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Instructors want students to find their own “voice” that is distinct from others (such as writers, scholars, researchers, artists etc.)
Plagiarism is "that which is represented as one’s own work and has been deliberately copied from any outside source, including other students’ work" (Bow Valley College, 2013, p. 26).
Figure 1: "2012: 10 Worst Plagiarism and Attribution Cases." by Sydney Smith, 2012, http://www.richardgjonesjr.com/blog/2013/1/7/worst-plagiarism-cases-of-2012.html.
A citation provides descriptive information about a source that allows the reader to retrieve it
An author refers to the "origin or originator of a written work, plan" or similar creation ("Authorship," 2000).
Three Ways to Integrate Sources
Author, Initials. (Date). Title (Italics). Location: Publisher.
"Copyright" literally means "the right to copy."
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (2014) states "only the copyright owner, often the creator of the work, is allowed to produce or reproduce the work or to permit anyone else to do so."
Matheson (2012) describes William Wallace, Joan of Arc and Leif Eriksson as "rebels of the Middle Ages" (p. 14).
When is citation required?
When is citation NOT required?
According to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (2014), IP are "legal rights that result from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary and artistic fields."
"common knowledge" =
References
Authorship. (2000). In Collins English dictionary. Retrieved from http: //credoreference.com
Billingsley, B. (2013). Evolution, not revolution: Canada's constitutional history and the Constitution Act, 1867. Law Now, 37(3), 8-12. Retrieved from http: //www.lawnow.org/
Bow Valley College (2013). Student handbook. Retrieved from http:// www.bowvalleycollege.ca
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (2014). A guide to copyright. Retrieved from http: //www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02281.html
Lam, H. S. (2008). The Zen in modern cosmology. Hackensack,N.J.: World Scientific.
http://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/apa-style
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/
http://www.apastyle.org/