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| A DEFINITION OF
PLAGIARISM "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." ( The Random House Dictionary ) |
| AVOIDING PLAGIARISM - A
PAGE DESIGNED FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Naples High School Library Media Center: The Library
Media Center & Citing Sources
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| ANOTHER GOOD PLACE TO LEARN
ABOUT PLAGIARISM AND HOW TO AVOID IT IS: The Nuts & Bolts of College Writing http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/plagiarism.html Written and maintained by Professor Michael Harvey,Washington College, 300 Washington Ave. Chestertown, MD 21620 |
| RECENT PLAGIARISM CASES PLUS
WAYS TO AVOID PLAGIARISM IN THE FIRST PLACE Plagiarism in the News - Bridgewater College, Bridgewater Virginia http://www.bridgewater.edu/WritingCenter/Workshops/PlagiarismCases.htm |
| BUT IT CAN'T BE WRONG TO
PLAGIARIZE - EVERYBODY DOES IT
This is just an excuse. If you are really honest with yourself - you know that it is wrong. According to a survey publisher in the "Journal of College Student Development", over 89% of colleges students surveyed agree that it is wrong to plagiarize. Patrick M. Scanlon and David R. Neumann.
"Internet Plagiarism Among College
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TUTORIAL
http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/plagiarism/index.htm Just fill out the registration using the word "test" (without the quotes) in both the first name and the last name space. Make up a number for your registration number. |
| JUST CHECK YOUR FAVORITE SEARCH
ENGINE!
VERY tempting..... |
STUDENT LOSES SPOT AT HARVARD "By now, Blair Hornstine expected to be packing her bags for Harvard, where she was in the class of 2007. But the 18-year-old from Moorestown, N.J., is making other plans. The Harvard Crimson reported last week that the school had rescinded Hornstine's acceptance after learning that she had used unattributed text from other authors in columns for a local paper." Kantrowitz, Barbara and Julie Scelfol. "Harvard to Hornstine: No Way."
Newsweek. |
| PLAGIARISM AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Technology Yields Plagiarism Bust - CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/05/10/tech/main290674.shtml U.Va. plagiarism scandal ends with 45 dismissals - CNN http://www.cnn.com/2002/EDUCATION/11/26/uva.plagiarism.ap/index.html |
| PLAGIARIZED INFORMATION
USED AS A BASIS FOR GOING TO WAR
Britain Admits That Much of Its Report on Iraq Came From
Magazines Talk about how information can have life and death consequences! The British government issued a report "depicted as an up-to-date ... assessment by the British intelligence services of Iraq's efforts to hide its activities." However, "The British government admitted ... that large sections of its most recent report on Iraq, praised by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell as "a fine paper" in his speech to the United Nations ..., had been lifted from magazines and academic journals." Can we depend on the accuracy of this report? What happens to our ability to trust the information when the article was represented as government findings and turns out to be information available to anyone with a library card and an internet connection? UPDATE - David Kelly suicide. David Kelly, a former weapons inspector in Iraq during the 1990s, was a leading authority on Iraqi weapons of mass destructions and a senior adviser to both the British Ministry of Defense and Foreign Office. He had serious doubts over the accuracy of the dossier and expressed these doubts to the British news media. Mr. Kelly eventually committed suicide. Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Britain, stands to loose his position if the British public and the British government come to believe that Blair authorized the war based on false or inadequate information. |
| SENATOR JOE BIDEN
- PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/plagiarism.html "Plagiarism can have catastrophic consequences for one's career as a student and even later on in life—and the higher one's ambition takes one, the higher the stakes. In 1987, for instance, Senator Joe Biden, who was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, was accused of plagiarizing passages in speeches and interviews from the oratory of a British politician, Neil Kinnock. The lesson: be afraid of plagiarism. It creates paper-trail timebombs that can destroy a career you've spent decades building—especially today, when teachers routinely keep copies of papers and the Internet makes it a snap to compare texts and locate sources." |
| EUGENE TOBIN -
PRESIDENT OF HAMILTON COLLEGE RESIGNS On October 2, 2002, The Journal News reported that Hamilton College president Eugene M. Tobin resigned after he "apologized 12 days ago for failing to properly attribute his sources in a speech he gave a month ago to incoming freshmen." Hamilton rally supports Tobin President's resignation saddens many Thu, Oct 3, 2002 http://www.uticaod.com/archive/2002/10/03/news/6865.html |
| UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENT RESIGNS & LOSES DOCTORATE The SouthwestTexas State University, had a president some years ago whose dissertation was found to be plagiarized. He lost his doctorate and his job. |
| HISTORIAN - DORIS
KEARNS GOODWIN Doris Kearns Goodwin - Accused of Plagiarism http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/plagimp_files/frame.htm "Doris Kearns Goodwin, Liar: First She Plagiarized. Then She
Claimed It Wasn’t Plagiarism," by Timothy Noah at Slate.com 22 Jan.
2002 |
| HISTORIAN -
STEPHEN AMBROSE
Plagiarism allegations disturb teachers: Classroom debates
surround recent cases - CNN.com Quoted from a history professor at The University of Pennsylvania:
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| JOURNALIST - JAYSON
BLAIR
Shafer, Jack. "The Jayson Blair Project:How did
he bamboozle the New York
Times?" Jayson Blair was a young journalist of the New York Times who was caught both plagiarizing and making up informationfrom other newspapers - most notably in stories about Jessica Lynch and The Washington D.C. sniper killings. He was fired immediately. Slate journalist, Jack Shafer says:
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| JOURNALIST - STEPHEN
GLASS
Goldman, David. "Storyteller: Stephen Glass
makes fact from
fiction." This article reports the firing of Stephen Glass, associate editor of The New Republic who was caught making up his news stories. He cited non-existent sources and even posted a fake corporate website to back up one of his stories. An investigation uncovered many examples of fabricated stories throughout his career. |
| ALBERT FLORES -
WEATHERMAN FIRED " Longtime (San Antonio) weather icon Albert Flores has been yanked from his duties as on-air meterologist at KENS-5 'for the time being.' Flores was accused of plagiarism by Express-News, which until this weekend ran four columns per week penned by Flores." |
| JOURNALISTS LOSING
THEIR JOBS
Robertson, Lori. "Ethically Challenged."
American Journalism Review, March
2003. The above article quotes Fred Brown, Chairman of the Society of Professional Journalists who says,
It is easy to plagiarize - but it is just as easy to search. Sacramento Bee Executive Editor Rick Rodriguez says,
As the author of this article says,
Regarding Consequences, the article goes on to make these points:
EXAMPLES OF JOURNALISTS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS:
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CHICAGO SUN TIMES EDITOR
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NOVELIST JANET
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COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARIZING IN THE MUSIC WORLD
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