Avoiding Plagiarism

Table of Contents

 

Plagiarism

   Definition

   LCSC Code of Conduct

   Situation 1

   Situation 2

   Situation 3

   Situation 4

   Situation 5

 

Citing Sources

   Ft. Worth Example

   Citation Styles

   Why Bother?

   Getting Help

 

Paraphrasing

   Definition

   Getting Started

   Thurber Example

   Direct Quotes

 

Copyright

 

Review

 

 

SITUATION 2

 

Angelina is working on a research paper on tattoos.  hand with tattoo

She finds some articles online about the history of the art. 

She highlights some text, copies and pastes it into her paper without mentioning the original author of the text.

 

 

Is Angelina guilty of one of the following kinds of academic dishonesty?

Cheating

Fabrication

Collusion

Plagiarism

Quite all right.  No Academic Dishonesty at all.

 

 

 


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