Avoiding Plagiarism by Citing Sources
Plagiarism can be intentional or unintentional. Most often
students unintentionally plagiarize a published source. It is
not enough to merely cite the reference that you are reading.
You must either place the information that you are using in
direct quotes or you must appropriately paraphrase the
material. For example if you were to try to paraphrase the
following quote:
"Detailed analyses revealed that with increased
age adults in this time management activity were less likely
to perform self-paced tasks and to attempt difficult
auditory discrimination judgements" (Salthouse,
Hambrick, Lukas, & Dell, 1996, p. 305).
It is possible that you might try the following paraphrase:
Analyses revealed that increased age adults in the
time management activity were less likely to perform
self-paced tasks.
This paraphrase attempt is incorrect, even
if you attach the appropriate citation. In other words, this
constitutes plagiarism! Instead you should try to summarize
the information in your own words. The following example is
more appropriate.
Researchers found that age inhibited willingness of
participants to initiate difficult tasks.
You will notice that this information has been summarized
and that this is a better example of a correct
paraphrase. It is important to realize that this paraphrase
must still be appropriately referenced.
More information from Dartmouth
Note: The above information is an excerpt
from the APSU
Psychology Research Guide created by Maureen McCarthy,
Associate Professor of Psychology; Lori Buchanan, User
Education Librarian; and DeAnne Luck, Electronic Resources
Librarian.
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