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What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is a form of 'cheating' which involves 'stealing' someone else's ideas and work and 'lying' by pretending it's your own work.
How can you avoid plagiarism?
You avoid plagiarism by ALWAYS giving credit* to the sources of your information.
Whenever you use words or ideas that you have not thought up yourself, but that you read somewhere else (e.g. in books, websites, articles, etc) then you must ALWAYS show where you found your information in your Bibliography or Reference List
(* Giving credit, acknowledging and citing sources all mean the same thing - that is to reference your sources)
See also: Copyright and Fair Dealing
It is Considered Plagiarism if you:
Steps to avoid plagiarism:
Note: All students in NSW must complete HSC All My Own Work modules before they can enrol in any Year 11 Preliminary courses
Plagiarism is a form of 'cheating' which involves 'stealing' someone else's ideas and work and 'lying' by pretending it's your own work.
How can you avoid plagiarism?
You avoid plagiarism by ALWAYS giving credit* to the sources of your information.
Whenever you use words or ideas that you have not thought up yourself, but that you read somewhere else (e.g. in books, websites, articles, etc) then you must ALWAYS show where you found your information in your Bibliography or Reference List
(* Giving credit, acknowledging and citing sources all mean the same thing - that is to reference your sources)
See also: Copyright and Fair Dealing
It is Considered Plagiarism if you:
- hand in someone else's work as your own
- copy words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
- fail to put a quotation in "quotation marks" and then cite
- give incorrect information about a source
- just substituting words while copying the sentence structure of a source (even if you still give credit)
- copy so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work (even if you still give credit)
Steps to avoid plagiarism:
- BE ORGANISED - Students are most tempted to cut corners and plagiarise when they leave their assessment tasks to the last minute. Start early to give yourself plenty of time to do your research and write your paper.
- TAKE GOOD STUDY NOTES - make a note of all the information sources you use as you go along! If you are copying words exactly ensure to use "quotation marks". You may like to use a social bookmarking site such as Diigo to help organise your sources.
- Paraphrase or Reword information. Do not copy word for word or just substitute random words. You must also change the sentence structure.
- ALWAYS REFERENCE all your information and graphics sources in a Bibliography or Reference List.
- If you need help ask the Teacher Librarian.
Note: All students in NSW must complete HSC All My Own Work modules before they can enrol in any Year 11 Preliminary courses
Avoiding Plagiarism
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Intentional and Unintentional Plagiarism
Students can plagiarise unintentionally. This can happen when they are unaware of what plagiarism is or don't know or understand that they are plagiarising.
These students may have:
Intended or deliberate plagiarism means that a student has decided to cheat.
Such a student might have chosen to:
Students can plagiarise unintentionally. This can happen when they are unaware of what plagiarism is or don't know or understand that they are plagiarising.
These students may have:
- not understood what plagiarism is
- forgotten to record referencing details when making notes
- left out the reference in their assignment by mistake
- incorrectly referenced the material
- really believed that the work produced was original.
Intended or deliberate plagiarism means that a student has decided to cheat.
Such a student might have chosen to:
- quote, paraphrase or summarise words or ideas or copy tables, graphs etc, while also choosing not to provide a reference to show where the original ideas, words or data came from
- copy or use another student's work, and submit it as their own work
- submit an assignment which has been written for them by someone else
- submit an assignment which has been downloaded from the internet
Plagiarism Checking Software such as Turnitin is used by all Universities and is rapidly being taken up by many high schools in Australia.
See also The Plagiarism Spectrum: Tagging 10 Types of Unoriginal Work
See also The Plagiarism Spectrum: Tagging 10 Types of Unoriginal Work
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References
Anderson, L. & Schulten, K. (2015). Skills and Strategies: Understanding Plagiarism in a Digital Age. The Learning Network. New York Times. Retrieved from http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/skills-and-strategies-understanding-plagiarism-in-a-digital-age/?_r=1
Board of Studies,. (2015). HSC : All My Own Work :: Plagiarism. Amow.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 22 November 2015, from http://amow.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/module3/module3s2.html
Editage. (2013). Tips to avoid Accidental Plagiarism. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwOJvWhF_08
Heaton Learning Resource Centre. (2013). Avoiding Plagiarism – Cite your sources. Retrieved from: http://heatonlrc.weebly.com/avoid-plagiarism---cite-your-sources.html
Kathuria, A. (2016). How to Combat Plagiarism in Classroom. MyAssignmentHelp. Retrieved from http://www.myassignmenthelp.net/blog/how-to-combat-plagiarism-in-classroom/
LIRC Productions. (2013). Plagiarism 101 with year 6. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDd7up936MQ
MIT. Academic Integrity. (n.d.) Avoiding Plagiarism - Cite Your Source. MIT. Retrieved from: https://integrity.mit.edu/citing-your-sources/avoiding-plagiarism-cite-your-source
Richards Digital Media. (2017). Plagiarism Video for Schools. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JwFWbPotBA
Referencite. (2014). Plagiarism. University of Aukland. Retrieved from: http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/index.php?p=plagiarism
Software4Students. (2012). How to avoid plagiarism - Tips for students. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsAQOnjk_To
Scribendi. (2014). Plagiarism and Its Repercussions. Retrieved from http://www.scribendi.com/advice/plagiarism_and_repercussions.en.html
Study & Learning Centre. (2005). Deliberate & accidental plagiarism. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Retrieved from:
https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_studyskills/study_tuts/plagiarism_LL/deliberate.html
Study & Learning Centre. Paraphrasing. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technoloby. Retrieved from:
https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/4_WritingSkills/writing_pdf/paraphrasing.pdf
Study & Learning Centre. (2005). Examples of plagiarism. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Retrieved from: https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_studyskills/study_tuts/plagiarism_LL/examples.html
Study & Learning Centre. (2005). How to avoid plagiarism. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Retrieved from: https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_studyskills/study_tuts/plagiarism_LL/avoidance.html
Study & Learning Centre. (2005). Plagiarism. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Retrieved from:
https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_studyskills/study_tuts/plagiarism_LL/index.html
UniLearning. (2000). Notetaking: Paraphrase. Retrieved from: http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/notetake/note16_para.html
Your Dictionary. (n.d.). Examples of Paraphrasing. Retrieved from: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-paraphrasing.html
Anderson, L. & Schulten, K. (2015). Skills and Strategies: Understanding Plagiarism in a Digital Age. The Learning Network. New York Times. Retrieved from http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/skills-and-strategies-understanding-plagiarism-in-a-digital-age/?_r=1
Board of Studies,. (2015). HSC : All My Own Work :: Plagiarism. Amow.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 22 November 2015, from http://amow.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/module3/module3s2.html
Editage. (2013). Tips to avoid Accidental Plagiarism. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwOJvWhF_08
Heaton Learning Resource Centre. (2013). Avoiding Plagiarism – Cite your sources. Retrieved from: http://heatonlrc.weebly.com/avoid-plagiarism---cite-your-sources.html
Kathuria, A. (2016). How to Combat Plagiarism in Classroom. MyAssignmentHelp. Retrieved from http://www.myassignmenthelp.net/blog/how-to-combat-plagiarism-in-classroom/
LIRC Productions. (2013). Plagiarism 101 with year 6. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDd7up936MQ
MIT. Academic Integrity. (n.d.) Avoiding Plagiarism - Cite Your Source. MIT. Retrieved from: https://integrity.mit.edu/citing-your-sources/avoiding-plagiarism-cite-your-source
Richards Digital Media. (2017). Plagiarism Video for Schools. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JwFWbPotBA
Referencite. (2014). Plagiarism. University of Aukland. Retrieved from: http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/index.php?p=plagiarism
Software4Students. (2012). How to avoid plagiarism - Tips for students. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsAQOnjk_To
Scribendi. (2014). Plagiarism and Its Repercussions. Retrieved from http://www.scribendi.com/advice/plagiarism_and_repercussions.en.html
Study & Learning Centre. (2005). Deliberate & accidental plagiarism. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Retrieved from:
https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_studyskills/study_tuts/plagiarism_LL/deliberate.html
Study & Learning Centre. Paraphrasing. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technoloby. Retrieved from:
https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/4_WritingSkills/writing_pdf/paraphrasing.pdf
Study & Learning Centre. (2005). Examples of plagiarism. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Retrieved from: https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_studyskills/study_tuts/plagiarism_LL/examples.html
Study & Learning Centre. (2005). How to avoid plagiarism. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Retrieved from: https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_studyskills/study_tuts/plagiarism_LL/avoidance.html
Study & Learning Centre. (2005). Plagiarism. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Retrieved from:
https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_studyskills/study_tuts/plagiarism_LL/index.html
UniLearning. (2000). Notetaking: Paraphrase. Retrieved from: http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/notetake/note16_para.html
Your Dictionary. (n.d.). Examples of Paraphrasing. Retrieved from: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-paraphrasing.html
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