Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism

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WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

Plagiarism is presenting someone else's words or ideas as your own. The following are all examples of plagiarism:
Quoting or paraphrasing material without citing the source of that material. Sources can include Web sites, magazines, newspapers, textbooks, journals, TV and radio programs, movies and videos, photographs and drawings, charts and graphs; any information or ideas that are not your own.
Quoting a source without using quotation marks -- even if you do cite it.
Buying a paper online or downloading a paper from a free site.
Copying or using work done by another student.
Citing sources you didn't use.
Turning in the same paper for more than one class without the permission of both teachers.

NOTE TAKING

The best way to avoid plagiarism is to take careful notes. When taking notes, always do the following:
First, read the entire text and summarize it in your own words. Then paraphrase important points and copy usable quotes. Enclose quotes in quotation marks.
Carefully distinguish between material that is quoted, material that is paraphrased, material that is summarized, and your own words and ideas. Consider using different colored ink for each type of source.
Include in your notes all the information you will need to cite your sources.
Copy all source information into your working bibliography using the format your teacher has provided.
Print any Web pages you use. Write the URL and the date on the Web page if it isn't included on the printout.
Save all your notes and printouts until you receive your final grade.

CITING SOURCES

You must cite the source of every quote, every paraphrased passage, and every summarized idea you use in a research paper. Commonly known facts, such as dates or definitions, do not need to be cited unless you take those facts directly from a specific reference source, such as an encyclopedia. If you're not sure whether a source should be cited, include it just in case.
Sources must be cited both in the body of the paper and in the bibliography. In the body of the paper, you must do the following:

Copy quoted material exactly, enclose it in quotations marks, and name the author immediately before or after the quote. Use the same procedure for summarized or paraphrased material, but omit the quotation marks.
Cite the source information (title, publisher, date, and so on) for the quote or paraphrased or summarized information either in parentheses within the text or in a footnote.

List on a reference page at the end of your paper the information for all the sources you have cited. (This is not the same as the bibliography.)
The bibliography is a list of all the sources you used -- both those you cited and those you used for research, but did not cite directly. The bibliography should follow the format your teacher has provided.

WRITING THE PAPER

The following tips on the writing process also will help you avoid plagiarism.
Read your notes carefully and make sure you understand the material before you begin to write.
Write a preliminary draft without looking at your notes. Leave spaces where you think you'll want to include quotes or supporting material.
Use your own words as much as possible. No one expects you to write like an expert or a professional writer. You should, however, write like a serious, intelligent student.

Cite all sources as you write your rough draft.
Read through your final draft and make sure all uncited ideas are your own.

www.educationworld.com/a_curr/TM/curr390_guide.shtml

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that should be my main shortcoming as when here on Jukwaa I do not 'Read my notes carefully and make sure I understand the material before I begin to write.'

have been here as a relaxation after a heavy night sleep and break time I visit through in a paragraph or more depending on how png the break is. so yesterday when Abdulm... made his plea I thought why not refresh myself on rules to use when paper writing. so rather that digress from the topic at hand I have created this post.

otherwise at www.ncpc.org/topics/intellectual-property-theft
and ethicsdaily.com/institutions-consider-plagiarism-intellectual-theft-cms-19654
and www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/white_collar/ipr/ipr

It’s robbing people of their ideas, inventions, and creative expressions—what’s called intellectual property—everything from trade secrets and proprietary products and parts to movies and music and software.

We specifically focus on the theft of trade secrets and infringements on products that can impact consumers’ health and safety, such as counterfeit aircraft, car, and electronic parts. Key to our success is linking the considerable resources and efforts of the private sector with law enforcement partners on local, state, federal, and international levels.

www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/white_collar/ipr/ipr

so unlike Otish(x2) who cherished branding me with words like stole...theft...and spewing threats lawyers love when giving notices it is good I refreshed myself and would welcome other inputs. all my contributions here it never occurred to me anyone would read them as if peer reviewing a journals' contribution or thesis. it makes me think I will find some other forum where I can relax without hurting those who consider postings that serious.

additionally whenever I used material available on internet anyone who was interested I did provide the link. if not I would explain what book I was reading. no original thinking exists in my mind as it is possible we have parallel universes implying that what I jot down someone else have thought it before. what writers like OO have is a flair of arranging words in a way that is attractive and some of us just tag along.

lastly this being a site where I have to confess I may know no one personally it never felt like I owe anyone so the rules to me were zero tolerance for trash talkers, etc. etc. not accounting to Otish(x2), Abdulm...I really have no energy or time to tamper with any past posting but if anyone would like the source ask and I will be happy to oblige as I have no intention of referring anyone to articles wrote and claiming that posting as my ideas

[abdulmote]

podp,

Thank you so much for your honest, humble and brave response on issues raised elsewhere. I have always had respect for your good effort, irrespective of any potential shortcomings, which everyone has their own. I know from experience that it takes alot of time and committment just to read through volumes of useful material, leave alone writing or composing the same. Frequently you have had the courtesy of sharing what you have gone through, learnt from the same and gave us your part, uneasily acquired, but given on a plater for us to easily delve in, at our own convenience and without the hard labour you may have put through. I still have respect for you.

Equally and with good respect, I personally appreciate what Otish has been generously giving us, valuable, knowledgable and informative acquisitions gathered out of his own unrenumerated effort, for our ease of access, simplicity of understanding and ultimately without doubt, adding value to our indiviudal and collective membership of honourable Jukwaa.

To that I say thank you gentlmen. In your own individual ways, Jukwaa owes it you.

Having said that, I strongly believe that as creatures alive and in the process of indefinitely learning from our living experience, everyday we should all be humble, rational and courageous enough, to learn from what others may present before our eyes, irrespective of their status or position in life.

I have respect to both of you gentlemen and with that respect, I urge you to consider this episode as a lesson learnt and a chapter closed, and with that allow us to continue enjoying and benefitting from your valuable and informative contributions to Jukwaa.

P.S: If anyone had found some exchanges in between to be distressing in any manner or form, I sincerely apologize for the same on behalf of myself and all concerned.

Shukran.

[OtishOtish]

Not too long ago, we had things along the lines of

- when Steve eventually gets it into a journal, I will admit it's his

- follow this link to the offending material, note the copyright sign, and try and enforce it!

- I will never change!

In the circumstances, it is not unreasonable to ignore the sloppy excuses buried here and there and consider that some progress has been made. Eye on the big picture ... that sort of thing.

it makes me think I will find some other forum where I can relax without hurting those who consider postings that serious

I'm not sure that anyone on Jukwaa has been hurt. I can't "speak" for others elsewhere, but I am aware of cases in which a couple of academics seeking tenure were accused of plagiarism of their own work! All because some other person had been busy with scissors and glue before said academics got their work into the "proper" public domain ... Costly and painful business it was. (  I have recently alerted some folks to their "contributions" on Jukwaa; but let's save their responses, if any, for another day.)

I have specifically mentioned academics because the stuff that they write is especially important to them---bread-and-butter stuff, so to speak. Tenure and promotion, fame and glory, riches and ding-dong, ... their scribbles is "where it's at".

Other than that, I know that some university students and similar youthful, impressionable, and ambitious types read Jukwaa. Those of us who are a bit older and know (or should know) better ought to try, to the extent possible, to give them some "guidance": on your own steam, and no running cons. That sort of thing.  And, to my mind, that is especially important when a country is "led" by a fake and a flake ... a criminal who, as the country burns, has the country asking "how much single-malt to get those eyes?", "is Ms. Thandilicious really licious?"

Anyways ... I seem to be getting all over the place. So, then ...

Conclusion:

Politicians use "frank and fruitful discussions" to refer to those times when they have managed to thoroughly enjoy life, at the taxpayers' expense, but with absolutely nothing to show for it. Sometimes it's just Fun-Licious & F1-Games; but when the citizens ask, there must be some photos of a frank-and-fruitful thing ... perhaps with an MoU. Sorry, I'm digressing ...

Unlike the politicians' frank-and-fruitful, here we seem to have managed a real frank-and-fruitful. And we end on the happy note of looking forward to frank and fruitful---and also honest---contributions from our Dear Friend, Brother, & Compatriot: podp.

[podp]

Nov 26, 2014 1:53:19 GMT 3 OtishOtish said:

I can't "speak" for others elsewhere, but I am aware of cases in which a couple of academics seeking tenure were accused of plagiarism of their own work! All because some other person had been busy with scissors and glue before said academics got their work into the "proper" public domain ... Costly and painful business it was. (  I have recently alerted some folks to their "contributions" on Jukwaa; but let's save their responses, if any, for another day.)

I have specifically mentioned academics because the stuff that they write is especially important to them---bread-and-butter stuff, so to speak. Tenure and promotion, fame and glory, riches and ding-dong, ... their scribbles is "where it's at".

Other than that, I know that some university students and similar youthful, impressionable, and ambitious types read Jukwaa. Those of us who are a bit older and know (or should know) better ought to try, to the extent possible, to give them some "guidance": on your own steam, and no running cons.

10 years ago

www.people.vcu.edu/~gadelhak/Opinion.pdf

good luck otherwise have to protect contributors to this article

[OtishOtish]

Podp:

On your own steam, and no running mumbo-jumbo cons.

That's it.

[podp]

Nov 28, 2014 23:36:18 GMT 3 OtishOtish said:

Podp:

On your own steam, and no running mumbo-jumbo cons.

That's it.

But Kajwang' probably didn't notice one thing that would haunt him years on. Kibaki, an old fox, selected one single line of argument and stubbornly stuck to it like a dog with a bone.

This stubborn wall is what Kajwang' would encounter in the difficult days following the disputed 2008 poll when he was selected to negotiate a power-sharing deal between Raila's ODM and Kibaki's PNU.

After the clouds had cleared and a coalition government announced with Kajwang' as immigration minister, 'Mapambano' told a TV crew in his usual jocular manner that he had been hiding with his wife in the bedroom when the news came.

"Kwanza nimefurahi sana. Tulikuwa kwa bedroom with my wife. Tulikuwa tunangalia TV kwa bedroom kwa sababu tulikuwa tunahide. Pengine tutapata ama hatutapata. Lakini tulifurahi sana sisi ndio tulisomwa hapo juu. Then tukasahau kila kitu. We danced a bit," said Kajwang.

While this statement provided comic relief to a nation whose nerves were frayed by tension and fear, it answers one question that has puzzled Kenyans since his death: Was Faith Ouma, the woman who was initially barred from viewing his body at Lee Funeral home, his wife or a mpango wa Kando?

It was not surprising therefore that at a fundraiser for the bereaved family at Kenyatta International Convention Centre's Amphitheatre, former premier Raila Odinga urged those present to contribute sufficiently to cater for all Kajwang's children, including those from 'mpango wa kando.' "Tuchange pesa mingi, ya kusaidia watoto wote, hata wa mpango ya kando," he said, making a dig at those who have been dismissing Faith as a mistress.

www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/m/?articleID=2000142735&story_title=the-truth-about-faith-vivian-otieno-in-the-late-kajwang-s-life#

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