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COR100 LIT: Chapter 7
Plagiarism and Citing

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Plagiarism and Its' Consequences at Lyon

For the quiz, know what plagiarism is and what three major consequences may happen if you are caught plagiarizing at Lyon College.  Also know how to avoid plagiarism.

This statement is from the 2006-2007 Lyon College Student Handbook under the Honor Code:

    "Writers can fall into plagiarism more easily than most realize. They recognize that claiming credit for another’s writing is plagiarism; indeed, such dishonesty is the blatant form of plagiarism. But writers have a harder time recognizing the more subtle forms of plagiarism—failure to document the use of words or of data developed by others and failure to acknowledge the ideas, opinions, and conclusions of others even when paraphrased rather than quoted. Researchers expect to use the work of others in their own writing, but they hold themselves to strict professional standards in the use of quotation marks, parenthetical citations and footnotes, and other established means of identifying the sources of the ideas they are blending with their own. "  (Lyon College Student Handbook 2006-2007)

• You must give credit to others whenever you copy, paraphrase, quote, or summarize another person's ideas.
   

• One particularly sticky item is the paraphrase.  Read this link to get an idea of when to cite paraphrased works:  Paraphrasing
  
   

Examples of Ways to Plagiarize

• Copy and paste any Internet search material into your paper and not cite the author.
   

• Copy and paste from the thousands of "public domain" electronic books and not cite the author.
   

• Use the free student papers posted on the internet and not cite the source. 
   

• Purchase student papers on the internet and pretend that you wrote it. 
   

• Pay someone to write the paper for you and pretend that you wrote it. 
   

Faculty familiarize themselves with your writing style.  If they see some paragraphs in your paper that "aren't you" they will get suspicious. They also know how to "Google" and they are using some pretty sophisticated "sniffing" packages to search for potential plagiarizing. 

How To Avoid Plagiarism

• Don't take shortcuts.  The old standard of allowing twice as much time to research as you think you'll need is still a good one.
   

• Show your professor a rough draft of your paper before you've even pledged it and get their advice.
   

• Write your paper in your own words.
   

• Cite your sources.
   

• When you copy and paste something, remember to copy and paste the cite as well.  Tack it onto your notes that very moment and you'll have it when ready to assemble the paper.

The Consequences at Lyon

The Honor Council may impose the following sanctions for those students found guilty of violations of the Honor System and that would include plagiarism.

• Explusion: Dismissal from the College with no option to re-enroll.  An expelled student may not attend classes or visit the campus or be involved in college activities without the written permission of the Dean of Students.
  
   

• Suspension:  Dismissal from the College for a specific period of time, with the expectation that a suspended student will return and complete his or her education at Lyon.  A suspended student may not attend classes, live on or visit the campus, or be involved in college activities without the written permission of the Dean of Students until the suspension period is successfully completed.  A period of suspension permits the student to assess his or her values, removes the contrary influence from the community for a specific period of time, and clearly states that honor matters.
  
   

• Probation:  A status on which an Offender may be placed for a specific period of time.  This sanction may included a failing grade on the assignment or the course in which the violation occurred.  This sanction may also included an educational assignment in which the student will work with a member of the faculty or staff on a project designed to help the student achieve a better understanding and appreciation of the honor system.  Failure to fulfill the educational assignmnet in the specified time, without prior approval by the President of the Honor Council, will be considered a violation of the Honor System.  A subsequent violation of the Honor System while on probation may result in a more severe penalty.

Cite Your Sources

You'll be asked by multiple choice to pick the proper citation for journal, 
book,and internet entries on your quiz. 

We have an excellent link that will help you figure out how to cite your paper.  It's on the library's home page and is called:  Citing.  It's published by Duke University

Click on the following links and get familiar with these pages.  You'll use them to answer questions on your quiz.  Citing Sources Within Your Paper, and Assembling a List of Works Cited.

• These are some important elements of a bibliography for a book:
   

Author or editor
Title of the book
Publisher
Place of publication
Date of publication
 

• These are some important elements of a bibliography for a full-text journal article from a database.

Author
Title of article
Title of magazine
Date of publication
Volume number (if required)
Pagination (if given)
Vendor/supplier of database
Database name
Accession number of article (if required)
Date of access

 

• These as the important elements for a web page on the Internet.

Author (if given)
Title of work
Group responsible for the site(if applicable)
Date site was last updated
Date of access
Address of the site


 

An Example of Citing Using the MLA

The following paragraph is what I would write within my paper about plagiarism.  Notice the quotation marks and parenthetical reference at the end.

    "Writers can fall into plagiarism more easily than most realize. They recognize that claiming credit for another’s writing is plagiarism; indeed, such dishonesty is the blatant form of plagiarism. But writers have a harder time recognizing the more subtle forms of plagiarism—failure to document the use of words or of data developed by others and failure to acknowledge the ideas, opinions, and conclusions of others even when paraphrased rather than quoted. Researchers expect to use the work of others in their own writing, but they hold themselves to strict professional standards in the use of quotation marks, parenthetical citations and footnotes, and other established means of identifying the sources of the ideas they are blending with their own. "  (Lyon College Student Handbook 2006-2207)

 Here's the citation that I would put in my bibliography list at the end of my paper:

Lyon College.  Lyon College Student Handbook 2004-2005.  Arkansas: Lyon College,

         2004.  Mabee-Simpson Library, Batesville, AR.  5 May, 2005

         <http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/stulife/stuhandbook.htm#honor>

Style Manuals

If you need more detailed information Google the major style manuals. The major ones are listed below.  We also have the print copies in the library in the Reference Section.

MLA Style Manual

Turabian

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association-

Chicago Manual of Style
 

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