Information Literacy Instructional Program

Information Literacy Learning Guides

Practice                                             Plagiarism

Plagiarsim - A Discussion

Which of the following is plagiarism? Why?

Copying or sharing assignments

Yes
No
Not Sure

Paraphrasing the work of others you find in books, magazines, Web sites
without documentation

Yes
No
Not Sure

Asking another student to read and correct a paper for you

Yes
No
Not Sure

Listing works in your bibliography that you have not used or read

Yes
No
Not Sure

Mixing the words of an author with your own without documentation

Yes
No
Not Sure

Copying and pasting relevant pieces of electronic text together as you research,
citing as you go along

Yes
No
Not Sure

Substantially editing a paper you found on the Internet

Yes
No
Not Sure