What is plagiarism?
What types of plagiarism exist?
What is copyright?
What published works are not copyrighted?
What is “Common Knowledge?”
What legal punishments can those who are convicted of plagiarism face?
Define “Fair Use.”
What is “Public Domain” and how is it used?
How do you know if something is in the public domain?
Indicate three ways you can cite a source in your work.
Give a two-sentence summary of how turnitin. com works.
What is your school’s policy on cheating/plagiarizing (check the Student Handbook)?
Name five things that must be cited or documented.
Name three things that do NOT need to be cited or documented.
Find three ways to keep track of your sources while taking notes.

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Plagiarism is taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

Types of plagiarism are direct plagiarism, self plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism, and accidental plagiarism.

Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of a creative work to reproduce the work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form.

Works consisting entirely of information that is commonly known and containing no original authorship are not protected by copyright. This could include calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, etc. U.S. Government Works.

Common knowledge is knowledge that is known by everyone or nearly everyone, usually with reference to the community in which the term is used.

Most cases of plagiarism are considered misdemeanors, punishable by fines of anywhere between $100 and $50,000 — and up to one year in jail. Plagiarism can also be considered a felony under certain state and federal laws.

Fair use is a doctrine in the law of the United States that permits limited use of copyrighted material without having to first acquire permission from the copyright holder.

The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. The term “public domain” refers to creative materials that are not protected by intellectual property laws such as copyright, trademark, or patent laws. The public owns these works, not an individual author or artist. Anyone can use a public domain work without obtaining permission, but no one can ever own it.

You can start by looking at the date. Anything made before 1923, no matter what, will be definitely in the public domain. ... Most times, it's impossible to determine whether something is in the public domain just by the date.

Three ways are summarize, paraphrase, and using quotations.

Turnitin is an originality checking and plagiarism prevention service that checks your writing for citation mistakes or inappropriate copying. When you submit your paper, Turnitin compares it to text in its massive database of student work, websites, books, articles, etc.

Cheating or plagiarism in any form is considered a serious violation of expected student behavior and may result in disciplinary action. ... All faculty and students are encouraged to review the following formal policy on cheating and plagiarism (including definitions, sanctions, and appeal procedures).

5 things that need to be cited are quotations, opinions, and predictions, whether directly quoted or paraphrased. Statistics derived by the original author. Visuals in the original. Another author's theories and case studies.

Things that don’t need to be cited are your words, your opinion, your photo, or your graph, of course, you don't need to cite it.

Send an article's citation information to your account with a citation management tool like EndNote. Download and save or print articles as you find them. Most databases have ways to send a list of articles to your email. Write down information about your sources as you find them.

Hope this helps!