Plagiarism: Don’t Do It!
An interactive guide to
understanding and avoiding
plagiarism
What’s this all about? What’s
the big deal?
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This presentation is designed to
provide the most basic information
about avoiding plagiarism.
It might not necessarily help you write
a great research paper.
But it will assist you in presenting your
research sources accurately.
PLAGIARISM:
CSB/SJU Policy States that
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Plagiarism is the act of appropriating and using the
ideas, writings, or work of another person as one's
own without giving credit to the person who created
the work.
Plagiarism may result from:
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an act of willful dishonesty intended to
deceive the audience.
or from careless, ignorant, or
inadequate citations, it still disrespects
the work of its original author or
creator.
Either way it is still PLAGIARISM!
Consequences of Plagiarism:
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For first-time offenders the price of
plagiarism varies with the severity of
the theft from…
Correction of the assignment to
Failure of the assignment to
Failure of the course!
Repeat Plagiarists
Repeat offenders face the possibility of
 Suspension (removal from school for the
semester with the possibility of
returning)
 Expulsion (removal from school without
the possibility of return)
Be Aware!
In all cases determined to be
plagiarism, a closed file will be placed
in the office of the Academic Dean.
BE INFORMED!
KNOW THE ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT POLICY!
Avoiding Plagiarism: Citations
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Citations let your reader know that you are
using someone else’s ideas or words.
Proper citation is an important tool to avoid
plagiarism.
The Library maintains a site to help you cite:
http://www.csbsju.edu/Libraries/Library-SiteIndex/Citing-Sources.htm
The Writing Center’s tutors can help you cite
correctly.
When in doubt: Cite!
Style--Style---STYLE ---Style
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There are many styles or formats of
citation available which are often
discipline-specific.
Your professor will probably suggest or
require a specific style guide to use in
this class.
Citations will vary depending
on citation style:
Let’s look at some examples
of how to use citations
Our source is:
(2011) “social media” A Dictionary of Media and
Communication. First Edition by Daniel Chandler
and Rod Munday. Oxford University Press Inc.
Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University
Press. College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's
University. 17 January 2012
http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html
?subview=Main&entry=t326.e2539
Our definition is:
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social media A broad category or genre of
communications media which occasion or enable social
interaction among groups of people, whether they are
known to each other or strangers, localized in the same
place or geographically dispersed. It included new media
such as newsgroups, MMOGs, and social networking
sites. Such media can be though of metaphorically as
virtual meeting places which function to occasion the
exchange of media content among users who are both
producers and consumers. Social media have also
become adopted as a significant marketing tool.
Our text might be:
While the definition of social media is a slippery work in
progress, the best recent attempt may be in the Oxford
University Press 2011 A Dictionary of Media and
Communication:
A broad category or genre of communications media
which occasion or enable social interaction among groups
of people, whether they are known to each other or
strangers, localized in the same place or geographically
dispersed.... Social media have also become adopted as
a significant marketing tool. (Social Media)
Different style require
different citation formats.
MLA Format
Works Cited
“Social Media.” A Dictionary of Media and
Communication. New York: Oxford University
Press, 2011. Oxford Reference Online.
Web. 18 January 2012.
APA Format
References
Social media. (2011) In D. Chandler and R. Munday
(Eds.), A Dictionary of media and communication.
Retrieved from http://www.oxfordreference.com
Chicago Format
Bibliography
Daniel Chandler and Rod Munday. A Dictionary of
Media and Communication. (New York: Oxford
University Press, 2011) s.v. “Social Media.”
http://www.oxfordreference.com.
In addition to the bibliography format,
Chicago style has several variations. If
you are to use this style, your instructor
will give you the instructions you need.
The next source is:
A survey of social media use, motivation and
leadership among public relations practitioners.
By Kaye D. Sweetser and Tom Kelleher
Public Relations Review
Vol. 37, Issue 4
November 2011
Pages 425-428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2011.08.010
The text of the conclusion we want to
paraphrase is:
The data from this study clearly show that motivation matters. Leaders in
public relations should be cognizant of motivation when trying to cultivate their
subordinates. A keen awareness of what is motivating someone with regard to
using social media will provide leaders with better tools for helping grow future
leaders. Given the importance of internal motivation, it may make just as much
sense to look for a social media enthusiast to practice public relations as it does
to try to “convert” a non-motivated public relations person to handle an
organization's social media efforts.
In finding and developing a social media strategist it is important to
acknowledge the role of motivation. Within our sample, internal motivation
correlated positively with Twitter rank, grade, and percentile. In general, those
who were more successful were more internally motivated.
A Paraphrase:
In their survey of social media use in public relations
Sweetser and Kelleher conclude that the organizational
leader without personal motivation leads by a) recognizing
that fact, and b) identifying and cultivating the enthusiasm
of a subordinate for those activities. In such cases,
effective leadership is not about using social media, but
motivating and rewarding those that do so effectively (427428).
The next source is:
Listening to See: The Key to Virtual Leadership.
By Karlene M. Kerfoot
Nursing Economics
Vol. 28 Issue 2
Mar/Apr 2010
Pages 114-116
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db
=aph&AN=49802812&site=ehost-live
The text is:
In vibrant communities, divergent thinking and a sense
of belonging to a larger community as well as the local
group creates excitement. This creates a rhythm that is
based on a shared vision, regular teleconferences, Web
site activity, and knowledge sharing. Social media such as
blogging, Twitter, instant messaging, wikis, smart phones,
and organizational and individual Facebook technologies
help create this sense of aliveness and connectedness in
virtual groups. (p.115)
A Summary:
One thing most everyone agrees on about
social media is that, at its best, it is about
creating community. Whereas Sweetser and
Kelleher wrote about using it to connect with
those outside the organization, Karlene Kerfoot’s
essay in Nursing Economics explains how
important social media can be for internal
management of a virtual organization (115).
The next source is:
Daunting Realities of Leading Complicated by the New
Media: Wounding and Community College Presidents
By Patricia Maslin-Ostrowski, Deborah L. Floyd, Michael
R. Hrabak.
Community College Journal of Research & Practice
Vol. 35 Issue 1/2
January 2011
Pages 29-42
The text is:
Community college presidential leadership is more
taxing than ever; leaders face unprecedented economic
declines, increased expectations, and the immediacy of
media reporting. The smallest of rumors can escalate into
campaigns for good or ill within minutes via the Internet,
social media (such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook) and
electronic news. . . .The leader stories reveal how the
daunting realities of leading can be complicated in the
digital era. . . .
Transition sentence to new
section:
However, despite the general enthusiasm in
articles like Kerfoot’s, the short history of social
media is fraught with stories of mistakes and
disasters.
Summary with quotations:
One interesting recent analysis consists of interviews with four
community college presidents asking them to describe how a crisis of
leadership played out in relation to new media. Their stories tell of
being blindsided by misinformation, personal attacks, loss of authority,
and shock or outrage at their inability to constrain or correct the
former. The authors observe that social media is changing the rules
of the public relations game. One of the anonymous presidents
interviewed was quoted as saying “You can’t control the story. The
story has legs . . . snowballs.’’ She lamented how the Internet had
‘‘picked up’’ the story, and that ‘‘the blogs were heating up fast and
furious, Associated Press and CNN. . . A story never dies if it’s on the
Internet . . . What occurred in the past does not get to be bygones.’
(Maslin-Ostrowski 39)
Different style require
different citation formats.
MLA Format:
Works Cited
Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia, Deborah L. Floyd, and Michael
R. Hrabak. "Daunting Realities Of Leading
Complicated By The New Media: Wounding And
Community College Presidents." Community College
Journal of Research & Practice 35.1/2 (2011): 29-42.
Academic Search Premier. Web. 19 Jan. 2012.
APA Format:
References
Maslin-Ostrowski, P., Floyd, D. L., & Hrabak, M. R. (2011).
Daunting Realities of Leading Complicated by the New
Media: Wounding and Community College Presidents.
Community College Journal of Research & Practice,
35(1/2), 29-42. doi:10.1080/10668926.2010.526050
Chicago Format:
Bibliography
Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia, Deborah L. Floyd, and Michael
R. Hrabak. "Daunting Realities of Leading Complicated
by the New Media: Wounding and Community College
Presidents." Community College Journal of Research &
Practice 35, no. 1/2 (January 2011): 29-42. Academic
Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed January 19,
2012).
Still need help?
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Talk to your faculty
Visit the Writing Center (available on
each campus)
Ask a Reference Librarian
Ask – don’t guess –don’t plagiarize!