LibGuides at the CDU Health Sciences Library: Writing and Citation Guides: Plagiarism

Plagiarism Overview

Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are covered in Sections 8.2–8.3 of the APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition

The Plagiarism Spectrum 2.0 from Turnitin
The Plagiarism Spectrum 2.0 identifies twelve types of unoriginal work. Familiarity with traditional forms of plagiarism and emerging trends helps students develop original thinking skills and do their best original work.
https://www.turnitin.com/static/plagiarism-spectrum/

Check out the Purdue OWL Online Writing Center for plagiarism help. Plagiarism can range from unintentional (forgetting to include a source in a bibliography) to intentional (buying a paper online, using another writer’s ideas as your own to make your work sound smarter). Beginning writers and expert writers alike can all plagiarize.

Check out the Purdue OWL Online Writing Center for help.

Avoiding Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism Guide from APA Style

7 ways to avoid academic plagiarism

Plagiarism can be unintentional; the co-founder of a center to educate authors on research integrity highlights potential pitfalls by By Michael Seadle, PhD (Elsevier Connect: https://www.elsevier.com/connect/7-ways-to-avoid-academic-plagiarism)

USHHS Office of Research Integrity

Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing
The purpose of this module is to help students, as well as professionals, identify and prevent questionable practices and to develop an awareness of ethical writing.

Resources and Tutorials

Plagiarism.org
A site that provides plentiful information on plagiarism
Plagiarism Game
Plagiarism game from Lycoming College

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Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing is covered in Sections 8.23 and 8.24 of the APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition

Activities to practice paraphrasing and citation
Activities to practice your paraphrasing and citation skills: A handout.

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Copyright and Fair Use Guides from Other Institutions

Copyright Crash Course
Maintained by The University of Texas at Austin Libraries Scholarly Communications Advisor Georgia Harper. Introductory information for individuals and institutions dealing with copyright issues.
Copyright / Plagiarism Guide at UNMC
Marie Reidelbach put together a fantastic Copyright and Plagiarism guide for the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The "Recommended Guidelines" she lays out in the fair use area are clear, concise, and obviously guidelines as opposed to hard and fast rules. The section on obtaining permission is clearly laid out, & links to more resources abound.
Cornell University's Guide to Copyright Term & Public Domain
Cornell University's Guide to Copyright Term & Public Domain Handy grid maintained by Cornell University and developed by Cornell's Intellectual Property Officer Peter B. Hirtle.
Copyright and Fair Use: A Fair(y) Use Tale
Created by Bucknell Professor Eric Faden, whose crew cut together thousands of extremely short clips from dozens of Disney cartoons, this video explains copyright and fair use.

Coaching Copyright by Erin L. Ellis (Editor); Kevin L. Smith (Editor), American Library Association
ISBN: 978-0838918487
Publication Date: 2019-09-11
Teaching Plagiarism Prevention to College Students : An Ethics-Based Approach by Connie Strittmatter and Virginia K. Bratton
ISBN: 9781442264427
Publication Date: 2016-08-25