Plagiarism Statement

Also, please note that the new penalty scheme calls for MANDATORY notation to be put on student transcript, in case of deliberate plagiarism. (page B.49, UNB Calendar)UNB Calendar 2003-2004

From the UNB Calendar, Plagiarism includes:

1. quoting verbatim, or almost verbatim, from a source (such as copyrighted material, notes, letters, business entries, computer matierals, etc.) without acknowledgement;
2. adopting someone else's line of thought, argument, arrangement, or supporting evidence (such as, for examples, statistics, bibliographies, etc.) without indicating such dependence;
3. submitting someone else's work, in whatever form (film, workbook, artwork, computer materials, etc.) without acknowledgment;
4. knowingly representing as one's own work any idea of another.

NOTE: In courses which include group work, the instructor must define and warn against plagiarism in group work. Unless an act of plagiarism is identified clearly with an individual student or students, a penalty may be imposed on all members of the group.

Plagiarism Regulations (Graduate Calendar, p.6).
The attention of students is particularly directed to the fact that scholarly practice requires that all material derived from secondary sources, other than that which is common knowledge, must be acknowledged in each particular instance by a footnote or other appropriate reference. The mere citing of a work in a bibliography does not constitute adequate acknowledgement for specific instances of quotation or paraphrase. The presentation of material in any way which produces the impression that the material is the student’s own work rather than that imposed by someone else constitutes an act of plagiarism, for which severe academic penalties will be imposed.

Advice for avoiding plagiarism:

1. Acknowledgement of exact or almost exact quotes, with or without quotation marks, must have an in-line reference or footnote, not just a reference in a bibliography. Note that reports are expected to be largely in your own words. Anything that is not in your own words must be directly referenced.
2. Never copy words, pictures, tables, graphs, etc. without using quotation marks where required and in-line references in all cases.
3. Always paraphrase instead of using direct quotes when possible. It is important to learn to express ideas in your own words. BUT, when you paraphrase an idea or concept that is not common knowledge, you must reference your source directly in your text, or refer to the original author(s) in your paraphrased text. If you do not know what paraphrase means, ask.
4. When you include copied text from a book or Web site within a report, it is usually quite easy for the reader to notice a difference in writing style. Save yourself from the unpleasantness of being accused of copying by writing reports in your own words.
5. When in doubt, ask your instructor or supervisor for advice.

February 16, 2004