What's Mine IS NOT Yours

The internet gives you instant access to information. Once you have narrowed your topic, authenticated your information, you are ready to begin writing your paper. 

Before you begin writing, you must understand that any information you found on-line or in books must be properly acknowledged. Plagiarism is a serious academic offense.

The Carpenter High School handbooks tells us that "plagiarism involved using another's work or ideas without giving credit to the original source of the work" (pg. 9)

What does that mean exactly??  Plagiarism occurs when a student:

• presents someone else's written work without the appropriate acknowledgement
• presents someone else's ideas without the appropriate acknowledgement
• copies a passage word for word and does not use quotation marks
• uses phrases or sentences from several sources and does not credit all sources used
• turns in work for credit when the work has previously been given credit in another class
• prints off extra copies of an assignment from the computer in order for another student to hand in that same work (CHS Student Handbook, pg. 9)

There are several different types of plagiarism.  Watch the first part of the video below, for specific definitions and examples of plagiarism



So, how do you avoid plagiarism and still use outside sources? Three words - citation, citation, citation!!

You must properly cite any words or ideas that are not yours.  The following two links outline the different requirements for using MLA citation and APA citation. 

APA Citation - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

MLA Citation - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Remember - plagariasm is theft!!!