The library informs that plagiarism is considered one of the most serious contraventions of scientific and academic activity. “Plagiarism is the appropriation of other people’s material without giving proper credit“ (The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity). It is the copying and presentation of information from another person’s work, without specifying links, with the intent of showing it as your work.
It is important not to avoid plagiarism but also to be aware of copyright requirements. You may use copyrighted material in your academic work, according to certain conditions and references to the work used. More about copyright.
The following are considered plagiarism:
- Presentation (copying) of another work as one's own (copying of another work, submission of a purchased work, presentation of another student's, friends, relatives work);
- Citation and paraphrasing without mentioning the original author;
- Citation without reference to sources or misrepresentation of references;
- Presentation of copied parts without paraphrasing in your work with references to sources. But without quotes indicating, that these are the thoughts of another author;
- Presentation the same job or a similar job (even your job) such submission is called self-plagiarism. Self-plagiarism is commonly described as recycling or reusing one’s own specific words from previously published texts. Avoid presenting your work that has already been evaluated. In specific cases, it is worth consulting with your supervisor.
Some tips on how to avoid plagiarism in your works:
- Quote correctly – quoting is the exact copying of another person's text;
- When quoting another person’s text literally, you must use quotation marks and provide a reference to the text being quoted;
- Paraphrasing someone else’s idea in your own words and provide a citation to the original source.
- Always provide references to the source of information, when mentioning others' ideas, methods or research results in your work;
- Store information about the sources of information used at work.
To avoid missing citations, make sure to insert citations while you are writing your paper. Familiarize yourself with the referencing style required by your institution and use it. All cited sources must be included in the bibliography, and all sources in the bibliography must be mentioned in the text.
We would like to remind you that VGTU University has installed the tool Turnitin. It is an originality checking and plagiarism prevention service that checks your writing for citation mistakes or inappropriate copying.
Students should refer to their supervisors if they want to check their work.
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