Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof.

Jaquelina Jaquelina Jaquelina Jaquelina Alvarez Alvarez Alvarez Alvarez

General Library
jaquelina.alvarez@upr.edu
Plagiarism is the act of presenting the creative
expression of others (even your own) as your own.
Creative expressions:
words
ideas
images
sounds
research results
from Latin plagiarius: kidnapper
(from plagium: a kidnapping)
Intentional
Unintentional/accidental
Self plagiarism
Submit someone elses work as your own
Copying a friends work
Including parts of someone elses work within your own
Taking a test for someone else or permitting it
Someone else writes your paper for you (with or without payment)
Buy or download a paper and hand it in as if it were yours
Schoolsucks.com
Cheathouse.com
Cut and paste(borrowing) from Internet or electronic sources without
citing the source
Paraphrase without citing the source no acknowledgement of learning
it from an author/creator
Prove false documentation (make up a citation)
Careless paraphrasing/summarizing
Believe paraphrasing/summarizing is really your
thoughts and there is no need to cite
Quoted in the text without citing the source
in your works cited list
Omitted documentation
Paraphrased and forgot to add the reference in your
works cited list
Submitted the same assignment for different
courses
Published the same article in various
journals
Neither the reader nor the publisher are aware of this
Blogged the same post in various websites
Case of Prof. Ivan Rios - University of Puerto Rico Carolina
Plagiarizes a blog post by Janet Hernandez from Venezuela
Caught by the blogger and a Puerto Rico online news website
Professor ultimately resigns
Case of Dr. Marks Chabedi - University of Witwatersrand South Africa
Receives PhD at New School in New York
Plagiarizes a University of Florida student dissertation verbatim 3 years after she had
defended hers
Caught by the student
New School revokes his PhD and University of Witwatersrand fires him
Case of Jonah Lehrer self-plagiarizing
Blogs in The New Yorker
He had published the same post in Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Wired, Guardian
Houghton Mifflin recalled unsold copies of his book
March 2013 his second book is pulled from bookstores
Grisell Rodriguez
Cheat yourself
Limit your own learning
0 or F on the paper or class
Note on student record
Suspension or Expulsion
Inability to Get a Good Reference
Revocation of Admittance or Scholarship
Revocation of Thesis or Degree
Loss of job
Prosecution
good enough?
As a registered student of UPR you are
obliged to comply with all laws and
regulations governing the institution
Sanctions in severity include:
Written Warning
Probation
Suspension
Expulsion
Deshonestidad Deshonestidad Deshonestidad Deshonestidad acadmica acadmica acadmica acadmica: Toda forma de deshonestidad o
falta de integridad acadmica, incluyendo, pero sin limitarse a,
acciones fraudulentas, la obtencin de notas o grados
acadmicos valindose de falsas o fraudulentas simulaciones,
copiar total o parcialmente la labor acadmica de otra persona,
plagiar plagiar plagiar plagiar total o parcialmente el trabajo de otra persona, copiar
total o parcialmente las respuestas de otra persona a las
preguntas de un examen, haciendo o consiguiendo que otro
tome en su nombre cualquier prueba o examen oral o escrito,
as como la ayuda o facilitacin para que otra persona incurra
en la referida conducta.
Enmendado julio 2011
Capitulo 6, Pt. B, Articulo 6.2
Official Documents: http://www.uprm.edu/procuraduria/documentos_oficiales.html
Have many sources to work from
Take effective notes from your sources
Learn to have careful research habits
Write down all bibliographic information of everything you
read
Cite correctly using in-text citations and Works
Cited list
Give yourself plenty of time
Save your work
http://blogs.fit.edu/blog/student-stories/vasudev/zero-tolerance-for-
plagiarism/
Quoting a few words or lines
Paraphrasing or summarizing, not replacing
or rearranging words
Use quotation marks on all direct usage
Discuss someone elses ideas or research in
your own words
Include a diagram, chart, table, picture from
another resource
Give credit when you use someones ideas
Cite correctly:
o In-text citations
o Bibliography
Citing gives authority to the information you present
Citing makes it possible for your readers to locate
your sources
BESIDES.
Always consult the newest edition
(7th, 2009)
Available in Reference Collection
LB2369 .G53 2009
Includes citation examples for various types of
resources
Includes how to format your research paper
Includes chapter about plagiarism
Help
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/
Use parenthetical citation (place relevant source information in
parentheses after a quote or a paraphrase)
Depends upon:
1. the source medium (Print, Web, DVD)
2. the citation included on the Works Cited (bibliography) page
Author-page method format
author's last name and the page number(s) from which the
quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text,
and a complete reference should appear on your Works
Cited page.
Note: the author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or
in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page
number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text
of your sentence.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/
With quotation
Tannen asserts that in the argument culture, criticism,
attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways
of responding to people or ideas (7).
Paraphrase
Tannen points out that in heated discussions most people will
approach it by going against what others believe (7).
Source this appears in your works cited list
Tannen, Deborah. The Argument Culture. Random House,
1998. Print.
With quotation
The author states in the argument culture, criticism, attack,
or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of
responding to people or ideas (Tannen 7).
Paraphrase
The author contends that in heated discussions most people
will approach it by going against what others believe (Tannen
7).
Source this appears in your works cited list
Tannen, Deborah. The Argument Culture. Random House,
1998. Print.
Study Study Study Study
emphasizes
illustrates
points out
proposes
shows
suggests
Findings/Report Findings/Report Findings/Report Findings/Report
confirm
denies
establish
maintain
show(s)
suggest(s)
Author (s) Author (s) Author (s) Author (s)
observes
refutes
illustrates
claims
thinks
writes
argues
reports
comments
concludes
explains
indicates
notes
observes
remarks
states
Gaming itself is a learning medium,
in that the gamer must learn how to
play to win a game.
Meredith G. Farkas, from Social software in
Libraries: Building Collaboration,
Communication, and Community Online, p.
217
While many librarians consider gaming a
negative thing, others consider it positive
because gaming itself is a learning medium,
in that the gamer must learn how to play to
win a game.
WRONG!
While many librarians consider gaming a
negative thing, others consider it positive
because gaming itself is a learning
medium, in that the gamer must learn how
to play to win a game.
WRONG!
While many librarians consider gaming a
negative thing, others consider it positive
because the gamer has to learn how to play
the game to win.
WRONG!
Paraphrases must also be cited!
While many librarians consider gaming a
negative thing, others like Meredith Farkas
consider it positive because gaming itself is
a learning medium, in that the gamer must
learn how to play to win a game (217).
Is correct! Is correct! Is correct! Is correct!
While many librarians consider gaming a
negative thing, Meredith Farkas consider it
positive because the gamer has to learn to
play in order to win (217).
Is correct Is correct Is correct Is correct! !! !
You dont need to cite:
Common knowledge or commonly known
within a discipline
Facts generally accepted as true
Historical events, myths or legends
Your own experiences, opinions, thoughts, and
conclusions
Your own results from personal observation or
experimentation
Your own artistic or literary work (poem, video,
diagrams, photographs, artwork, etc.)
If you have doubts cite it.
South Carolina, the Palmetto
State, comprises 31,111 sq. mi.,
of which 12,257,000 acres is
forested.
Is wrong!
According to the 2005, World Almanac and
Book of Facts, South Carolina, the Palmetto
State, comprises 31,111 sq. mi., of which
12,257,000 acres is forested.
Is wrong!
Needs page number
https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/plagiarism/whentocite/index.html
http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Module_2A/Tutor8.htm
http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/xpla
g.html
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagi
arism/
use a direct quote from another author
use someone elses ideas or research
paraphrase a direct quotation from someone
else
have unique information not commonly known
offer statistics
use diagram, chart, graph from another source
http://www.ehow.com/how_8305023_write-academic-
literature-reviews.html
http://jeps.efpsa.org/blog/2011/07/20/how-to-write-a-good-literature-review-article/

Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Jaquelina Jaquelina Jaquelina Jaquelina Alvarez Alvarez Alvarez Alvarez
General Library
jaquelina.alvarez@upr.edu