Eng Sci 2211

Dan Sich

Allyn and Betty Taylor Library

Today we’ll talk about:

Plagiarism Paraphrasing Citing references Finding information sources

Plagiarism

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined as:“The act or an instance of copying or stealing another’s words or ideasand attributing them as one’s own.” (Garner, 1999, p.1170)

Garner, B. A. (Ed.). (1999). Black’s Law Dictionary (7th ed.). St. Paul, MN: West Group.

(When) Is this OK?1. Cutting and pasting from Wikipedia into your essay

2. Working on an individual (i.e. non-group) class assignment with a friend and paraphrasing each other’s work

3. Submitting an essay that you have used in the past for another course

4. Using an in-class lecture given by your professor

5. Paraphrasing a paragraph from a textbook and citing it

6. Using someone else’s argument you read on a blog

7. Using someone else’s images or diagrams in your paper

UWO Scholastic Discipline

Paraphrasing

Find the plagiarism & problems!

Excerpt from a (fictitious) paper “Barbarism and Civilisation in Robert E. Howard’s Conan” contains at least 3 instances plagiarism and lots of citation errors or omissions. Find them!

Barbarism and Civilization in Robert E. Howard’s Conan

by Dan E. Lectro

Conan (Howard 1967) is a book of short stories about a barbarian, Conan of Cimmeria. Conan is “…black-haired,

sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth,…”.

Robert E. Howard said of the development of the character Conan that “He simply stalked full grown out of

oblivion and set me at work recording the saga of his adventures.” (Finn 1999) 

Many of Robert E. Howard’s ideas relating to barbarism and civilization are due to his being a student of early

Texas history. He believed that “Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim

of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph.” (Howard) 

In one of the most celebrated Conan stories, The Tower of the Elephant, Conan joins up with Taurus of Nemedia

to steal the jewel of Yara. The story culminates in Conan slaying a withered, elephant-headed creature from

another planet, but he did it to be nice.

Works Cited

Howard, Robert E.  Conan. London:  Sphere, 1967. Print.

Finn, Mark. Blood & Thunder: The Life & Art of Robert E. Howard. Austin: MonkeyBrain Books, 2006. Print.

Conan (collection) http://conan.wikia.com/wiki/Conan_(collection)

Citing your referencesin the text: Why?

to show you are aware of past research to help support your arguments to be clear about your own intellectual

work to provide access to original sources to avoid plagiarism

Citing your referencesin the text: What?

Everything you quote directly “ ” Everything you paraphrase The sources for any:

processbackground materialnumbers or data tables or graphs

APA

Citing your referencesin the text: How?

APA: Author-Date system parenthetical references (Grant, 2002)

TITLE PAGE

INTRODUCTION

BODY (your arguments):

Characteristics of effective engineering design teams include … (Delson, 2001)

CONCLUSION

REFERENCE LIST:

Delson, N. J. (2001). Increasing team motivation in engineering design courses. International Journal of Engineering Education 17(4-5): 359-66.

Direct Quotations

If using the exact words of an author, and not paraphrasing, you must use a direct quote.

You must include the page number of the reference in the parenthesis e.g., (Grant, 2002, p.37)

Engineers should be cautious, since “owners in the U.S. are beginning to sue designers simply because their new building is using too much energy” (Parsons, 2007, p.45).

For each of the following items

What is it? How would you find it?

APA 1.

Fang, H.-Y., & Daniels, J. L. (2006). Introductory geotechnical engineering: An environmental perspective. New York: Taylor & Francis.

APA 2.Arnold, M., & Pearce, C. (2008). Is technology innocent:

Holding technologies to moral account. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 27(2), 44-50. Retrieved from http://journals2.scholarsportal.info

APA 3.

Environment Canada. (2008). Freshwater website: Water pollution (Controlling water pollution). Retrieved from http://www.ec.gc.ca/Water/en/manage/poll/e_contrl.htm

APA Style Manual

TAY desk 2HR BF76.7.A46 2010 > Research > Citing and Writing

>Style Guides > APA

Chicago/Turabian

Citing your referencesin the text: How?

Chicago Style or Turabian Endnotes – Bibliography system Use an endnote2 for citations in the text (in

the order cited) Use the bibliography to list alphabetically

all the references you consulted

Citations in your assignmentIn the text of your assignment:

In your Notes page (second-last section):

In your Bibliography page (at end of essay):

Characteristics of effective engineering design teams include … 3

3. N. J. Delson, “Increasing team motivation in engineering design courses,” International Journal of Engineering Education 17, no. 4-5 (2001): 359.

Delson, N. J. “Increasing team motivation in engineering design courses.” International Journal of Engineering Education 17 no. 4-5 (2001): 359-66.

For each of the following items

What is it?

Chicago/Turabian 1. Notes:

#. Firstname Lastname, “Title,” Title volume

(year): page number.

Bibliography:

Lastname, Firstname. “Title.” Title volume (year): page range.

Chicago/Turabian 2. Notes:

#. Firstname Lastname, Title, Date published, http://URL (accessed September 20, 2012).

Bibliography:

Lastname, Firstname. Title. Date published, http://URL (accessed September 20, 2012).

Chicago/Turabian 3. Notes:

#. Firstname Lastname, Title (Place of publication:

Publisher, Year), Page.

Bibliography:

Lastname, Firstname. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.

Chicago/Turabian Style Manuals

Taylor reference LB2369.T8 2007 Weldon reference Z253.C572 2003 > Research > Citing and Writing

>Style Guides > Chicago

Advice

Give yourself time Keep track of references as you go along Take good notes when writing Refer to the citation style manual (or an

online guide)

Info sources

Information sources

What will you use?

Finding sources

Books Journal articles Others?

Library catalogue

Journal article databases

Program Guide for Engineering Science

Getting more help

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