What every student should know about avoiding plagiarism Stern, Linda

By:

Stern, Linda

Publication details: Pearson Education 2009 New YorkDescription: vi, 74 pISBN:

9780321446893

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DDC classification:

808 S8W4

Summary: What Every Student Should Know About Avoiding Plagiarism teaches students to take plagiarism seriously and understand its consequences. Here, source usage methods–summary, paraphrase and quotation–are explained, with examples. The most common types of plagiarism are discussed, from simple mistakes such as forgetting to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words, or failing to acknowledge another’s thoughts and ideas, to wholesale fraudulence, such as purchasing student papers from online sites and claiming them as one’s own work. A brief essential guide to citing sources using both MLA and APA documentation styles is also included. Includes 2009 MLA and APA updates! Pearson's WESSKA series (What Every Student Should Know About...) is a collection of guidebooks targeting specific topics that are important across the college curriculum. WESSKAs are designed to provide students with key tools for success, while saving professors from constantly supplementing their lessons. All books in the WESSKA series are available for purchase separately, OR they may be packaged with most main texts from Pearson at no additional text. Consult your local Pearson representative for details. Table of content: Documentation¿The Key to Avoiding Unintentional Plagiarism Sources and Information That Need to Be Documented How to Use Material Gathered from Sources Loyalty to the Source Creating In-Text Citations Blending Quotations into a Paper Quoting Lines of Poetry Is It Plagiarism? Test Yourself on In-Text References Constructing a Works Cited or References List Is It Plagiarism? Test Yourself on MLA Entries Using and Documenting Illustrations Evaluating Electronic Sources Avoiding Plagiarism: Note-taking Tips Is It Plagiarism? Test Yourself on MLA Entries. (http://www.pearsonhighered.com/bookseller/product/What-Every-Student-Should-Know-About-Avoiding-Plagiarism/9780321446893.page)

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What Every Student Should Know About Avoiding Plagiarism teaches students to take plagiarism seriously and understand its consequences. Here, source usage methods–summary, paraphrase and quotation–are explained, with examples. The most common types of plagiarism are discussed, from simple mistakes such as forgetting to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words, or failing to acknowledge another’s thoughts and ideas, to wholesale fraudulence, such as purchasing student papers from online sites and claiming them as one’s own work. A brief essential guide to citing sources using both MLA and APA documentation styles is also included. Includes 2009 MLA and APA updates!
Pearson's WESSKA series (What Every Student Should Know About...) is a collection of guidebooks targeting specific topics that are important across the college curriculum. WESSKAs are designed to provide students with key tools for success, while saving professors from constantly supplementing their lessons. All books in the WESSKA series are available for purchase separately, OR they may be packaged with most main texts from Pearson at no additional text. Consult your local Pearson representative for details.

Table of content:
Documentation¿The Key to Avoiding Unintentional Plagiarism
Sources and Information That Need to Be Documented
How to Use Material Gathered from Sources
Loyalty to the Source
Creating In-Text Citations
Blending Quotations into a Paper
Quoting Lines of Poetry
Is It Plagiarism? Test Yourself on In-Text References
Constructing a Works Cited or References List
Is It Plagiarism? Test Yourself on MLA Entries
Using and Documenting Illustrations
Evaluating Electronic Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism: Note-taking Tips
Is It Plagiarism? Test Yourself on MLA Entries.
(http://www.pearsonhighered.com/bookseller/product/What-Every-Student-Should-Know-About-Avoiding-Plagiarism/9780321446893.page)

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