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IT Subject Guide: Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

Subject Guide for SISTC

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

This guide aims to provide students with a better understanding of responsible student conduct to help them navigate tricky academic integrity situations that may arise throughout their studies. This may help prevent breaches of academic integrity. 

 

Definition of plagiarism

Plagiarism is is a common problem, primarily among students.  This plagiarism quick guide offers an overview of what plagiarism is, what the consequences are and how plagiarisnm can be overcome.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines plagiarism as follows:

“To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own: to use (another’s production) without crediting the source”

  1. Many people think plagiarism is stealing someone else’s words, but it also means stealing someone else’s ideas. In other words, even if you paraphrase a text, the idea still needs to be cited.
  2. The phrase “without crediting the source” means that it’s okay to use the words and ideas of others, but you have to cite the source to avoid committing plagiarism.