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Library Workshop Series - Using Sources with Integrity: Welcome

Welcome

Welcome!

Plagiarism is a serious offense in academia, but citations are sometimes confusing, so students might not realize they are committing plagiarism. This guide will teach you to identify the types of plagiarism and also help you avoid plagiarism so you can use sources with integrity.


This guide is part of our Library Workshop Series.


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Workshop Information

Description

This 50-minute workshop will help you learn to spot different kinds of plagiarism, tell them apart, and avoid accidental plagiarism.

Student Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session, students will be able to:

  • Define plagiarism and identify different types of plagiarism
  • Understand the expectations and consequences of plagiarism at MCC
  • Develop strategies to avoid plagiarism
    • Practice scenarios on when and how to write direct quotes, summarize, paraphrase, and cite

Activities

Today's Schedule

Today's session is broken into several segments. During some segments, you will learn. During other segments, you will participate.

Part 1 (7 minutes)

Musical Plagiarism
  • Learn the basics of copyright
  • Answer discussion questions:
    • Why can't we just copy anything we want?
    • Do you think people should be allowed to copy items such as books, songs, and movies without paying for them? Why/why not?

  • Learn about a musical copyright case.


Part 2 (5 minutes)

Common Knowledge
  • Discuss the concept of common knowledge
  • Identify common knowledge from given examples

Part 3 (20 minutes)

Plagiarism Basics
  • Learn Types of Plagiarism
    • Exact Copies
    • Citation Failures
    • Patchworks
    • Source Problems
    • Self-plagiarism
  • Learn Styles of Plagiarism
    • Word-for-word plagiarism
    • Paraphrase plagiarism

Part 4 (10 minutes)

Activity
  • Split into groups of 2-3
  • Work together to identify possible plagiarism

Part 6 (5 minutes)

Review
  • Review answers to possible plagiarism
  • Questions

Part 5 (3 minutes)

Survey and Attendance
  • Complete a survey
  • Get credit for attending today

 

Acknowledgement

Texas Christian University Library's staff originated this workshop program and were kind enough to share it with the McLennan Community College Library. All materials in this class are either duplicates of materials originated by the staff of TCU Library, reinterpretations of such materials, or directly inspired by such materials.

We acknowledge and greatly appreciate the camaraderie and kindness the staff at TCU Library has shown by making their knowledge and materials available for use at MCC.