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Hajian: Civics Research Unit: Plagiarism

LSA Student Handbook: Academic Honesty

Academic Honesty:  "All assignments are expected to be the original work of each student. All forms of academic dishonesty will result in academic sanctions. More serious violations or repetitive incidents of cheating or plagiarism will result in academic sanctions and/or disciplinary action." (La Salle Student Handbook 2021-22). 

Types of Plagiarism

 Intentional Plagiarism Unintentional Plagiarism
–Copying a friend’s work
•Using minimal or careless paraphrasing
–Buying or borrowing papers
•Poor documentation/not including in-text citations
–Giving another student information or answers to complete an assignment
•Paraphrasing without in-text citations
–Cutting and pasting blocks of text from electronic sources without documenting

 Quoting excessively/failure to use your own "voice"
–Media “borrowing” without documentation
•Self-plagiarism

 

Mrs. Hajian's Plagiarism Video

Plagiarism Kahoot

How to Avoid Plagiarism

  • Whether you intentionally or unintentionally plagiarize, you can be punished.
     
  • Do not copy/turn in someone else's work as your own - even if you pay for it or they give you permission.  This is cheating and is wrong!
     
  • Both direct quotes AND paraphrases require in-text citations.  It's not YOUR information, so you need to give credit to the source.
     
  • Using media created by someone else (photos, video, music, images, diagrams, etc.) requires a citation.
     
  • You cannot self-plagiarize - turn in the same assignment twice.
     
  • Citations & Bibliographies/Works Cited pages should follow a specific format.  Your teacher will let you know which format to use.  Common format types include MLA, APA and Chicago.  At La Salle, you will almost always use MLA format.

 

Sample Paragraph with In-text Citations and Works Cited Page