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Using SourcesBergen Community College 2005

1 Avoiding Plagiarism and Using QuotationsBergen Community College 20052

PLAGIARISM IS AN ACT OF FRAUD! IT INVOLVES STEALING SOMEONES WORDS AND LYING ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS

Definition of PlagiarismBergen Community College 20053According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary,to plagiarize means: To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as ones own. To use (anothers production) without crediting the source. To commit literary theft. To present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source .

In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves stealing someone elses work, whether intentional or not.http://plagiarism.org/research_site/e_what_is_plagiarism.htmlPlagiarism LinksBergen Community College 20054Purdue OWL Information on Avoiding Plagiarism (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_plagiar.html)Prentice Halls Guide to Understanding Plagiarism (http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_understand_plagiarism_1/0,6622,427064-,00.html)

Phew! Here are some sites I can look at.Plagiarism LinksBergen Community College 20055Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It (http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml)

Refer to the Bryant & Stratton APA Guide.

Phew! Here are some sites I can look at.Bergen Community College 20056

Now lets see if I can tell the difference between a good citation and an inadequate one!Refer to handout: Plagiarism: Yes or No?Three Steps toUsing QuotationsBergen Community College 20057IntroduceCiteAnalyzeBergen Community College 20058What does introducing, citing, and analyzing look like?

Example of How to Introduce, Cite, and AnalyzeBergen Community College 20059Dr. Levine specifically describes how television violence can influence young teens who are in the process of separating from their families and forging their own identities. One of the skills that adolescents must acquire to be successful is impulse control. They need practice and positive role models as they develop their cognitive skills and moral values. The ideal context for identity formation is a supportive and respectful family (Levine 169). If teens rebel against over-involved families or lack supportive families, they may turn to television, receiving misinformation and negative role models. Without adequate corrections to the view of life presented by television, impulsive teens may take as their scripts programs that suggest aggression is the way to deal with conflict situations. AnalyzeCiteIntroduce9Signal words used to introduce summaries, quotes and paraphrases:AcknowledgesCommentsDescribesInsistsRespondsAddsComparesDisputesMaintainsRevealsAdmitsConcludesEmphasizesNotesSaysAgreesConcedesEndorsesObservesShowsArguesConfirmsFindsPoints outSuggestsAssertsConsidersEndorsesPredictsThinksBelieves ContendsGrantsRefutesWarnsClaimsDeclaresIllustrates ReportsWritesDeniesImpliesBergen Community College 200510ExamplesBergen Community College 200511Andrea Martinez concluded that most research studies show positive, though weak, relations between exposure to television violence and aggressive behavior (qtd. in Research).Levine describes more specifically how television violence can influence young teens, who are in the process of separating from their families and forging their own identities.Huesmann and Eron state A program called Cease Fire warned Phrases used to introduce summaries, quotes and paraphrases:Bergen Community College 200512Levine argues that television violence. . .Levine points out that . . .Levine emphasizes that " . . .Levine interprets ___ as . . .Levine describes ___ as . . .According to Levine, . . .In Levine's words, " . . .In Levine's view, " . . . Bergen Community College 200513 How long should my quotation be?

Short vs. Long QuotationsBergen Community College 200514 Andrea Martinez, a researcher at the University of Ottawa, who did a comprehensive review of scientific literature on the effects of television violence in 1994 concluded that most research studies show a positive, though weak, relation between exposure to television violence and aggressive behavior" (qtd. in Research). Block Indent (Hit Tab twice) Levine quotes Erons speech to the U.S. Senate

Committee on Governmental Affairs:

There can no longer be any doubt that heavy

exposure to televised violence is one of the causes

of aggressive behavior, crime and violence in

Society.The effect is not limited to children who

are already disposed to being aggressive and is not

restricted to this country. (10)

Indeed, Levine describes several horrifying incidents of

imitative violence: the first describes two adolescentsA quotation is considered long if it is more than four lines.Notice difference in period placement between short and long quotations.Direct Quotation vs. Indirect Quotation (Paraphrase)Bergen Community College 200515If teens rebel against over-involved families or lack supportive families, they may turn to television, receiving misinformation and negative role models since television fail [s] to provide adolescents with experiences that would help develop their thinking and aid their sense of coming into a reasonable world (Levine 189).Direct QuotationNo one would dispute the fact that youth violence is a serious problem. In the United States as well as the world, the majority of violent acts are committed by males between fifteen and thirty (Knight et. al. 279).

Indirect Quotation

Hmm Even indirect quotations need to be cited!