FYS 100: First-year Seminar

What is plagiarism?

It is an attempt to pass off someone else's work as your own.

You are plagiarizing when you:

• Use someone else's text word for word without citation
• Use an image from the Internet as your own
• Paraphrase someone's written work without citing it
• Use a fact that is not common knowledge without citing it
• Borrow someone's else's idea without citing it
• Submit a paper you bought from someone
• Submit a paper written by your roommate
• Submit your paper from another class (Self-plagiarism)

Plagiarism is a violation of  the University of Maine Student Conduct Code. (Section III Violations)
See UMaine Policy on Academic Honesty

• You may be asked to rewrite your paper
• You may get a failing grade for your course
• You may be dismissed from college

*Teachers check for plagiarism by using Turnitin

You can avoid plagiarism:

• Start your research early
• Consult your teacher and a librarian for research assistance
• Cite your sources appropriately (APA, MLA, ...)

Plagiarism in the news

• Hungarian president resigns amid plagiarism scandal
• UCLA rejects 52 MBA applicants for plagiarism
• German minister accused of plagiarizing

Plagiarism Tutorial

• Acadia University Library's plagiarism tutorial (Vaughn Memorial Library)

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Created by: Joe Fernandez | Revised: 12/21/2012