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Why is plagiarism bad?Best answer from: https://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080303152521AAE6AK6
"Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else's work. An example would be when you're writing a paper and you include a quote you got from another source and you don't say where you found it. That's the same thing as saying that you wrote it yourself, which is a lie. Teachers get tough on plagiarism because they want students to be doing their own work (thereby learning something in the process), instead of copying someone else's work and passing it off as their own. Also, if you do something like that out in the "real world," you can get sued for violation of copyright. If up to this point you still don't get it, here's an example of plagiarism you could probably relate to: it would be like someone who didn't do their homework getting hold of your assignment just when you're about to hand it in, then erasing your name and putting their name in its place. Then (assuming it fools the teacher) the cheater didn't do any of the work, but still gets the credit; and you DID do the work but get no credit at all. EDIT - if you are writing about a definition of plagiarism, you have my permission to use the homework example. Now it isn't plagiarism because I said it would be OK. Hope that helps!" |
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Step 1: Gather the following information about the resource as you fill out your dot-jot sheet:
Author, Title, Publisher, Type of source, Date of Publication, Title of publication, URL Example: Title: What is Carbon Dioxide Author: John Doe Publisher: Acme Publishing Date of publication: Jan 29, 1984 Type of Source: Online news paper URL: www.sciencepeople.co2.com |
Step 2: Use the information about your resource and place them in the format shown below:
Authors Last name, first Initial., (Date of Publication)Title of article: Title of publication, [type of source], Publisher, URL Example: Doe, J., (Jan 29, 1984) What is Carbon Dioxide: Science for People [Online newspaper] Acme Publishing, www.sciencepeople.co2.com Step 3: Take all of your sources and place them in alphabetical order by the authors last name. |
As you start your research, you will need to differentiate between FACT and OPINION. As all of the topics are centred around an ISSUE, different people will have different opinions about the topic, usually either for or against the issue. There are also sources that try to explain the issue while remaining UNBIASED - not taking either side, while just explaining the facts.
For every source you use, you will need to fill out a Source Information Sheet and evaluate your source by answering the following questions:
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