WHATISPLAGIARISM
•Plagiarismisanactoffraud•Itinvolvesbothstealingsomeoneelse’sworkandlyingaboutitafterward
to“plagiarize”means:•tostealandpassoff(theideasorwordsofanother)asone'sown•touse(another'sproduction)withoutcreditingthesource•tocommitliterarytheft•topresentasnewandoriginalanideaorproductderivedfromanexistingsource
USandothercountries•theexpressionoforiginalideasisconsideredintellectualproperty,andisprotectedbycopyrightlaws•almostallformsofexpressionfallundercopyrightprotectionaslongastheyarerecordedinsomemedia(suchasabookoracomputerfile)Allofthefollowingareconsideredplagiarism:•turninginsomeoneelse’sworkasyourown•copyingwordsorideasfromsomeoneelsewithoutgivingcredit•failingtoputaquotationinquotationmarks•givingincorrectinformationaboutthesourceofaquotation•changingwords