Eng Sci 2211 Dan Sich Allyn and Betty Taylor Library
Dec 18, 2015
Eng Sci 2211
Dan Sich
Allyn and Betty Taylor Library
Today we’ll talk about:
Plagiarism Paraphrasing Citing references Finding information sources
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined as:“The act or an instance of copying or stealing another’s words or ideasand attributing them as one’s own.” (Garner, 1999, p.1170)
Garner, B. A. (Ed.). (1999). Black’s Law Dictionary (7th ed.). St. Paul, MN: West Group.
(When) Is this OK?1. Cutting and pasting from Wikipedia into your essay
2. Working on an individual (i.e. non-group) class assignment with a friend and paraphrasing each other’s work
3. Submitting an essay that you have used in the past for another course
4. Using an in-class lecture given by your professor
5. Paraphrasing a paragraph from a textbook and citing it
6. Using someone else’s argument you read on a blog
7. Using someone else’s images or diagrams in your paper
UWO Scholastic Discipline
Paraphrasing
Find the plagiarism & problems!
Excerpt from a (fictitious) paper “Barbarism and Civilisation in Robert E. Howard’s Conan” contains at least 3 instances plagiarism and lots of citation errors or omissions. Find them!
Barbarism and Civilization in Robert E. Howard’s Conan
by Dan E. Lectro
Conan (Howard 1967) is a book of short stories about a barbarian, Conan of Cimmeria. Conan is “…black-haired,
sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth,…”.
Robert E. Howard said of the development of the character Conan that “He simply stalked full grown out of
oblivion and set me at work recording the saga of his adventures.” (Finn 1999)
Many of Robert E. Howard’s ideas relating to barbarism and civilization are due to his being a student of early
Texas history. He believed that “Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim
of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph.” (Howard)
In one of the most celebrated Conan stories, The Tower of the Elephant, Conan joins up with Taurus of Nemedia
to steal the jewel of Yara. The story culminates in Conan slaying a withered, elephant-headed creature from
another planet, but he did it to be nice.
Works Cited
Howard, Robert E. Conan. London: Sphere, 1967. Print.
Finn, Mark. Blood & Thunder: The Life & Art of Robert E. Howard. Austin: MonkeyBrain Books, 2006. Print.
Conan (collection) http://conan.wikia.com/wiki/Conan_(collection)
Citing your referencesin the text: Why?
to show you are aware of past research to help support your arguments to be clear about your own intellectual
work to provide access to original sources to avoid plagiarism
Citing your referencesin the text: What?
Everything you quote directly “ ” Everything you paraphrase The sources for any:
processbackground materialnumbers or data tables or graphs
APA
Citing your referencesin the text: How?
APA: Author-Date system parenthetical references (Grant, 2002)
TITLE PAGE
INTRODUCTION
BODY (your arguments):
Characteristics of effective engineering design teams include … (Delson, 2001)
CONCLUSION
REFERENCE LIST:
Delson, N. J. (2001). Increasing team motivation in engineering design courses. International Journal of Engineering Education 17(4-5): 359-66.
Direct Quotations
If using the exact words of an author, and not paraphrasing, you must use a direct quote.
You must include the page number of the reference in the parenthesis e.g., (Grant, 2002, p.37)
Engineers should be cautious, since “owners in the U.S. are beginning to sue designers simply because their new building is using too much energy” (Parsons, 2007, p.45).
For each of the following items
What is it? How would you find it?
APA 1.
Fang, H.-Y., & Daniels, J. L. (2006). Introductory geotechnical engineering: An environmental perspective. New York: Taylor & Francis.
APA 2.Arnold, M., & Pearce, C. (2008). Is technology innocent:
Holding technologies to moral account. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 27(2), 44-50. Retrieved from http://journals2.scholarsportal.info
APA 3.
Environment Canada. (2008). Freshwater website: Water pollution (Controlling water pollution). Retrieved from http://www.ec.gc.ca/Water/en/manage/poll/e_contrl.htm
APA Style Manual
TAY desk 2HR BF76.7.A46 2010 > Research > Citing and Writing
>Style Guides > APA
Chicago/Turabian
Citing your referencesin the text: How?
Chicago Style or Turabian Endnotes – Bibliography system Use an endnote2 for citations in the text (in
the order cited) Use the bibliography to list alphabetically
all the references you consulted
Citations in your assignmentIn the text of your assignment:
In your Notes page (second-last section):
In your Bibliography page (at end of essay):
Characteristics of effective engineering design teams include … 3
3. N. J. Delson, “Increasing team motivation in engineering design courses,” International Journal of Engineering Education 17, no. 4-5 (2001): 359.
Delson, N. J. “Increasing team motivation in engineering design courses.” International Journal of Engineering Education 17 no. 4-5 (2001): 359-66.
For each of the following items
What is it?
Chicago/Turabian 1. Notes:
#. Firstname Lastname, “Title,” Title volume
(year): page number.
Bibliography:
Lastname, Firstname. “Title.” Title volume (year): page range.
Chicago/Turabian 2. Notes:
#. Firstname Lastname, Title, Date published, http://URL (accessed September 20, 2012).
Bibliography:
Lastname, Firstname. Title. Date published, http://URL (accessed September 20, 2012).
Chicago/Turabian 3. Notes:
#. Firstname Lastname, Title (Place of publication:
Publisher, Year), Page.
Bibliography:
Lastname, Firstname. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.
Chicago/Turabian Style Manuals
Taylor reference LB2369.T8 2007 Weldon reference Z253.C572 2003 > Research > Citing and Writing
>Style Guides > Chicago
Advice
Give yourself time Keep track of references as you go along Take good notes when writing Refer to the citation style manual (or an
online guide)
Info sources
Information sources
What will you use?
Finding sources
Books Journal articles Others?
Library catalogue
Journal article databases
Program Guide for Engineering Science
Getting more help
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