Plagarism?

Question

Hi in my coursework I am going to do a page on facts about young people. And I was just wondering if it was plagarism if I copied facts from a website? Thankyou

Answer 1

Copying facts is not plagiarism - copying thoughts and insights and opinions is.

For those people who have given this the thumbs down: we're talking about FACTS here. A fact is a fact. Do you really all think that it's plagiarism to say that the sea is salty and the sky is blue? If you read that on a website? Because that's what you appear to be saying!!!!

Answer 2

The question is regarding facts about young people.
The problem with this area is that yesterdays 'facts' may not be 'fact' today. The sorts of 'facts' that you are talking about I am guessing will be statistical 'facts' (% of youngsters who go to church, dye their hair, take heroin, have underage sex, play hockey, and so forth). These results will have been published from research studies.
Therefore, not only will you need to cite the webpage as a source but also note if there are sources to indicate where their 'facts' are from - after all they may be from a study done in the 1960's and may not be relevant to your page - or they could be misinterpreted or misrepresented - or it could be one person's opinion written as though it were a fact. The best case would be to check out the original sources and quote them. If there are no sources - then do not quote the page as you will not be able to say for certain if the information is fact - if the subject interests you and you want to use the information - try and find a study that has been done already.

If on the other hand you were wanting to create a page of perceptions of how young people are, which is based on your opinion and on a webpage you saw wording that just matched your opinion on one subject of a few words and that was the only thing you were going to use from that page then there would not be a need to cite your source.

To copy facts from one website is not a good idea. Look at magazines and newspapers too.
How about testing some of the facts? If 50% of young people have done 'X'. Ask 10 people. Between 4 and 6 of those you ask should say they have done 'X'

Answer 3

You should cite your source material. Plagiarism is the use of previously published material without correct attribution of the source. If you are EVER in doubt about whether a source needs to be cited, err on the side of citing the source.

If the statistics or facts you are citing are from a website, then you need to state that fact. Readers will want to know where the facts you are citing came from, if for no other reason than to evaluate the possible accuracy of those "facts."

Please bear in mind that just because something is cited on a website, that does not mean it is true, accurate, or verifiable. Best sources for factual information will present information on where the information came from: e.g., Bureau of Census statistics, Department of Veterans Affairs, Bureau of Labor statistics, etc.

Answer 4

It is not plagarism so long as you cite the website you got the info from. Check the MLA handbook for how to do a web citation in your bibliography. If you aren't required to do footnotes, endnotes, or bibliography just write "according to www.....com and then quote the info or paraphrase w/o quotes.

Answer 5

Not if you are going to put them in your bibliography or quote them.
It is Plagarism if you pass it off as your own unique work.

Check the link below to see what plagarism is.

Answer 6

if you state where you got the facts from it's not plagarism.

normally people use a quote and number them and then write an appendix that statement 1 was from "title of book" by "author" printed by "publishers" in "year of publication".
This actually shows you have researched your answer and scores in your favour.

Answer 7

It's not plagiarism if you cite your sources. If you lift a quote, you need to put it in quotation marks and then cite the source.

If you repeat facts, you need to show where you got the facts.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

As long as you acknowledge where you got the facts, that will not be plagiarism, which is publishing some one else's material for your own gain.

Answer 10

Did you copy the facts, word after word, or did you paraphrase it in your own words? Because if you copy and paste it, yeah that's Plagiarism.