What is plagiarism?
The words or ideas people produce are considered to be their property. Others may “borrow” these words or ideas, but when they do, they must give credit to the person who originally wrote or thought them. Plagiarism is “stealing” someone else’s words or ideas by using them in a way that makes them appear to be yours.
What are Newman’s plagiarism policies?
Newman University’s ethics code states that plagiarism is:
- The use of another's written work without appropriate citation
- The use of another student’s work
- The purchase and/or use of an already prepared paper
- The borrowing of an idea or phrase or the paraphrasing of an idea or material without proper documentation.
- Downloading materials from the Internet or World Wide Web and submitting them for credit (or partial credit) as one's own work.
What are the consequences of plagiarism?
At Newman, students found participating in plagiarism may face the following consequences:
- An F for the written work
- An individual faculty member has the right to impose more severe penalties. Infractions of this code may be referred to the Academic Review Board. The university has the right to dismiss a student for this infraction.
- In real life, plagiarism may result in a person being fired from his or her job.
How can I avoid plagiarism?
Avoiding plagiarism is actually quite simple. Any time you use words or ideas from someone else, you must be sure to give them credit by citing them. This means that you must give the reader enough information to find the words or ideas as they were originally written, and indicate which words were created by the original author.
There are many different ways to cite sources. Several different citation styles are used in this tutorial’s examples, but they will not attempt to teach you how to use all the styles. For now, it is important to know three things:
- You should cite your source whenever it is mentioned in your paper.
- You should provide detailed information about your source in a bibliography or list of references at the end of your paper.
- If you use the exact words of your source, you should put them in "quotation marks."
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