Ttu Plagiarism

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
University of Ain Temouchent BELHADJ Bouchaïb

Faculty of Letters, Languages, and Social Sciences
Department of Letters and English Language
Credit : 4 Coefficient : 2
Teaching Unit: Methodology
Academic year: 2022-2023

Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Plagiarize , UK usually plagiarise /ˈpleɪ.dʒ ə r.aɪz/ /-
dʒə.raɪz/ verb [ I or T ]
to use another person's idea or a part of their work and

pretend that it is your own .
Identifying Plagiarism: Practice
1. A student uses an internet article in
researching her paper. She finds several of
the ideas in the article useful, and develops
them in her own paper. Since she does not
quote from the text, she does not cite it in
her paper, but she does put the reference in
the bibliography.
Solution
1. This is plagiarism. Although the student was correct to
cite the article in her bibliography, this is not enough. If she
uses the ideas in her paper, she needs to acknowledge the
source of those ideas in the paper itself. One way to do this
is to acknowledge the source of the idea directly (i.e., “As
Jones has pointed out, . . . .”) Even with this reference, the
paper should also include a citation. Depending on your
discipline, this could be an in-text citation or a footnote or
endnote.
Identifying Plagiarism
2. In researching a paper on Mary Kingsley, a
student discovers that Kingsley was born in
Islington in 1862. She didn’t know this fact
previously. However, every article she reads
on Kingsley reports the same fact. She does
not acknowledge the source of this
information with a citation.
Solution
2- This is not plagiarism. Although the student
didn’t know this fact before, it is an easily
established fact that is well known to anyone
who has written on Kingsley. Since it is
undisputed and well known, it would fall into
the category of “common knowledge,” and does
not need to be cited.
3. You are taking a class that a friend has
already taken. She lets you read her
paper in order to get some ideas, and tells
you to use any parts of the paper you find
useful. You incorporate some of her
paragraphs into your paper without
citation.
Solution
3- This is plagiarism. The fact that your friend
has given you permission to use her paper is not
relevant; if you are presenting work that
someone else has done as your own, it is still
plagiarism. Your friend would also be guilty of
violating the Honor Code by helping you to
plagiarize.
4. A friend offers to let you read his paper in
order to get some ideas, and tells you to use
any parts of the paper you find useful. You
incorporate one of his paragraphs into your
paper, and you are careful to include all of
the citations from his paper in your footnotes,
so that the reader will be able to find the
original source of the information.
Solution
4- It is plagiarism. Even if you
include the citations, presenting
someone else’s work as your own is
plagiarism. Once again, your friend
would be also in violation of the
Honor Code.
5. A student finds a picture on the web that
perfectly illustrates a point she wants to make
in her paper. She downloads the picture, but
does not use the website’s analysis; in
addition, she writes her own caption for the
picture. Since the analysis and caption are
her own, she does not include a citation for
the picture.
Solution
5- It depends. If the image is well-known (i.e., a picture of
the Mona Lisa), it can be considered common knowledge,
and therefore would not need a citation. However, if the
image is the product of another individual’s artistic or
intellectual work (i.e., a personal photograph, even of a
well-known artifact; or a graph or chart that forms part of
another person’s paper or research) it would be considered
plagiarism. In general, if the image represents the artistic or
intellectual work of another person, it should be cited.
6. A student uses a data set collected by

his professor in his analysis of economic
trends. Since he develops his own
analysis, and since his professor has not
published the data, he does not include a
citation for the data set.
Solution
6- This is plagiarism. Even though the student did his
own analysis, the material he is working with was
generated by someone else, and that work should be
acknowledged. The fact that the data have not been
published is irrelevant; it is still someone else’s work, and
needs to be cited. Nor does it matter that the data set was
developed by the student’s professor; professional norms
require that all sources be acknowledged.
7. You find an interesting analysis of Kant’s

categorical imperative in a book on 18th
century philosophers. You do not quote
directly from the text, but you mention the
author of the book as the source for this idea,
and include a citation at the end of the
paragraph.
Solution
7- This is the appropriate way to avoid

plagiarism. Even though you have not
quoted directly from the text, you should
mention the source of the idea in the body
of your paper, and cite the source. (qtd.in)
8. A student finds some interesting

information on a website that is not under
copyright. She downloads several paragraphs
and incorporates them into her paper, but
doesn’t cite them, because they are in the
public domain.
Solution
This is plagiarism. It is irrelevant that the

material you are using is in the public
domain, or that it is not protected by
copyright. If it is not your work, you must
acknowledge its source.
9. You are discussing your term paper with

your professor. She gives you an interesting
idea about how you might interpret some of
the material you have been studying. Since
the discussion was informal, and does not
pertain to an area in which your professor
intends you publish, you incorporate her
suggestions without attribution.
Solution
It is important to recognize the intellectual work of

others. Your professor’s ideas should be
acknowledged, even if she has not written on the
subject, and does not intend to do so. The same
would hold true if the idea came from a fellow
student or friend.
References:
APA Handbook
MLA Handbook
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University of Ain Temouchent BELHADJ Bouchaïb

Academic year: 2022-2023

to use another person's idea or a part of their work and

6. A student uses a data set collected by

7. You find an interesting analysis of Kant’s

7- This is the appropriate way to avoid

8. A student finds some interesting

This is plagiarism. It is irrelevant that the

9. You are discussing your term paper with

It is important to recognize the intellectual work of

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