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What is
it?
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When you use another person's
ideas, opinion, or words as
your own you have committed
an act of plagiarism.
According to Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, 11th
edition, (2003, p. 946) plagiarize
is "to steal
and pass off (the ideas or
words of another) as one's
own; use (another's production)
without crediting the source;
to commit literary theft;
present as new and original
an idea or product derived
from and existing source."
Whether
intentional or not, plagiarism
is not tolerated. To familiarize
yourself with the University's
policy on "Academic Honesty"
see the 2007-2008
Catalog, pg. 82-83. (This
is a pdf file.) |
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Examples
of plagiarism include:
- Quoting
from a source (oral or written)
without proper use of quotation
marks and/or a citation.
- Paraphrasing
information from a source (oral
or written) without acknowledging
the author and their work.
- Summarizing
an author's works or opinions
in your paper without documentation.
- Buying
or copying a paper
or project from another person
and submitting it as your own
work.
- Downloading
or copying a paper,
or section thereof, from the Internet
and submitting it for class.
Avoiding
Plagiarism
The best way to avoid plagiarism
is to carefully cite your sources.
There are a number of ways to cite
information sources so always use
the style manual recommended by
your professor. Frequently used
citation styles at ORU include:
- APA (American
Psychological Association)
- MLA (Modern
Language Association)
- Turabian and
SBL (Society
of Biblical Literature) used for
theology papers.
See: Citing
and Documenting Sources for
helpful information on writing citations. |
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