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Avoid Plagiarism
In speaking
or writing, plagiarism is the act of representing someone else's
work as one's own. In addition, plagiarism is defined as using
the essential style, and manner of expression, of a source as
if it were one's own. Also, any statement made without documentation
is claimed as your own and therefore falls into the definition
of plagiarism. Examples of plagiarism include:
- Student
submission of word for word passages of others' work without
proper acknowledgment.
- Paraphrasing
of others' work, which contains specific information or ideas
and which is not shown within quotation marks or is not properly
acknowledged.
- Two or
more submitted papers, lab assignments, computer programs, etc.,
which contain a resemblance decidedly beyond the bounds of reasonable
coincidence.
- A paper,
examination or assignment that contains data or conclusions
which, upon questioning, the student cannot explain, support
or demonstrate direct knowledge of.
- Computer
piracy which includes any act of copyright infringement (protected
by Federal, State, or local law), the use of software which
has otherwise been expressly prohibited, copying, duplicating
software code and copying of notes, specifications, technical
descriptions of any software code whether copyrighted or not.
The penalty
at DeVry for plagiarism ranges from receiving a failing grade for
the assignment to expulsion from DeVry.
The library
staff has put together the following documents to assist you in
avoiding plagiarism in your writings.
Minimum
Competency For Term Papers (Word Doc 21.5K)
APA
Style Documentation (Word Doc 36.5K)
MLA
Style Documentation (Word Doc 60.5K)
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