Using Sources & Avoiding Plagiarism

Jackie Sipes, Education Librarian

jsipes@temple.edu

Why Cite?

Support or validate your argument

Courtesy to your reader

Give credit where credit is due

When to Cite

You must give credit whenever you
use another person’s idea, theories, research methods, or research results, whether it’s a direct quote
or paraphrasing.

 

What if I don't cite?

When you do not give credit to an author’s ideas or work,
you are committing plagiarism

 

Plagiarism is stealing.

 

Plagiarism

 

Failing to properly cite the work of another also constitutes plagiarism, even if it is unintentional.

Plagiarism

includes

Cutting and pasting information from the internet without citing where you got that information

Using someone else's words or ideas without citing them

Buying or downloading research papers from the internet

Submitting the same paper you wrote in more than one class

Inaccurate paraphrasing

Plagiarism

includes

Cutting and pasting information from the internet without citing where you got that information

Using someone else's words or ideas without citing them

Buying or downloading research papers from the internet

Submitting the same paper you wrote in more than one class

Inaccurate paraphrasing

Plagiarism

includes

repeating the passage word for word without acknowledgement

just a few words have been changed around, reordered with a citation

repeating word for word without quotation marks even with a citation

Inaccurate paraphrasing

Writing Center

www.temple.edu/writingctr

Consequences of Plagiarism

  • Penalties range from failing an assignment, course to expulsion from Temple
  • Academic career

Types of Citations

In-text

Reference List

Appears on a separate page(s) at the end of your paper.

 

Must correspond to the works cited in your in-text citations.

Reference List

In-text Citation

A parenthetical notation of relevant source information after a quote or a paraphrase. Used whenever you quote or paraphrase ideas from a source.

Paraphrase or Quote?

Quote: quotation taken directly from the source text.

Use when the original author has expressed something so well that you could not replicate it or when only the words of an expert will suffice as evidence for your claim. 

In-text Citation

Paraphrase or Quote?

Paraphrase: A brief summary of a source's ideas, using your own words and structure.

Use to draw in another writer's ideas or information, but with an emphasis on your interpretation or reflection on that information.

In-text Citation

In-text Citation examples

Author named in sentence

Mullen (2001) argues that writing should be taught at the postgraduate level. (p. 199)

Author not named in sentence

“…legislation has helped schools progress toward narrowing the gap.” (Spellings, 2005, p.87)”

 

Thank you!

 

Jackie Sipes, Education Librarian

jsipes@temple.edu

School Psychology Graduate Presentation - Plagiarism

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School Psychology Graduate Presentation - Plagiarism

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