I have a very important question - how can one really avoid plagiarism on research papers? Me (and about 20 other people) recently got busted for this in one of out classes. The thing that scares me is the fact that I didn't even know what I was doing WAS plagiarism. Essentially I was summarizing a couple of websites basically in my own words. I agree now that I was using other peoples preconceived ideas on the subject matter, but, I mean, really - what other way is there to write about something you have absolutley no background knowledge on? How can you really write in your own ideas about something you know little to nothing about? I can honestly not think of any way to do the next research paper short of making my own ideas up about the subject - which will more than likely be completely wrong. Any Tips/Websites/Ideas?
2007-03-03 04:16:05 · 4 answers · asked by Andrew 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
I did cite all sources.
2007-03-03 04:38:20 · update #1
She used the cited sources against us!!!
2007-03-03 04:43:46 · update #2
Be sure to cite even everything you paraphrase and copy. Use quotes to show that they are not your words. See this cite and do a search on mla formation works cited.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/mla/mla.htm
If you summarize that is considered plagiarism.
2007-03-03 04:22:48 · answer #1 · answered by Sam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
turn it in is incorrect and if the instructor did no longer exclude quotations and correct citations from the p.c. they are doing it incorrect. additionally for sure we can use user-friendly words that others could use and this does not signify plagiarism. It s like asserting ooh that music stole 3 notes in row from this different music. there are basically a finite volume of notes or word mixtures. “Turnitin determines if textual content cloth in a paper suits textual content cloth in any of the Turnitin databases. The provider does not locate nor confirm plagiarism – it detects styles of matching textual content cloth to help instructors confirm if plagiarism has got here approximately” (Plagiarism and the cyber web, p. 5
2016-09-30 03:47:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You teacher should be explaining to you how to cite sources. If you get information from other sources, whether in your own words or theirs, you need to let their work be known.
2007-03-03 04:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by ♥michele♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure that you cite ALL OF YOUR SOURCES.
2007-03-03 04:19:36 · answer #4 · answered by crzywriter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋