Plagiarism APA Format COMM 1113 What is Plagiarism

Plagiarism & APA Format COMM 1113

What is Plagiarism? It is plagiarism to copy words and present them as your own writing. It is plagiarism to copy words, even if you give the source, unless you also indicate that the copied words are a direct quotation. i. e. On the 5 -year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Mobilization for Climate Justice demanded four things (Indy. Bay, 2010).

It is plagiarism to copy words and then change them a little, even if you give the source. Difference from paraphrasing? Even if you express them in your own words it is plagiarism to present someone else’s ideas as your own.

Avoiding Plagiarism Think about concepts in your paper well enough to explain them in your own words. Write Citations should always be a supplement, not a substitute, for your own writing. Signal Citations Quotations/Blocks

Tutorial http: //libraries. ou. edu/help/tutorials/acade micintegrity/player. html Complete the video tutorial (13: 02 mins) and all associated quizzes (5 total) Print out the final page, which shows your completion certificate for having completed the tutorial and turn in Sept. 20 [M/W] or Sept. 22 [W]

Plagiarism Resources University of Oklahoma (2009). A student’s guide to academic integrity at the University of Oklahoma. Retrieved September 9, 2009 from: http: //www. ou. edu/provost/integrity University of Oklahoma. (n. d. ). Nine things you should already know about plagiarism. Retrieved September 8, 2010 from http: //integrity. ou. edu/files/nine_things_you_should_know. pdf

APA Format Double-space Cite source and year in text i. e. (Vincent, 2010) Cite source, year, & page # in text i. e. “New media technology is amazing” (Vincent, 2010, p. 25). Reference Section Separate page, double-spaced, alphabetical

APA Resource http: //owl. english. purdue. edu/owl/resourc e/560/01/ http: //libraries. ou. edu/

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