Union College takes violations of academic integrity seriously. Be sure to review your Student Handbook regarding academic integrity. The College's complete statement on Academic Integrity is contained in the Student Handbook
The following is extracted from it:
There is the expectation that students will present as their own work only that which they have done themselves. The College does not tolerate academic dishonesty, including plagiarizing (the act of representing someone else’s ideas as your own) and cheating by any means during a test, an examination or in any work intended to be done independently.
There are four types of plagiarism: Direct, Self, Mosaic, and Accidental. It's important to know the type of writing and citing mistakes that lead to these types of plagiarism in order to avoid it better.
Avoid Plagiarism by Citing Your Sources! Ideas in words, pictures, interviews, conversations, audio/video, etc. that were created by someone else and are presented by you in any format (written assignments, multimedia projects, PowerPoint presentations, etc.) need to be credited in your writing and on your references/works cited page. An exception would be “common knowledge,” meaning something that is known by most people.
Here are the three most common ways to properly and safely credit someone else's work:
Both Summarizing and Paraphrasing are techniques in which you are "saying the same thing" as the original text, but in your own words. Make sure you do not unintentionally copy the original author's style of writing; the writing should sound like you. Don't deviate from your usual vocabulary and sentence structure - sometimes this can subconsciously happen when you are rewriting someone else's words/ideas. Check between your writing and your source before finalizing a summary or paraphrase, to make sure you didn't unintentionally copy exact phrases (which would need to be put in quotes).
A narrative citation gives credit to your source within the body of your writing. You can use this type of citation if it is consistent with the flow of your sentence and makes sense to mention the author's name in the sentence you are writing.
Architect Peggy Deamer (2018) explains in her article, "(Un)Free Work", that Karl Marx believed that labor which is subjectively offered, also known as "concrete labor" corresponds to the concept of use value, whereas labor that is quantified and divided, or "abstract labor" corresponds to exchange value.
*If it makes sense within the sentence, you can credit the source's date narratively as well ("Architect Peggy Deamer explains in her 2018 article..."). In this instance, you do not have to include a the date in parenthesis.
Architect Peggy Deamer explains in her article, "(Un)Free Work", that Karl Marx believed that labor which is subjectively offered, also known as "concrete labor" corresponds to the concept of use value, whereas labor that is quantified and divided, or "abstract labor" corresponds to exchange value (19).
A parenthetical citation gives credit to your source in parenthesis, after the summary, paraphrase, or quotation from that source.
Karl Marx believed that the differences between concrete labor and abstract labor are that concrete labor corresponds to the concept of use value, while abstract labor corresponds to exchange value (Deamer, 2018).
Karl Marx believed that the differences between concrete labor and abstract labor are that concrete labor corresponds to the concept of use value, while abstract labor corresponds to exchange value (Deamer 19).
Peggy Deamer explains in her article, "(Un)Free Work", that "Karl Marx has made the point that ‘concrete labour’ (labour that is subjectively offered) is associated with use value while ‘abstract labour’ (that which is divided and quantified) is associated with exchange value" (Deamer, 2018, p. 19).
*when using a direct quote, page numbers are required in the in-text citation in APA format.
Peggy Deamer explains in her article, "(Un)Free Work", that "Karl Marx has made the point that ‘concrete labour’ (labour that is subjectively offered) is associated with use value while ‘abstract labour’ (that which is divided and quantified) is associated with exchange value" (Deamer 19).
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Citations:
Atherton, R. (2020). Should I cite this [Poster]. Purdue Online Writing Lab. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/ documents/20200617ShouldICiteChart.jpg
Deamer, P. (2018). (Un)Free Work: Architecture, Labour and Self‐Determination. Architectural Design, 88(3), 16–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.2296
Frick, T., Dagli, C., & Kwon, K. (2023, January 27). "Decision Table: Repeat until all parts of the student version are evaluated." Indiana University. https://plagiarism.iu.edu/hints.html
Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning. (n.d.). Warning: When you must cite. Yale.edu. https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/undergraduates/using-sources/understanding-and-avoiding-plagiarism/warning-when-you-must-cite#:~:text=ALWAYS%20CITE%2C%20in%20the%20following,is%20unique%20to%20the%20source