“Plagiarism: Don’t Do It.” Washburn Univ. 2007. 1/29/08. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC2ew6qLa8U

Plagiarism!(gasp!)

You plagiarize…

whenever you present another person’s work as your own.

This includes presenting another’s

wordsideasinformationdataimages orsoundsas your own

“Plagiarism 1” by Michael Brunsden. 12/4/2006. 1/29/08. flickr.com/photos/visionnewspaper/314107087/

Even when you don’t mean to…

“Whoops.” by mag3737. 8/19/07. 1/29/08. flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1308808091/

So, what do you do?

“Don’t even think about it” by amanky. 1/3/07. 1/29/08. flickr.com/photos/amanky/21541101/

Use quotation marks

Untitled, by PhineasX. 10/31/05. 1/29/08. flickr.com/photos/phineasx/58010132/

and cite the source whenever you copy three or more words in a row.

“Uncensored“ by Cayusa. 2/7/2007. 1/29/08. http://flickr.com/photos/cayusa/381155658/

Paraphrase

Say it in your own way, but cite the source.

“Why bother” by jontintinjordan. 6/4/07. 1/29/08. flickr.com/photos/jontintinjordan/530691104/

To give credit where it’s due

“He did it.” by Szlea. 10/06/05. 1/29/08. flickr.com/photos/shawnzlea/50397234/

To increase your credibility

by showing you used credible information from credible sources.

“Expert spotting” by pbo31. 6/11/05. 1/29/08. flickr.com/photos/pbo31/209504598/

And to stay out of trouble

“Plagiarism” by MrGluSniffer. 12/12/2004. 1/29/08. www.flickr.com/photos/ad4evr/2128607/

Where to get help with citing

• The WCC Library Citation Page:– Fill-in-the-blank citation formatters – Tutorials

library.wcc.hawaii.edu/citation.html

• Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarian(who can also help with narrowing a topic and finding articles)