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Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism

What is plagiarism and how to avoid it

Defining Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the fraudulent misrepresentation of any part of another person's work as one's own.

Types of Plagiarism

The 10 most common types of plagiarism and are ranked in order of severity.

!0 Most Common types of plagiarism: clone, CTRL-C, Find Replace, Remix, Recycle, Hybrid, Mashup, 404 Error, Aggregator, Re-Tweet

 Source: Plagiarism.org. (n.d.). Types of plagiarism. From the video on TurnItIn (1:05) https://vimeo.com/110591525

  1. Clone: Submitting another's work, word-for-word, as one's own
  2. CTRL-C: Contains significant portions of text from a single source without alterations
  3. Find-Replace: Changing key words and phrases but retaining the essential content of the source
  4. Remix: Paraphrases from multiple sources, made to fit together.
  5. Recycle: Borrows generously from the writer's previous work without citation
  6. Hybrid: Combines perfectly cited sources with copied passages without citation
  7. Mashup: Mixes copied material from multiple sources
  8. 404 Error: Includes citations to non-existent or inaccurate information about sources
  9. Aggregator: Includes proper citation to sources but the paper contains almost no original work
  10. ReTweet: Includes proper citation, but relies too closely on the text's original wording and/or structure

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