Plagiarism
Presented By : Sajeewani P.riyangika Vanderkoon (Mrs)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Faculty of Education, University of Colombo.
MA(Edu) India, Bsc (TT) India, LTCL - UK, ATCL - UK,
LCALASDA (TESOL) Sri Lanka, Gold Medal LAMDA (Public Speaking) UK .
Diploma In English (VCM) UK, Gold award prose reading Sri Lanka ,
Gold Award Light of Asia Sri Lanka, Diploma In Teaching Sri Lanka
What is plagiarism?
Latin plagium - means "kidnapping"
It is intellectual theft
It is a serious scientific misconduct
Definition of Plagiarism*
"Plagiarism is the use of others' published and unpublished ideas or words (or other
intellectual property) without attribution or permission, and presenting them as new
and original rather than derived from an existing source. The intent and effect of
plagiarism is to mislead the reader as to the contributions of the plagiarizer. This
applies whether the ideas or words are taken from abstracts, research grant
applications, Institutional Review Board applications, or unpublished or published
manuscripts in any publication format (print or electronic).
Saturday, March 17, 2007 - R. A. Mashelkar resigns from
patent panel following plagiarism charge
Dr. Mashelkar confirmed to The Hindu that certain lines
used in their report's conclusion had been taken "verbatim"
from a November 2005 paper that was authored by
Shamnad Basheer, a doctoral student and an Associate at
the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, University
of Oxford. (Feb 22, 2007)
Plagiarism is
plagiarism…
irrespective of
Intent, Source,
Quantity and
Copyright
What is cyber-
plagiarism?
Copying ideas, text, material from the web
without proper accreditation
Digital plagiarism is a term used to describe
copying using computers
Creativity is fine but plagiarism is
faster…
Types of plagiarism
Word for word (Direct, Text)
Mosaic
Thesaurus (Paraphrase)
Ideas
Authorship
Secondary sources
Self
What is self-plagiarism?
The practice of an author using portions of their previous writings on the
same topic in another of their publications, without specifically citing it
formally in quotes.
This practice is widespread and at times unintentional
Violates the copyright that has been assigned to the publisher
No consensus whether this is scientific misconduct
Why do people plagiarize?
Ignorance
Lack of knowledge on the ethics of
scholarly writing / poor writing skills
Ambition, fierce competition
Pressure from seniors
Publish or perish system
Faster
Chances of getting caught or action
being taken is slim
How to avoid plagiarism?
For short quotes, use quotation marks in the sentence.
For longer quotes indent the entire passage
If you have used a table, chart, diagram etc., cite the source directly below with a
statement that permission has been obtained.
“All sources should be disclosed and, if large amounts of other people's written or
illustrative material are to be used, permission must be sought.” COPE, 1999.
Even if you change a few words here and there it is
considered plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
the copying from a book, article, notebook,
video, or other source material, whether
published or unpublished, without proper credit
through the use of quotation marks, footnotes,
and other customary means of identifying
sources, or passing off as one's own the ideas,
words, writings, programs, and experiments of
another, whether or not such actions are
intentional or unintentional."
Undergraduate catalogue, William Patterson University,
2002 Gitanjali 11
Writecon 2007
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