Plagiarism is the copying of another author’s thoughts and ideas from his or her work with the intention of showing it as your own without giving the original author proper credit and due for his or her work. Normally plagiarising nowadays is done more commonly in the world of academics by students. Of course, it exists in a lot of other fields also such as business, arts and so many others but the field of academics is where it has been seen most commonly and where most cases are recorded. These students do it because it is a very convenient and ...
Plagiarism in colleges is increasing rapidly and this escalation is due to the usual problems: flourishing of internet websites and lack of effort by students. There are thousands of websites that offer term papers to buy, essays for sale and what not to promote plagiarism. With so much available who would want to carry out an extensive research as well as slog day and night? The computer is an accessory that is everyone’s priciest possession these days and so getting hold of these essays from the internet is so simple. Just log on to the desired ...
The real reason for the emergence of plagiarism has been the internet. When you get an academic assignment you go to the internet. When you have to write a term paper you do it from the internet. Even for getting info about the latest technology you browse the internet. It is not your fault as it is human nature to find the easiest way out. Even someone who does not have the knowledge of the internet can just type the keyword and get hundreds of articles on it. You have to honestly think that if you copy someone’s effort from the text and then ...
When one copies or steals another person’s thoughts and ideas without giving that person due credit with the intention of passing of these thoughts and ideas as his or her own, then this is known as plagiarising. Plagiarising has become a very common practice of late. Not only has this been noticed but the cases of plagiarising have also increased drastically in recent times. This has been attributed to a number of reasons but the main reason for it is given as the technological advancements that have occurred in the past few years. Out of these ...
Students are required to submit absolutely original and authentic assignments whenever they are assigned these. Extensive research is required to obtain the data and information to be used in these papers. Apart from this large amounts of editing and redrafting are required to obtain the final draft of the project. Students are instructed to not involve themselves in any form of plagiarism and to keep their work original and creative. Some students choose not to follow this instruction but a majority of them do. Sadly though, in spite of their best ...
The idea behind doing research papers is not understood by many students these days. The idea is to introduce students to the concept of hard work and patience, not of plagiarism. This is done by the fact that a lot of research is required in these assignments. Highly extensive and exhaustive research is required of all the various sources of information and all the different materials available to the students. Students have to go through lots and lots of sources to actually get some amount of relevant material. Apart from this the large numbers of ...
The dictionary defines the word plagiarize as “to steal or copy and then pass off another’s ideas as our own without giving any credit or making any reference to the original author”. Many a times it is also referred to as literary stealing or literary theft. This is the absolutely general meaning of plagiarism. However, most commonly this word is used in the world of academics. Here the word has a slightly more specific meaning which is to steal or copy another author’s thoughts or ideas with the purpose of passing them off as ...
Plagiarism is truly a very funny thing. Even though it is highly dishonest and unethical, students still indulge in it because of laziness, lack of time and under confidence. This is not expected of them at all. It is a highly punishable and serious offense that can lead to even expulsion, Because of its serious implications; students many times try to disguise it under words such as “inspiration” or “reference”. There are a number of types of plagiarising that are practised today and they are very varied in nature. To combat it, ...