Plagiarism Flashcards
plagiarism
the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving proper credit
copyright infringement
the use of a work that is fixed in a tangible medium without the permission of the copyright owner or beyond allowable exemptions to the law, such as fair use
plagiarism is an ethical offense:
plagiarism may be disciplined with a failing grade, expulsion from a university, loss of employment, and may damage a professional reputation. it looks bad
copyright infringement is a federal crime:
both the individual who infrindges on the law and his/her affiliated institution may be sued and fined
how does plagiarism happen?
forms of plagiarism (5)
incorrect citation
reuse of material
misattribution
violation of publishes submission requirements
intellectual theft
secondary source
incorrect citation
a secondary source is used but cites the primary sources therein (3)
does not appropriately credit author
may perpetuate a misinterpretation
misrepresents the depth of research done
invalid source
incorrect citation (3)
erroneous or fictitious citation
viewed as deceitful
time waste for future researchers
duplication, repetitive research
self plagiarism, reuse (3)
author reuses his/her own previous work
reuse of text, results, data, graphics, etc. from previous publication, without attribution
falsely presents work as new and more
inaccurate attribution
misrepresented authorship (3)
significant contributor denied credit
non-contributor falsely credited
collaborative work misrepresented
replicated submission
submission violation (3)
published article submitted to another publisher
violates most publishes submission requirements
presents published material as new work
paraphrasing
intellectual theft
(3)
re-wording the expression of creative work, concept, or research without attribution
misrepresents original work
denies the source
verbatim cut and paste
intellectual theft (2)
copying some exact text without attribution
copying some exact text with attribution but, not formatted to show quotation: quote marks, indented block text
copying complete work
intellectual theft (highway robbery)
appropriation of a complete work, assigning a different authors name
cryptomenesia
everyone knows that (2)
the unconscious, unintentional appropriation of anothers work
occurs when the author losses track of origin of ideas
resources available for you (4)
citation manager software or system
get help from umkc writing center or net tutor
research major concepts in your writing
