Plagiarism is an instance of the act of plagiarising.
Read the University's regulations on
Plagiarism.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary (1995) defines plagiarise as:
- Take and use (the thoughts, writings, inventions etc, of another person) as one's
own.
- Pass off the thoughts etc, of (another person) as one's own.
Webster's II New College Dictionary (1995) defines plagiarise as:
- To steal and use (the ideas or writings of another) as one's own.
- To take passages or ideas from and use them as one's own.
Before you submit an assignment to Turnitin, you must
ensure that you have not plagiarised any text in your assignment. The best way
to do this is to know what plagiarism is, know how to cite and reference
correctly and how to paraphrase. There are many avenues for you to approach to
learn correct referencing techniques.
- Your first port of call is your lecturer, course coordinator and/or your tutor.
- Consult the University’s guidelines on
Conduct of coursework.
- The Student Learning Centre
(SLC) located in the Kate Edgar Information Commons has both hard copies and online
resources outlining correct referencing and offers various workshops on referencing.
Visit the website for the Student Learning Centre.
- For a definition of plagiarism and numerous self-help tips on correctly citing
and quoting work, paraphrasing and referencing, see plagiarism.org.
- You can find quality resources for correct referencing at
Referencite.
Visit the page for Turnitin
