Plagiarism/Citation assignment

Here is the plagiarism/citation assignment, parts 1 through 4:

Part 1
Put yourself in your professor's shoes. Sometimes students hand in work that just doesn't look like student writing! Your job for the next three questions is to find out whether all or part of these examples were cut and pasted from a website. If so, paste the url of the website that was plagiarized below the writing sample. If not, just write "not plagiarized."

Note: you can google an exact phrase by putting it in " " (quotation marks) in the search box.

1. Student writes:
"Athough electronic health records can save health professionals time and cut hospital costs, implementing these systems will be a challenge. Many hospitals cannot afford them, and physician resistance and the lack of universal standards are also reasons cited by hospitals for not instituting these systems. President Obama’s economic stimulus package, which includes 19 billion for e-health records, might be enough to overcome the barriers to adopting these technologies”
I actually found two places that that used the phrase “physician resistance and the lack of universal standards are also reasons cited by hospitals” and refer to the same article. I am sure there could be more since it is originally from a news article that is reprinted and referenced. The two I found are listed below:
http://www.womenshealth.gov/News/english/625431.htm
http://news.health.com/2009/03/26/few-hospitals-embracing-electronic-health-record-systems/


2. Student writes:
"The controversial issue of global warming has troubled society for many years now. Although some believe that it is a hoax, others view global warming as the greatest challenge of our time. While global warming is a complex issue that some have used to manipulate consumers, it must be taken seriously as the bulk of scientific evidence points to the reality of this phenomenon, which can dramatically alter our climate.”
Not plagiarized? I thought this had bits that certainly could have been. But I didn’t find them anywhere else, despite my efforts.


3. Student writes:
“Twitter, a so-called micro-blogging service has taken off over the past year. Users may post messages about their status, their moods, their location and other tidbits on Twitter. Most popular among young adults, Twitter has also been used by savvy marketers to inform users about products, and even by journalists who use it as a quick method of sharing story coverage.”
http://www.twine.com/item/120wgjtrx-c5/pew-internet-twitter-and-status-updating




Part 2

Use the APA Citation Guidelines to put all the elements of the scrambled citations in the right place and make correct APA style citations.


4. Avoiding plagiarism. Retrieved January 13, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database. 28(3), 439-446. Burkill, S., & Abbey, C. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. (2004).

What kind of citation is this? An article citation.

4. Should look like:
(New paragraph start flush with margin)
Burkill, S., & Abbey, C. (2004). Avoiding Plagiarism. Journal of Geography in
(indent)Higher Education, 28(3), 439-446. Retrieved January 13, 2008, from
(indent)Academic Search Premier database.

5. (2006). My stroke of insight: A Brain scientist’s personal journey. Taylor, J.B.
New York: Viking.

What kind of citation is this? Book citation.

5. Should look like:
(New paragraph start flush with margin)
Taylor, J.B. (2006). My stroke of insight: A Brain scientist’s personal journey.
(indent) New York: Viking.


6. Retrieved March 27, 2009 from http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ngv.htm How
natural-gas vehicles work. (n.d.). Harris, W.

What kind of citation is this? Webpage citation.


6. Should look like:
(New paragraph start flush with margin)
Harris, W. (n.d.). How natural-gas vehicles work. Retrieved March 27, 2009
(indent) from http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ngv.htm .


7. Logan, UT: College Reading Association. (pp. 51-54). In M.B. Sampson, P.E. Linder, F. Falk-Ross, M. Foote, & S. Szabo (Eds.), (2007). Stroud, B. Multiple Literacies in the 21st Century Writing about African Americans, their communities, and their quilts.

What kind of citation is this? An edited collection or reference book citation.

7. Should look like:
(New paragraph start flush with margin)
Stroud, B. (2007). Multiple Literacies in the 21st Century Writing about
(indent)African Americans, their communities, and their quilts. In M.B.
(indent) Sampson, P.E. Linder, F. Falk-Ross, M. Foote, & S. Szabo (Eds.),
(indent) (pp. 51-54). Logan, UT: College Reading Association.



Part 3

Read the paragraphs below. Bold or italicize the sentences that are NOT common knowledge and therefore need a citation. Insert the in-text citation using the information you’ll find in the reference list entry for each paragraph.

8. Global warming is the increase in the Earth’s temperature as the result of greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere. Because of global warming, the average temperature of the Earth could rise as much as 8 degrees, causing sea levels to rise up to 23 inches over this century (Zakaria, 2007). I believe that we all have a responsibility to help prevent global warming. A recent report suggests that just by using more efficient appliances, we can have a significant impact on carbon emissions that affect global warming (Zakaria, 2007).

Zakaria, F. (2007, February 19). Global warming: Get used to it. Newsweek, 149(8), 43. Retrieved December 20, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.

9. It’s no secret that the American population is getting fatter, in spite of our cultural obsession with fitness. Public health officials have expressed concern that the obesity “epidemic” is striking Americans of all ages, from very young children to older adults, and are looking to community groups to conduct outreach with at-risk groups (Turner, 2007). Through such efforts we can only hope for a healthier future.

Turner, T. (2007). Organizations present options to fight obesity. New York Amsterdam News, 98(52), 27-36. Retrieved December 20, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.

10. Cancer is certainly a terrible disease, and researchers are hard at work attempting to find treatments and cures. However, it can be difficult for patients to figure out what is a legitimate treatment and what is the modern-day equivalent of snake oil, and it can be a source of stress to already burdened patients figuring out what is real medicine. Lowering the levels of copper in the body, eating a specialized organic, vegetarian, macrobiotic diet, and an Irish light therapy are just the kinds of experimental treatments that may have patients and their families scratching their heads (Tomorrow’s Cancer Cures, 2007).

Tomorrow’s cancer cures. Prevention, 55(3), 60. Retrieved December 20, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.



Part 4

Practice paraphrasing the following passages. Remember, it is not enough to rearrange the sentence a little and change a few words here and there. Starting from scratch, restate the idea with a completely different sentence structure and completely different words. Don’t forget your citation!

11. To ensure that the students use high-quality information when writing a term paper, professors might require students to find credentials for the authors of Web sites they cite. Figuring out who authored Web content, their backgrounds, motivations, or points of view may constitute a good lesson in critical thinking in itself. Teaching students how to critique the quality of Web sites and evaluate the quality and accuracy of information will help them in their post-academic futures.
Embleton, K., & Helfer, D. S. (2007, June). The plague of plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Searcher 15(6), 23-26.
11. Paraphrase:
Teachers will usually assign their students the task of researching the sources sited in their papers. In doing so, the students learn useful skills in evaluating the reliability, credibility, and even biases in the sources they choose to use (Embleton & Helfer, 2007).


12. Scientists have been searching for the cause of Alzheimer's disease for more than 100 years, and during that time, theories about why brain cells are destroyed in the course of the illness have come and gone. One of the newer and more unorthodox theories posits that Alzheimer's may actually be a form of diabetes. Some experts have even taken to calling the brain disease type 3 diabetes, as distinct from the insulin-dependent (type 1) and adult-onset (type 2) varieties of the condition.
Arnst, C. (2007, December 17). Is Alzheimer’s a form of diabetes? Business Week 4063, 54-55. Retrieved January 14, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
12. Paraphrase:
Various theories about the cause of Alzheimer’s disease have been suggested and later discarded over the years as research into the disease’s origins continues. Currently, researchers believe that there is a strong correlation between Alzheimer’s and diabetes. Some even refer to it as “type 3 diabetes” (Arnst, 2007).


13. According to Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws, the regulations that govern private pensions did not contemplate the influx of women into the labor market and therefore are not suited to the way modern women live. "Because women live longer than men, they are more likely to suffer the defects of our retirement systems," asserts co-author Kim Strassel. "Because the laws governing private pensions weren't designed for the modern woman, many have little retirement security. If reforms are not made soon, a growing number of women will be denied their 'golden years.'"
Outdated laws hurt women. (2006, August). USA Today Magazine, 135(2735), 9-10. Retrieved January 14, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
13. Paraphrase:
Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws suggests that the original plans created for retirement are ill-suited to fit the needs of women. Because these programs were started and enacted before many women are a large part of the labor force, their future lifestyles and requirements were inevitably not properly considered or planned for. Unfortunately women’s longevity tends to exceed that of their male counterparts, making women more likely to be hurt by these oversights (Outdated Laws Hurt Women, 206).