{"id":1887,"date":"2010-02-08T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T20:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2010-02-08T15:41:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T20:41:46","slug":"how-to-avoid-plagiarizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2010\/02\/08\/how-to-avoid-plagiarizing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to avoid plagiarizing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plagiarism, as defined on the University of Akron Office of General Counsel web page, \u201cis the <strong>intentional or unintentional<\/strong> use of the words or ideas of another without acknowledging their source.\u201d<sup>1 <\/sup><em>(emphasis added)<\/em> Deliberate and accidental plagiarism are treated the same by the University and the School of Law.\u00a0 The University places the responsibility on the students to know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most students know to cite the source when they directly quote from another work, but did you know that the following are also examples of plagiarizing?\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Substituting synonyms for words used from another work without acknowledging the source.\u00a0 This is called \u201cWord Switch Plagiarism.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Rearranging \u00a0words, phrases, or sentences without properly citing the work.\u00a0 This is another example of \u201cWord Switch Plagiarism.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Summarizing or paraphrasing from another work without properly citing the source. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Paraphrasing in a way to change the author\u2019s meaning of the passage used.<\/li>\n<li>Using the same organizational structure as another source without properly acknowledging the source.\u00a0 This is called \u201cOrganization Plagiarism.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Using another\u2019s creative idea or solution to a problem without acknowledging the source.\u00a0\u00a0 This is called \u201cIdea Plagiarism.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Law students caught plagiarizing will be violating the Law School\u2019s Student Disciplinary Code and will be subject to proceedings under the Code.<sup>2 <\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0The consequences can be severe and may include dismissal from the University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The General Rule to follow to avoid plagiarizing is \u201cwhen in doubt, cite the source.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 Use the links below to familiarize yourself with plagiarism and how to avoid it.\u00a0 Always remember, if you have a question about what to cite in your research, ask the instructor of your course or ask a law librarian.\u00a0\u00a0 It is so easy to ask for help and avoid plagiarism.<\/p>\n<p>For a quick review on plagiarism, try this short CALI lesson called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cali.org\/lesson\/1119\">Plagiarism &#8211; Keeping Out of Trouble<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/><strong>Other Resources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 The University of Akron Office of General Counsel \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/ogc\/PreventiveLaw\/plagiarism.php\" target=\"_blank\">Guidelines for avoiding plagiarism &#8211; The University of Akron Office of General Counsel<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">.<\/span>\u00a0 \u201cUnder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/ogc\/docs\/41-02f.pdf\">University Rule 3359-41-02<\/a>, plagiarism constitutes a type of student misconduct that is punishable by formal disciplinary probation, suspension, or dismissal from the University.\u00a0 It is the responsibility of all University of Akron students to know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/law\/students\/studentservices\/studenthandbook.dot\">Law Student Handbook<\/a>.\u00a0 Click on the handbook for your year of admission and then go to the Student Disciplinary Code section.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a03.\u00a0 Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/law\/students\/studentservices\/docs\/GWR_Packet.pdf\">General Writing Requirements (GWR)<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/law\/students\/studentservices\/docs\/ISR_Packet.pdf\">Individual Studies &amp; Research (ISR)<\/a> instructions carefully.\u00a0 These documents have instructions on avoiding plagiarism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 CALI Lesson: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cali.org\/lesson\/1119\">Plagiarism &#8211; Keeping Out of Trouble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This lesson will explain what constitutes plagiarism, how to avoid plagiarizing, and will offer opportunities for students to test their understanding of plagiarism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plagiarism, as defined on the University of Akron Office of General Counsel web page, \u201cis the intentional or unintentional use of the words or ideas of another without acknowledging their source.\u201d1 (emphasis added) Deliberate and accidental plagiarism are treated the same by the University and the School of Law.\u00a0 The University places the responsibility on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2010\/02\/08\/how-to-avoid-plagiarizing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to avoid plagiarizing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":935,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-law-library"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/935"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1887"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1893,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}