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Some obvious examples of plagiarism include
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copying someone else's paper.
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taking short or long quotations from a source without identifying the source.
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turning in a paper you bought over the Internet.
Some less-obvious examples include
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changing a few words around from a book or article and pretending those words are
your own.
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rearranging the order of ideas in a list and making the reader think you produced the
list.
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borrowing ideas from a source and not giving proper credit to the source.
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turning in a paper from another class. Whether this is plagiarism or not depends on
your instructor—ask first!
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using information from an interview or an online chat or email, etc., without properly
citing the source of the information.
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using words that were quoted in one source and acting and citing the original source
as though you read it yourself.
Please go through the
Understanding Plagiarismtutorial on their site.
( http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_understand_plagiarism_1/6/1668/427064.cw/index.html )The consequences of plagiarism in this class depend on the level exhibited, but are at a minimum a
failing grade on the assignment up to failing the class. Save yourself the headache and
JUST
DON’T DO IT.
Disabilities and Special Needs:
Please let me know if you have a special need or accommodation
request and I will work with you and Disability Services to make sure it is taken care of.