Three acts of plagiarism:
1) Not citing a quotation or borrowed ideas
2) Not putting borrowed language in quotation marks
3) Not putting summaries and paraphrases in your own words
Examples
A) “Joe Blow was a happy man, who often walked down the road whistling and singing” (Scrivener, 2001, p.33).
B) Joe Blow was a happy man who often walked down the road whistling and singing (Scrivener, 2001, p.33).
C) According to Scrivener (2001), Joe had a pleasant personality and spread music wherever he went (p.33).
D) Joe Blow was a happy man who often strolled down the road singing and whistling.
Bibliography
Scrivener, J. (2003). Joe Blow: his life and times. New York: Random House.
These examples are taken from:
Lipson, C. (2004). Doing honest work in college. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
