Identifying plagiarism  

Three acts of plagiarism:

1)   Not citing a quotation or borrowed ideas

2)   Not putting borrowed language in quotation marks

3)   Not putting summaries and paraphrases in your own words

Examples

A) “Joe Blow was a happy man, who often walked down the road whistling and singing” (Scrivener, 2001, p.33).

B) Joe Blow was a happy man who often walked down the road whistling and singing (Scrivener, 2001, p.33).

C) According to Scrivener (2001), Joe had a pleasant personality and spread music wherever he went (p.33).

D) Joe Blow was a happy man who often strolled down the road singing and whistling.

Bibliography

Scrivener, J. (2003). Joe Blow: his life and times. New York: Scribener’s.

These examples are taken from:

Lipson, C. (2004). Doing honest work in college. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.