Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Plagiarism & Referencing

Plagiarism
plagiarismchecker (2012)
According to Indiana university (2004), plagiarism is using the others ideas and words without thanking the source of information. In the universities students use other people's view for reading and then some write the same thing without acknowledging to the particular source (Science.widener, 1995).As a result, this is very important that students give credit where it is due. This means the unacceptable to copy something out of a book or other source (Indiana university , 2004).


According to Plagiarism (2012), the following are clues of plagiarism
  • turning someone else's work as your own work
  • copying words/ideas from someone else without acknowledging
  • failing to put a quotation marks
  • giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
  • changing some words here and there but copying the sentence without thanking
Bestessaytips (2012)
Even the words/ideas are not yours, use the different methods that the reader can tell what is yours, and what is someone else as follows (Science.widener, 1995).
Quotations should be:
  •         used sparingly - and only if the words really are worth quoting
  •         brief - a few words or, at most, a few lines.
In writing a quotation you should:

  •        copy words and punctuation exactly
  •        use three dots ( ... ) to indicate omitted words
  •        put 'quotation marks' around the words you quote (thus: 'Stunning,' wrote the artist.)
  •        say exactly where the quotation comes from
Lib.uconn (2012)
Types of Plagiarism
There are plenty of plagiarisms types but here author has mentioned few of them.
  • The Ghost Writer The writer turns the someone else work as the owners work (Plagiarism, 2012).
  • The Labor of LazinessWriter takes time to paraphrase the paragraph which is being taken by the other sources and make it as a combination of the other sources, where as devoting the same amount of time on the own work (Plagiarism, 2012).
  • The Self-StealerWriter gets the senior students work of the same university and read and use the same method to perform the own work (Plagiarism, 2012). This is specially happening in the universities most of the time.
  • The Forgotten FootnoteWriter mentions author's name for a source, but neglects to include the information taken by that and put other reference source content (Plagiarism, 2012).
  • The Too-Perfect ParaphraseWriter properly cites a source, but neglects to put in quotation marks text that has been copied word-for-word, or close to it ( Gervaseprograms.georgetown, 2012)
Tips to avoid plagiarism
  • Be aware of the reasons plagiarism occurs
  • Sometimes people have the excuses about the misunderstandings of plagiarism. Therefore makesure that you have noted down exactly where you read the information. 
  • Work of the students for doing the assignment can be increased so that the students can get the sufficient time to make their assignments because self-generated work is more valuable than the occupied work
  • Write all your notes in your own words
To get more information please refer the following link: 
http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_educational_tips_on_plagiarism_prevention.html

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Reference
As students its needed to state the source from where the information is taken from in order to complete the task (1.columbia,2012)
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When should give reference?
If simply say that when you refer to the someone else source need to give reference there.
– as the source of a particular theory, argument or viewpoint
– for specific information, such as statistics, examples, or case studies
– for direct quotations 
– for texts and electronic information which you paraphrase rather than quote.
Referencedeskpress (2006)
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What information is included in a reference?
•the name and initials of the author(s)
•   the title, in full
•   the year of publication
•   for journal articles, the name of the journal and the number of the volume
•   the edition, if relevant
•   the location of the publisher
•   the name of the publisher
•   relevant page numbers
•   for electronic materials, the webpage address.

Citation
What is Citation?
According to Aub (2012), citation is the  way you shows the readers that you have used some other material in your work. 

Accordning to Library.uq (2011), as a example (Berkman 1994) is a citation and this can be referred in the reference list as Berkman, RI (1994), "Find It fast: how to uncover expert information on any subject", HarperPerennial, New York


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Harvard Referencing  
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Rules of Citation
 1.     If author’s name occurs naturally in the sentence the year is given in parentheses.

2.   If name does not occur naturally in the sentence, both name and year are given in parentheses.

3.   When an author has published more than one cited document in the same year, these are distinguished by adding lower case letters (a,b,c, etc.) after the year and within the parentheses.

4. If there are two authors the surnames of both should be given.
5. If there are more than two authors the surname of the first author only should be given and put et al.

6. If the work is anonymous then “Anon” should be used.

7. If it is a reference to a newspaper article with no author place with “Anon”.

12 comments:

  1. This is a very important topic for specially the Staffordshire university students as most of the students are using the senior students assignments and use the same way 2 do the own work what u think about my idea....? But we never do like that:)

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    1. Ya u re 100% correct why is that? because most of the students share the own work with friend or even use the senior assignments to complete the assignment. But this is not a good habit doesn't that??? and as friends we never share our own work each other as we know the seriousness of the plagiarism.:D:D:D:D

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  2. Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous boundaries.

    Yes, and i wish u all 2 avoid plagiarism and be intelligent to use the own knowledge by improving it without hiding..

    :) Best of LUCK FOR THE FUTURE WORK YUGANTHI

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    1. I thank you for your kindness!!!
      I will not soon forget your valuable words "avoid plagiarism and be intelligent to use the own knowledge by improving it without hiding.." I every time read various kinds of materials and get an idea and write in my own.. I am again thankful for the wish of my future work too. :)

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  3. yes i m no need to give an introduction about plagiarism as Deepthi has already given. So i think this is a greate job and u ve perfectly presented the information

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    1. I'm grateful to know you and want to say thanks again
      for always be there for me by appriciating the work i have done

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  4. Wonderful topic this also interesting as well as this makes bit fear in the heart isn't that??? :( but if u avoid this u can get millions of 10 thousand a day:) try 2 get this valuable gift :D

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    1. I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom.

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  5. I am also an university student and i also got to know more facts from ur blog abt the plagirism....
    well done
    my dear :):P

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    1. Hey u are a university student?? what is the university??? Didn't u hear about the announcement provided by the university... Its okay by the way thanks for the comment.. Follow my blog and improve the knowledge :)

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    2. yep i am a university student. My university has the action of plagiarism. But didn't know the meaning. I am welcome to you... I like 2 follow the information in ur blog to improve the knowledge...
      I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

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  6. Okay u follow the blog and @ the end say hw is ur knowldge improve???

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