Avoiding
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
(the illegal act of purposely using another person's writing as your own or
presenting someone else words or ideas without giving credit for them) is
a serious breach of ethics. Many instances of plagiarism are the results of
misunderstanding or ignorance of rules and considerations rather than
deliberate work of the researcher to deceive supervisor and other audience (readers).
What
does the use of source materials require? How?
The
use of source materials requires conformity to a few rules of conduct:
- acknowledge borrowed material by introducing the quotation or paraphrase with the name of authority.
- enclose all coated materials within quotation marks.
- make certain that paraphrased material is rewritten into your own style and language. The simple rearrangement of sentence patterns is unacceptable. Do not alter the essential idea of the source.
- provide a bibliography and entry in the ‘works cited’ for every source cited in the paper.
- Omit sources consulted but not used.
References:
Atallah, Dhuha. (2011). A Course in Library and Research Work. College of Basic Education/ Al-Mustansiriah University.
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