PLAGIARISM

What is Plagiarism?
Follow the above link to get definitions of plagiarism and related words from various web sources. Merriam-Webster's definition states, plagiarism is to "present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source."

The Consequences of Plagiarism
http://www.gananda.k12.ny.us/library/mshslibrary/plagexamples.htm
Real-life examples of plagiarism's consequences: a student's admission to Harvard gets rescinded; presidential hopeful Senator Joe Biden's campaign derailed by accusations of plagiarism; university presidents are forced to resign; journalists lose their credibility and jobs.

Avoiding Plagiarism
Purdue's Online Writing Lab has created a great webpage on plagiarism.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_plagiar.html

Are you a plagiarist? Take this self test.
http://ec.hku.hk/plagiarism/self_test.htm
A teacher, David Gardner, at the University of Hong Kong has created this excellent website, which includes a test to evaluate if you know how to avoid plagiarism. [Note: the use of the single quotation mark is British usage; American usage is to use the double quotation mark. Please ask if you've any questions about this.]

NPR story on Plagiarism
"Guest Host Melissa Block talks with Thomas Mallon, author of Stolen Words: Forays into the Origins and Ravages of Plagiarism, about the discovery of plagiarism by well-known authors such as Steven Ambrose, and research techniques which should help avoid the problem. (4:30)"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1136141

What is copyright?
What is Fair Use?
But I'm using it for "educational" purposes. Am I ok?
http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-b.html

HOW TO FIND ARTICLES WITH EBSCOHost

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1) Use good Keywords.

-Do background research by looking at general science texts, encyclopedias, and your text book. Ask your teacher for suggestions. Brainstorm.

2) EXPAND your search.

-Search for related words. Automatically AND seach terms.
-If you still aren't getting enough results, search within the full text of articles.

3) LIMIT your search.

-Choose only "Magazines" from your result page so as to get only those articles written for a general audience.

4) SORT your results by relevancy

5) Look at SUBJECT HEADINGS.

-Run another search using one or more subject headings by using the flag "DE". Combine subject headings with keywords for more precise searches.

A FEW GOOD SCIENCE PERIODICALS

Science News (available in the library and full text through EBSCOHost)

Chemmatters (available through the library and through the Science Dept on CD-ROM)

Discover (available in the library and full text through EBSCOHost)

Scientific American (available in the library and full text through EBSCOHost)

Popular Science (available in the library and full text through EBSCOHost)

New York Times’ Science Times (Available in the library)