Plagiarism and how to avoid it

Plagiarism and how to avoid it • Academic integrity and writing • What is plagiarism? • Strategies to avoid plagiarism Academic integrity & writing Australian Code for the responsible conduct of research (Australian Government 2007) reports that: ‘Responsible research … will demonstrate …: – appropriate acknowledgement about the role of others in the research – responsible communication of research results …’ (p. 1.3) Section 4 Publications and dissemination of research findings, states that the researcher is responsible to ‘cite research publications accurately.’ (p. 4.6) Australian Government 2007, Australian Code for the responsible conduct of research, viewed 7 March 2008, . 4.6 Cite the work of other authors fully and accurately ‘Researchers must ensure that they cite other relevant work appropriately and accurately when disseminating research findings. Use of the work of other authors without acknowledgement is unethical.’ (p. 4.2) i.e. You MUST reference if you are: - quoting directly - paraphrasing i.e. take the idea and write it in your own words - summarising an idea. An example (dela Cerna 2007, p. 3) Quoting Child rearing practices in the home and care giving practices in non-parental care settings are central to this study. Child care workers have to take cognizance of culture-specific parental belief systems which influence ‘not only parental care giving behaviour but developmental processes as well’ (New, 1994:70). An example (dela Cerna 2007, p. 3) Paraphrasing Child rearing practices in the home and care giving practices in nonparental care settings are central to this study. Child care workers have to take cognizance of culture-specific parental belief systems which influence ‘not only parental care giving behaviour but developmental processes as well’ (New, 1994:70). Cultural norms have an influential input in the communication patterns, in the structuring of children’s play activities, in the children’s role at home, and in their ways of establishing peer relationships (Super & Harkness, 1997:8; Phillips, 1995:2; New, 1994:71; Cocking, 1994:394) … An example (dela Cerna 2007, p. 3) Summarising Child rearing practices in the home and care giving practices in non-parental care settings are central to this study. Child care workers have to take cognizance of culturespecific parental belief systems which influence ‘not only parental care giving behaviour but developmental processes as well’ (New, 1994:70). Cultural norms have an influential input in the communication patterns, in the structuring of children’s play activities, in the children’s role at home, and in their ways of establishing peer relationships (Super & Harkness, 1997:8; Phillips, 1995:2; New, 1994:71; Cocking, 1994:394) … … Doherty (1996) explained that positive outcomes of substitute care is associated with caregivers who understand children’s developmental needs and provide activities that support and enhance skills development. What is plagiarism? ‘Plagiarism is a specific form and serious act of academic misconduct. Plagiarism includes: • direct copying … without clearly indicating the origin • using very close paraphrasing … without due acknowledgment • use of another person's ideas, work or research data without acknowledgment • submitting work that has been written by someone else …’ (UniSA 2008) UniSA 2008, ‘Appendix 5: Academic integrity in research’ in Academic regulations for Higher Degrees by Research, viewed 11 March, . An example (anonymous, used with permission) Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector (DSDV) [62] and Global State Routing (GSR) [63] are two typical proactive routing protocols. Reactive routing protocols have been developed to decrease the control overhead and reserve the bandwidth. In reactive routing protocols, routing information is obtained only when needed. An example (anonymous, used with permission) Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector (DSDV) [62] and Global State Routing (GSR) [63] are two typical proactive routing protocols. Reactive routing protocols have been developed to decrease the control overhead and reserve the bandwidth. In reactive routing protocols, routing information is obtained only when needed. In the reactive routing, there are 45 two main phases, Route Discovery and Route Maintenance. When a source node needs to transmit packets to a destination to which it does not have a valid route, it broadcasts a Route Request (RREQ) to An example (anonymous, used with permission) Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector (DSDV) [62] and Global State Routing (GSR) [63] are two typical proactive routing protocols. Reactive routing protocols have been developed to decrease the control overhead and reserve the bandwidth. In reactive routing protocols, routing information is obtained only when needed. In the reactive routing, there are 45 two main phases, Route Discovery and Route Maintenance. When a source node needs to transmit packets to a destination to which it does not have a valid route, it broadcasts a Route Request (RREQ) to discover a route. After receiving the RREQ, the An example (anonymous, used with permission) Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector (DSDV) [62] and Global State Routing (GSR) [63] are two typical proactive routing protocols. Reactive routing protocols have been developed to decrease the control overhead and reserve the bandwidth. In reactive routing protocols, routing information is obtained only when needed. In the reactive routing, there are 45 two main phases, Route Discovery and Route Maintenance. When a source node needs to transmit packets to a destination to which it does not have a valid route, it broadcasts a Route Request (RREQ) to discover a route. After receiving the RREQ, the 7 destination or any node that knows a route towards the destination will send back a Route Reply (RREP) to the source node. Route Maintenance is responsible for detecting broken routes, deleting and updating routes. Reactive routing protocols are only activated on demand, so the routing overhead can be decreased significantly. Strategies for avoiding plagiarism 1 Attend the RESA sessions for necessary details 2 Become familiar with the Codes and policies online Academic Integrity in Higher Degrees by research http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/academicintegrity/research/default.asp Learning Connection/Doing a Research Degree/ Research writing/referencing and research ethics http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/student/research/ Referencing%20ethics.asp Learning Connection/Studying at UniSA/Academic Integrity http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/student/studying/integrity.asp 3 Try out text comparison software Turnitin http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/student/learningAdvisors/turnitin.asp