The presentation is about Plagiarism - What it is; How to avoid it; How to find it; Citation Methods; Writing style; Methods for citing various sources. A verbal consent of Prof. Dr. C. B. Bhatt was obtained (at 4.15pm on Dt. 26-11-2016 at Hall A-2, GTU, Chandkheda) to float the presentation online in benefits of the research scholar society.
1. Dr. Chetan B. Bhatt
Professor and Head,
Vishwakarma Government Engineering College,
Chandkheda, Ahmedabad
Plagiarism
2. Presentation Outline
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Plagiarism
What it is
How to avoid it
How to find it
Citation Methods
Writing style
Methods for citing various sources
3. Plagiarism
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Plagiarism (pley–juh–riz-uh’m or pley-jee-uh-riz)
Word root is “Plagiar(y)”
1590 – 1600; from Latin “plagiarius i.e. kidnapper”
Plagiarism is the attempt to pass off other
peoples’ work (ideas, words, phrases, or
passages) as your owns.
4. Types of plagiarism
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Four kind of plagiarism are identified as below:
Direct plagiarism: Verbatim lifting of passages without
enclosing the borrowed material in quotation marks and
crediting the original author.
Mosaic: Borrowing the ideas and opinions from the original
source and a few verbatim words or phrases without crediting
the original author. In this case, the plagiarist intertwines his or
her own ideas and opinions with those of the original author,
creating a “confused, plagiarized mass”.
Paraphrase: Restating a phrase or passage, providing the
same meaning but in a different form without attribution to the
original author.
Insufficient acknowledgement: Noting the original source of
only part of what is borrowed or failing to cite the source
material in such a way that a reder will know what is original
and what is borrowed.”
5. How to avoid plagiarism
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Cite the ideas, words, phrases, or passages
taken from others’ work properly in your report,
research paper, and thesis.
There are various writing style for writing report,
thesis, research papers. Below are the most
common writing styles –
Turabian (5th edition; an adaptation of the Chicago
Manual of Style [CMS]),
MLA (Modern Language Association)
APA (American Psychological Association), and
LSA (Linguistic Society of America).
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The site has resources and link to other resource
sites http://www.ovc.edu/terry/citation.htm