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Plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
Definition: “The unauthorized use or close
imitation of the language and thoughts of
another author and the representation of them
as one's own original work, as by not crediting
the author”.
Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy,
counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing
off.
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Plagiarism or not?
You have too much work to do and your English essay
is due. Instead of doing this essay, you hand in an
essay on the same topic that you did last year for
another subject.
Plagiarism or not?
You found some excellent music on a free shareware
site, which you have used in a PowerPoint
presentation.
You acknowledge the source of the music, even
though it was from a shareware site.
Plagiarism or not?
You have found a funny video clip on YouTube and
decide to use it in the video you are making.
You don’t worry about putting it in the credits at the end
of your video.
Plagiarism or not?
You have used several statements that are common
knowledge in your report (e.g. The Big Day Out is a
series of popular outdoor music festivals held in
Australia).
You don’t worry about referencing that information.
Plagiarism or not?
On the internet you have found just the right sentence
to add to your photography assignment.
You cut and paste it into your assignment and don’t
acknowledge it.
Plagiarism or not?
On the internet you have found just the right sentence
to add to your photography assignment.
You cut and paste it into your assignment and don’t
acknowledge it.
What could you have done?
On the internet you have found just the right sentence
to add to your photography assignment. You cut and
paste it into your assignment.
Instead of:
The first technology was the primitive modes of communication used by
prehistoric people before the development of spoken language.
Use quotes and a textural reference:
Sanders (2009) believes that "... the first technology was the primitive
modes of communication used by prehistoric people before the
development of spoken language" (p. 10).
Direct quotations must be identified with
indentation or quotation marks and be
properly cited.
When you copy words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs from a
source you must acknowledge the author with a proper reference.
The photographer Simryn Gill aims to “follow connections, make
propositions and pose questions” rather than give defined information
(French & Palmer 2009, p.61).
Bibliography
French, B. And Palmer, D. 2009, Twelve Australian photo artists, Piper
Press, Melbourne.
Paraphrases, restatements or summaries of
the sense of another author’s ideas in your
own words, must also be properly referenced.
You may begin the paraphrase with signal phrases such as
According to Smith (2010, p.7), ….
or
A recent study has shown …...(Smith 2010).
Include a reference to the original work in your bibliography (see below).
Smith, C. 2010 Happiness is catching, Skyline Press, Sydney.
Images, video and sound clips, or software
programs that you download from the Internet
must be properly cited.
Even though you can easily download them it is still plagiarism to claim
them as your own intellectual property by not properly referencing the
creator.
Creations ArtisAllan 2008,
http://commons.wikimedia.org/
wiki/File:Tigers-Wiki.jpg
See textural reference examples
at
http://dckclib.wikispaces.com/text
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Creating a Reference List /
Bibliography
Ross (2007, p.18) notes that the ancient
Greek philosopher Aristotle observed that
light passing through a small hole in the
wall of a room formed an upside-down
image of an object.
• What does this source look like in the
Reference List / Bibliography?
Ross, G. 2007, A history of photography, Wideworld Books,
Canberra.
Creating a Reference List /
Bibliography
A very simple type of camera was
developed by about 1500. However, the
first true photograph was not made until
1826 (Williams 2010, p.4).
• What does this source look like in the
Reference List / Bibliography?
Williams, N. 2010, Cameras through the ages,
Crystal Books, Sydney.
Creating a Reference List /
Bibliography
During the 1920s and 1930s, photography underwent dramatic
changes. Brooks (2008, p.5) describes how Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
and Man Ray produced photos without using a camera. They placed
objects on a piece of printing paper and exposed the paper with a
flashlight. Other photographers used x-ray photos and multiple
exposures (Abstract photography, 2006).
• What does this source look like in the Reference List /
Bibliography?
Abstract photography 2006, viewed 11
March 2008,
<www.photomedia.com/abstract>
Brooks, T. 2008, “Man Ray: visionary”,
Global Photographers, vol. 4, no. 2, pp.310.