FSR3 - Plagiarism

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IFM-GEOMAR Bibliothek, September 2010

Plagiarism
You are a student and you have to write a paper?
And you found very good articles which fit exactly into your own paper?
Why should you reinvent the wheel if you could just copy and paste?
You are a scientest and you want to make sure that nobody passes of your ideas, writings etc. as his own?
You might be wondering why all the worry about plagiarism?
You might be wondering why everybody insists on correct citation?
You don´t want to expelled from your university because you plagiarized?
So make sure you know about plagiarism!
Everything on the Internet is considered common knowledge - WRONG! Unless it is common knowledge, you must cite your source whether your source is found on the Internet or in print.
Make sure to always cite your source – and cite it correctly!
Find out if it is plagiarism – or not!
Find out if somebody copied your own writings and commited plagiarism.

Find out more in this handout.

And talk to your librarian!