Dr. A.

Gopala Krishna
Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University College of Engineering Kakinada

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada

Definition of Plagiarism
The word plagiarism comes
from the Latin plagiarus
meaning kidnapper

PoliticsNJ, The Pulblis Group, Hoboken, NJ.

http://www.politicsnj.com/plagerism090903.htm.

What is Plagiarism?

Stealing someone elses

intellectual property
or
ideas

in simple words words or

Who can Plagiarize?

With the advent of Internet
technology, Nobody except God

What are the effects

Plagiarism?
Deleterious to your Integrity
Endanger your Professional
life and Academic life
Some real life examples ..

Real Life Plagiarism Scandals

Doris Kearns
Goodwin, a Pulitzer
Prize winning
historian, was forced
to step down from
the Pulitzer board
after she was found
to have accidentally
used anothers words
in one of her books.
Hostetter, Janet. 6 Apr 2006. Associated Press
Images. 5 Aug 2008. <http://apimages.ap.org>

Kirpatrick, David D. Author Goodwin Resigns from Pulitzer

Board. New York Times. (1 June 2002.) 5 Aug. 2008.
<http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E7D71
43AF932A35755C0A9649C8B63>.

Real Life Plagiarism Scandals

After being accused
of rampant
plagiarism in her
work, tenured
professor Madonna
G. Constantine was
fired from her
position at Columbia
University.
Bondafeff, Dian. 10 Oct. 2007. Associated Press
Images. 5 Aug 2008. <http://apimages.ap.org>.

Santora, Marc. Columbia Professor in Noose Case Is

Fired on Plagiarism Charges. New York Times. (24 June
2008.) 5 Aug. 2008.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/nyregion/24columbia.
html?scp=1&sq=Madonna%20Constantine%20&st=cse>.

Plagiarism checking for the manuscript

If anybody is caught
copying someones work
submitting the same paper to other
journals or
fabricating data

IEEE puts the author on a banned

author list to prevent the author
from submitting to any IEEE publication
for a period of 1 year to lifetime and
retracts the papers.

Types
Intentional
Accidental
Either way, it is plagiarism.

How to avoid it
by citation.

Tutorials
Mr. K. Appa Rao, research scholar, has got
some portion from a webpage which is
available for free on Google search
engine.
IS IT PLAGIARISM?
YES? Or No?

Mr. K. Appa Rao, research scholar, has

copied some portion from Wikipedia.

IS IT PLAGIARISM?
YES? Or No?

Mr. K. Appa Rao, research scholar, has

purchased an article from a publisher and
copied some portion from that article.

IS IT PLAGIARISM?
YES? Or No?

Common facts do not require citation.

The participants have had a breakfast this
morning.

.The earth revolves round the sun.

IS IT PLAGIARISM?
YES? Or No?

Original Text: The lectures delivered in

the workshop are unique in its own right.
All the speakers
have tremendous
knowledge and a vast experience. More
importantly they have made their mark in
their research areas at the global level.
The speakers have not only enlightened
but also entertained the participants.
85% of the participants
have been
benefitted with the lectures and the
remaining have been benefitted by taking
a nap in the air conditioned seminar hall.

A.Gopala Krishna, Journal of Research

Methodology, May 2013, P 440

Some Examples
Mr.Appa
Rao
writes:
JNTUK
has
conducted a unique workshop for which
eminent speakers were invited. They have
a lot of experience and knowledge in their
fields.
They
have
enlightened
and
entertained the audience very much.
Many participants have benefitted a lot
and only 15% of the participants have
taken a nap in the sessions.

Is this plagiarism?

Yes

No

Some Examples

Mr.Appa Rao writes:

There is a need to conduct

the workshop on Research Methodology
to the
budding researchers in order to make them learn how
to publish papers in international journals. A workshop
on the above topic was recently conducted in JNTUK.
According to Krishna, the lectures delivered in the
workshop are unique in its own right. All the speakers
have tremendous knowledge and a vast experience.[8]
Such workshop will be very useful to the researchers. It
is said that only a few people of around 15% of the total
participants have taken a nap in the air conditioned
seminar hall. [8]

Is this plagiarism?

Yes

8. A.Gopala Krishna, Journal of Research

Methodology, May 2013, P 440

No

Some Examples
Paraphrase : Summarize in own words.
When the original content is lengthy, you
can describe it in your own words but the
source should be mentioned.

Some Examples
Can I copy my own work?

Yes

No

Anti-Plagiarism software
Turnitin probably the best

- uses largest database

Glatt Plagiarism
Integriguard
EVE

Software for checking

Grammatical errors

www.grammarly.com
www.gingersoftware.com/gram
mar
www.spellcheckplus.com/