PLAGIARISM

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Plagiarism is simply taking the idea of someone in your writing without giving credit to the fellow. This is done with the intention of being the author without sending credit to the original author.

In a much simpler way, when someone plagiarizes, he takes the work of other content creators and pass them as his own creation

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM

Complete Plagiarism
Complete plagiarism is the most serious method of plagiarism. Here a researcher simply takes an original manuscript or research work that someone else generated and submits it under his/her name. It is equivalent to intelligent stealing and theft.
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Source-based Plagiarism
Plagiarism may also happen because of a variety of sources. For instance, when a researcher mentions a source that is not accurate or does not even exist, it is considered as misrepresentation of citation. Plagiarism also occurs when a researcher uses a secondary source of data or material, but merely quotes the primary source of information. Both these types lead to a rise in the number of references sources. This, consecutively, surges the citation number of the references.

Finally, data creation and misrepresentation are also forms of plagiarism. Data creation is the manufacturing of data and research findings, while data misrepresentation implicates altering or completely ignoring data to display an incorrect image. The costs of this type of plagiarism can be high, mainly in the field of medical research, because it can harmfully disturb vital scientific research.

Direct Plagiarism
This is the type where the suspect directly duplicates a segment or portion of an article or a book. They avoid using quotation marks or quote the source in any paper. This is an unethical and corrupt deed. Exact or verbatim plagiarism happens when an author directly reproduces the work of another author, in the same words, without the use of quotation marks or ascription, thus presenting it as his/her own original work. It is similar to complete plagiarism, but it mentions to only sections rather than all of another author’s paper. This type of plagiarism is considered untruthful and demands for strict academic penalizing actions. It is generally not normally used, but still is viewed as a grave breach of academic rules and integrities.

Self-plagiarism is when one submits his/her own old work, or blends parts of old works, without authority from the professors involved. An example is, it would not be acceptable to take in part of a term paper you wrote in high school into a paper allocated in a tertiary course .The seriousness of this style of violation is still under deliberation, it largely is subject to the copied material. However, many academic journals have firm standards and conditions on the percentage of author’s work that is reusable.

PARAPHRASING PLAGIARISM
This is a form of plagiarism that involves the implicates the usage of someone else’s content with some negligible modifications in the sentences and presenting it as one’s original work rephrasing of the work ideas of another person with acknowledgment that is by citing the source. Many people do so thinking is plagiarism free but which is not the case and for that matter it is not accepted and must be avoided completely .

Mosaic Plagiarism
This is commonly known as, ‘patch writing’This kind of plagiarism is a little bit complex and difficult to identify easily because it interlays phrases from researchers or text within its own research. This kind of plagiarism is treated to be dishonest and criminal

EFFECTS OF PLAGIARISM

1.Low grade points and bad credibility

2.It leads to bad reputation of your personality concerning your research works

3.It leads to ethical conflicts between researchers

4.It leads to suspicious works even if your content is original

HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM

1.Keep track of the sources you consult in your research.

2.Paraphrase or quote from your sources (and add your own ideas).

3.Credit the original author in an in-text citation and reference list.

4.Use a plagiarism checker before you submit your work
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CITATION

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Citation this is when tou alert redaers that part of tour isea for the work came from other sources .

TYPES OF CITATION STYLES USED
There are (3) major citation styles used in academic writing:

Modern Language Association (MLA)

American Psychological Association (APA)

Chicago, which supports two styles:

Notes and Bibliography
Author-Date
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EXAMPLE OF CITATION
General Format for Books

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstname. Title. Publisher, Year.

Two Authors citation

Burley, J., & Harris, J. (Eds.). (2002). A companion to genetics. Blackwell.

CONCLUSION

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