Internet Research

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Internet Research Plagiarism

• What Not to Cite in Your Essay

Ironic as it may seem, please copy all the
following info on internet research and
plagiarism into the writing process section of
your English notebook.
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Good Places to Start, but Not to Cite

• Wikipedia
• Other on-line encyclopedias such as Encarta, etc.
• Spark Notes or other summary guides
• Dictionary.com or other on-line dictionaries
• Plot summary websites
• Pinkmonkey.com and other term paper or essay
  websites
• Internet search descriptions

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Whats Plagiarism?

• When writers use material from other sources,
  they must acknowledge it. Not doing so is
  plagiarism, which means using without crediting
  and parenthetically citing the ideas,
  expressions, or words of another.
• (1) Plagiarism is using word for word, without
  acknowledgment, phrases, sentences, paragraphs,
  essays, etc., from the written material of
  others
• (2) Plagiarism is using with only slight changes
  the materials of another
• (3) Plagiarism is using the general plan, the
  main headings, or a rewritten form of someone
  else's material. This applies to the work of
  other students as well as to the published work
  of professional writers in print or on the
  internet.

This stuff was paraphrased from The Purdue
On-Line Writing Lab at owl.english.purdue.edu,
so, its not plagiarized!
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Consequences of Plagiarism

• Earning a zero on the assignment
• Parent or guardian notification
• Meeting with counselor and signing a contract
  admitting guilt regarding plagiarism
• Second violation results in immediate removal
  from the class with an F for the entire
  semester

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Internet Research Plagiarism

• What Not to Cite in Your Essay

Thats it. You copy?