dozens of
PC manufacturers. Now, if
Google can marshal such a
united front, Apple could
again be swamped by the
collective innovations.
Student
Google stands a chance of
beating Apple if it can
benefit from the pooled
ideas of software
developers and device
manufacturers, following
the strategy that Microsoft
employed to Apple’s
detriment in the early ‘80s.
24. Example D
Original
Don't look for one of these
tech heavyweights to knock
out the other. Yet if history
is any guide, Google's
approach may win out over
the long term. Recall that in
the early 1980s Apple lost
its lead in the PC market
when Microsoft enlisted the
aid of hordes of software
developers and dozens of
PC manufacturers. Now, if
Google can marshal such a
united front, Apple could
again be swamped by the
collective innovations.
Student
It is possible that in the
battle of the “tech
heavyweights” Google
might eventually prevail
over Apple if it follows the
strategy that Microsoft
employed to Apple’s
detriment during the early
‘80s: collaborating, and
innovating, with software
developers and
manufacturers (Burrows
2000, 25).
26. Citation Relay
Rules:
◦ Only one person from each team maybe
writing on the board
◦ No corrections until after designated writer is
finished and the judge has checked the
citation
◦ No cheating and using the built in citation
creator!!!
◦ First team to complete the citation correctly
wins!
27. Round 1 - Books
Create the full Chicago reference for
this book
◦ http://bit.ly/round1chicagorelay
28. Round 2 – Journal Article
Create a full Chicago reference for this
article
◦ http://bit.ly/round2chicagorelay
29. Questions?
Feel free to contact me:
◦ Laksamee Putnam
◦ lputnam@towson.edu
◦ 410.704.3746.
◦ Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU
Or any reference librarian:
◦ Visit Cook Library Reference Desk
◦ 410.704.2462.
◦ IM – tucookchat
