True or False
If I use the information I find in another resource (such as in a book or on a website) in a school report, I only have to cite my source if the teacher tells me to.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE
You should always cite information you use from another resource.
What is the purpose of copyright?
Copyright protects the intellectual property (or ideas) of other people.
What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is using someone else's work as my own and not giving the original authors credit for their ideas, writing, art, etc.
What is citation?
Citation is when you credit the original author after quoting or paraphrasing their work.
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Pictures and images I find on Google do not need to be cited.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE.
Many of the pictures and images you find on Google are subject to copyright and must be properly cited when used by others.
TRUE or FALSE
Copyright only protects the work of people who are at least 18 years old.
FALSE
Copyright protects the original and tangible works of all artists, even if they are still children or teenagers.
I am researching penguins and found a great article about the animal on Pebblego.com. I copied a sentence I found on one of the pages and used it in my paper. I forgot to list the author's name.
Did I plagiarize?
Yes!
Even though it was an accident, it was still plagiarism, and you can get in trouble. You always have to cite information you borrow from others.
What is intellectual property?
Intellectual property is an original idea (or ideas) created by a person.
There is more than one way to properly cite a source and create a reference page. It is important to ask my teacher which one I should use for my class.
TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE
There are several citation formats used by different academic fields. For example, people studying science might use the APA format, historians may use the Chicago style, and students writing about literature and books will likely use the MLA format.
I found a great book about volcanoes to use for my research project. The book has three authors listed on the cover! I need to include every author in my citation, even though it will make my citation much longer.
TRUE or FALSE
TRUE.
If a book, article, website, photograph, or other source of information has more than one creator, you need to list ALL of the creators in the citation.
How can copyright violations hurt the original creators of a work?
The original creators of works may lose income when their work is illegally copied by others.
This can affect their ability to take care of themselves and their families. The financial burden may also prevent them from being able to make new work.
What does paraphrase mean?
Paraphrasing means to put the ideas I am using from another resource, such as a book or article, into my OWN words.
Where do you keep all of the citations you have created for your report or project?
You will need to list all of your citations in alphabetical order on a Reference Page or Bibliography that is usually placed at the end of your work.
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Every piece of information I include in my report or essay must be properly cited.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE.
Information that is commonly known to the public does not usually need to be cited.
Example: George Washington was the first president of the United States.
What do you need to do to make sure my work is protected by copyright?
If you have a creative or original idea, you need to make sure it is TANGIBLE to others. In other words, can it be seen, heard, read, touched, etc.? If you make your original idea tangible, it is AUTOMATICALLY copyrighted.
How can I avoid plagiarism if I paraphrase information I find in another resource?
You will need to use an in-text citation at the end of the sentence to give credit to the original author of the idea.
How can you avoid plagiarism in the MLA style of citation if you paraphrase information found in another resource?
You will need to use an in-text citation at the end of the sentence.
If I copy a sentence word-for-word from a book or article, what do I need to do to avoid plagiarism?
You must use quotation marks around the sentence you copied, along with an in-text citation.