plagiarism
What is plagiarism? Well, to use the TP definition, plagiarism is...
...the act of taking and using the whole or any part of another person's work and presenting it as your own without
.
Examples of a work include:
- text
- writings
- computer programs
- web pages
- on-line discussions
- videos
- music
- sound recordings
- images
- photographs
- technical drawings
- inventions
- research findings
- diagrams
- charts
- artwork or designs.
Plagiarism is a serious academic offence. Disciplinary action taken for students caught for plagiarism or for
plagiarism will depend on the
and includes failing the subject, suspension and removal from the course.
Feeling depressed after reading this?
Not to worry - to avoid plagiarism just use 
and a 
links
[i] A plagiarism video by our very own DES students.
[ii] More about plagiarism from the TP library website.
[iii] A plagiarism video from YouTube created by the University of Bergen (needs subtitles but it's worth watching!).
definitions
proper acknowledgement = citing the source in the correct way
abetting = helping someone else
severity = how serious it is
in text citation = citing your source in the middle of your text when you quote or paraphrase
reference list = alphabetical list of all the books, images, websites, magazines and/or newspapers used in your assignment