What is plagiarism?

2. Using another’s words or ideas without
giving credit to that person or source

3. Using another’s words or ideas without
giving credit to that person or source
! Derives from the latin word for
“kidnapping”

4. Using another’s words or ideas without
giving credit to that person or source
! Derives from the latin word for
“kidnapping”
! A writer must acknowledge all borrowed
information and ideas, not just direct
quotes. This is called citing.

5. ! An
exact sentence from a book?
! A picture from a web search?
! Statistics from a website?
! An concept you heard in a lecture?
! A friend’s idea?
! An article you summarized?
! A paragraph you paraphrased?

6. ! An
exact sentence from a book? YES
! A picture from a web search?
! Statistics from a website?
! An concept you heard in a lecture?
! A friend’s idea?
! An article you summarized?
! A paragraph you paraphrased?

7. ! An
exact sentence from a book? YES
! A picture from a web search? YES
! Statistics from a website?
! An concept you heard in a lecture?
! A friend’s idea?
! An article you summarized?
! A paragraph you paraphrased?

8. ! An
exact sentence from a book? YES
! A picture from a web search? YES
! Statistics from a website? YES
! An concept you heard in a lecture?
! A friend’s idea?
! An article you summarized?
! A paragraph you paraphrased?

9. ! An
exact sentence from a book? YES
! A picture from a web search? YES
! Statistics from a website? YES
! An concept you heard in a lecture? YES
! A friend’s idea?
! An article you summarized?
! A paragraph you paraphrased?

10. ! An
exact sentence from a book? YES
! A picture from a web search? YES
! Statistics from a website? YES
! An concept you heard in a lecture? YES
! A friend’s idea? YES
! An article you summarized?
! A paragraph you paraphrased?

11. ! An
exact sentence from a book? YES
! A picture from a web search? YES
! Statistics from a website? YES
! An concept you heard in a lecture? YES
! A friend’s idea? YES
! An article you summarized? YES
! A paragraph you paraphrased?

12. ! An
exact sentence from a book? YES
! A picture from a web search? YES
! Statistics from a website? YES
! An concept you heard in a lecture? YES
! A friend’s idea? YES
! An article you summarized? YES
! A paragraph you paraphrased? YES

14. Items that do not need to be cited:

15. Items that do not need to be cited:
• Common knowledge

16. Items that do not need to be cited:
• Common knowledge
• George Washington was the first American president.

17. Items that do not need to be cited:
• Common knowledge
• George Washington was the first American president.
• Your own ideas

18. Items that do not need to be cited:
• Common knowledge
• George Washington was the first American president.
• Your own ideas
• Your own photos

19. Items that do not need to be cited:
• Common knowledge
• George Washington was the first American president.
• Your own ideas
• Your own photos
• Your own survey data

20. Items that do not need to be cited:
• Common knowledge
• George Washington was the first American president.
• Your own ideas
• Your own photos
• Your own survey data
If you are not sure, it is safer to include a citation.

22. ! They
don’t know how to acknowledge
sources.

23. ! They
don’t know how to acknowledge
sources.
! They take poor notes and can’t
remember where the ideas came from.

24. ! They
don’t know how to acknowledge
sources.
! They take poor notes and can’t
remember where the ideas came from.
! They think it will be easier to use
someone else’s words instead of creating
their own work.

25. ! They
don’t know how to acknowledge
sources.
! They take poor notes and can’t
remember where the ideas came from.
! They think it will be easier to use
someone else’s words instead of creating
their own work.
Remember: Plagiarism is a serious offense.
Don’t do it!

26. Slide presentation created by Tracey Chang
<traceychang289@gmail.com>