avoiding plagiarism …but i didn’t know i was doing anything wrong!

Avoiding PlagiarismAvoiding Plagiarism

…but I didn’t know I was doing anything wrong!

…but I didn’t know I was doing anything wrong!


Please? I’ll wash your boards.I’ll bring in Kleenex.My mom’ll kill me!I won’t get into IU!!!

Please? I’ll wash your boards.I’ll bring in Kleenex.My mom’ll kill me!I won’t get into IU!!!


Let’s see if we can avoid such a horrible situation by looking at some samples.

Let’s see if we can avoid such a horrible situation by looking at some samples.


This is an excerpt from Robert Hughes’s The Fatal Shore, an account of the founding of Australia.

This is an excerpt from Robert Hughes’s The Fatal Shore, an account of the founding of Australia.


Original versionTransportation did not stop crime in England or even slow it down. The “criminal class” was not eliminated by transportation, and could not be, because transportation did not deal with the causes of crime.

Original versionTransportation did not stop crime in England or even slow it down. The “criminal class” was not eliminated by transportation, and could not be, because transportation did not deal with the causes of crime.


Student A quotes the passage:Transportation did not stop crime in England or even slow it down. Criminals were not eliminated by transportation because transportation did not deal with the causes of crime.

Student A quotes the passage:Transportation did not stop crime in England or even slow it down. Criminals were not eliminated by transportation because transportation did not deal with the causes of crime.

Avoiding PlagiarismAvoiding PlagiarismWhat do you think?Red Alert!

PLAGIARISMThe student has reproduced the

original almost word for word. No quote marksNo (reference)

What do you think?Red Alert!

PLAGIARISMThe student has reproduced the

original almost word for word. No quote marksNo (reference)

Avoiding PlagiarismAvoiding PlagiarismStudent B quotes the passage:

Robert Hughes points out that transportation did not stop crime in England or even slow it down. The criminal class was not eliminated by transportation, and could not be, because transportation did not deal with the causes of crime (168).

Student B quotes the passage:Robert Hughes points out that transportation did not stop crime in England or even slow it down. The criminal class was not eliminated by transportation, and could not be, because transportation did not deal with the causes of crime (168).

Avoiding PlagiarismAvoiding PlagiarismStudent B quotes the passage:

Works CitedHughes, Robert. The Fatal Shore. New

York: Knopf, 1987.

Student B quotes the passage:


York: Knopf, 1987.

Avoiding PlagiarismAvoiding PlagiarismWhat do you think?Red Alert!

PLAGIARISMNow we have a reference — Hughes is the

author, and it’s from page 168. The book is listed on the Works Cited page.BUT . . . again it’s almost word for word

and no quotation marks.

What do you think?Red Alert!

PLAGIARISMNow we have a reference — Hughes is the

author, and it’s from page 168. The book is listed on the Works Cited page.BUT . . . again it’s almost word for word

and no quotation marks.

Avoiding PlagiarismAvoiding PlagiarismStudent C quotes the passage:

Hughes argues that transporting criminals from England to Australia “did not stop crime. . . . The ‘criminal class’ was not eliminated by transportation, and could not be, because transportation did not deal with the causes of crime” (168).

Student C quotes the passage:Hughes argues that transporting criminals from England to Australia “did not stop crime. . . . The ‘criminal class’ was not eliminated by transportation, and could not be, because transportation did not deal with the causes of crime” (168).

Avoiding PlagiarismAvoiding PlagiarismStudent C quotes the passage:


York: Knopf, 1987.

Student C quotes the passage:


York: Knopf, 1987.

Avoiding PlagiarismAvoiding PlagiarismWhat do you think?Way to go!

Good DocumentationNow we have a reference — Hughes is the

author, and it’s from page 168. The book is listed on the Works Cited page.AND . . . the writer uses quotation marks to

indicate which words are directly from the source.

What do you think?Way to go!

Good DocumentationNow we have a reference — Hughes is the

author, and it’s from page 168. The book is listed on the Works Cited page.AND . . . the writer uses quotation marks to

indicate which words are directly from the source.

Parenthetical References


They’re funand so easy to use

A few points:

They’re funand so easy to use

A few points:



1. Identify a book by author’s last name

or by title if author is unknown2. Give author’s name

a. in your text introducing quoteor b. in the (reference)

1. Identify a book by author’s last name

or by title if author is unknown2. Give author’s name

a. in your text introducing quoteor b. in the (reference)



2. Give author’s name (cont’d)If a, you still need a (reference) for the

page numberIf b, it looks like this: (Karno 194).3. Note punctuation

—period goes after (reference)—no punctuation before page number

2. Give author’s name (cont’d)If a, you still need a (reference) for the

page numberIf b, it looks like this: (Karno 194).3. Note punctuation

—period goes after (reference)—no punctuation before page number



4. If author is unknown, use full title in text as you introduce the quote

or one or two key words from title in (reference) along with page number• if title is underlined in Works Cited,

underline short form in (reference)• if title is in quotes in Works Cited,

put short form in quotes in (reference)

4. If author is unknown, use full title in text as you introduce the quote

or one or two key words from title in (reference) along with page number• if title is underlined in Works Cited,

underline short form in (reference)• if title is in quotes in Works Cited,

put short form in quotes in (reference)



4. If author is unknown (cont’d)Here’s an example:A New York Times editorial called Ralph

Ellison “a writer of universal reach” (“Death”).

Works Cited“Death of a Writer.” Editorial. New York

Times 20 Apr. 1994, late ed.: A18.

4. If author is unknown (cont’d)Here’s an example:A New York Times editorial called Ralph

Ellison “a writer of universal reach” (“Death”).

Works Cited“Death of a Writer.” Editorial. New York

Times 20 Apr. 1994, late ed.: A18.



5. If a direct quote is longer than 4 lines of type, use a “block quote.”• indent 10 spaces• no quote marks• period goes before the (reference)

5. If a direct quote is longer than 4 lines of type, use a “block quote.”• indent 10 spaces• no quote marks• period goes before the (reference)



6. Multiple works by the same authorUse a shortened form of the title in the (ref):a. Charters believes . . . (Story 3).

or b. One observer notes . . . (Charters, Major Writers 140).

7. Indirect quote (from a secondary source):a. Best to go to the primary source insteadb. If not, say: (qtd. In Derber 119).

6. Multiple works by the same authorUse a shortened form of the title in the (ref):a. Charters believes . . . (Story 3).

or b. One observer notes . . . (Charters, Major Writers 140).

7. Indirect quote (from a secondary source):a. Best to go to the primary source insteadb. If not, say: (qtd. In Derber 119).



8. Multiple works by same author in Works Cited

Example:Gould, Stephen Jay. Full House: The Spread

of Excellence. New York: Harmony, 1996.---. Questioning the Millennium. New York:

Harmony, 1997.

8. Multiple works by same author in Works Cited

Example:Gould, Stephen Jay. Full House: The Spread

of Excellence. New York: Harmony, 1996.---. Questioning the Millennium. New York:

Harmony, 1997.

avoiding plagiarism …but i didn’t know i was doing anything wrong!

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