Plagiarism is the inclusion of someone else's product, words, ideas, or
data as one's own work. When a student submits work for credit
that includes the product, words, ideas, or data of others, the
source must be acknowledged by the use of complete, accurate,
and specific references, such as footnotes .... By placing one's
name on work submitted for credit, the student certifies the originality
of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate acknowledgments.
On written assignments, if verbatim statements are included, the
statements must be enclosed by quotation marks or set off from
regular text as indented extracts.
A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if there is
an acknowledgment of indebtedness. Indebtedness must be acknowledged
whenever:
1. one quotes another person's actual words or replicates all
or part of another's product;
2. one uses another person's ideas, opinions, work, data, or theories,
even if they are completely paraphrased in one's own words;
3. one borrows facts, statistics, or other illustrative materials--unless the information is common knowledge.
Unauthorized collaboration with others on papers or projects can
inadvertently lead to a charge of plagiarism. If in doubt, consult
the instructor or seek assistance from the staff of Academic Learning Services (68 PLC, 346-3226). In addition, it is plagiarism to submit as
your own any academic exercise ... prepared totally or in part
by another. Plagiarism also includes submitting work in which
portions were substantially produced by someone acting as a tutor
or editor.
Be sure to investigate http://www.uoregon.edu/~stl/test/ for more details on plagiarism, academic integrity, fabrication,
cheating, academic misconduct, and what students can do to protect
themselves from being charged with academic dishonesty.