Types of Plagiarism
Common types of Plagiarism are:
- Direct Plagiarism: Occurs when the user copies work of another person,word to word without acknowledging the original author or quoting the text.
- Self-Plagiarism: Occurs when the author uses his original manuscript in more than one content without citing that it was used earlier as well.
- Mosaic Plagiarism: Occurs when the same sentence structure is used with synonym for the appropriate words of the sentence.
- Accidental Plagiarism:It happens when the user does not understand how to paraphrase,quote,and cite the reasearch properly.
Steps to Prevent Plagiarism
The simplest way to prevent plagiarism is the 'Citation' method.Acknowledging the original writer and the source from where the material has been taken is called Citation.It includes the following steps:
- Sources are not accurate,nor information is not accurate.So,one must specify source,which informs basis of one's ideas and extent of one's research.
- To avoid plagiarism,one should refer to several sources,understand the concept,and then pen down one's understanding of the topic.
- Use quotation marks around all the quoted words to avoid plagiarism.
- Even students refer resources for presenting their ideas,they should be made aware of methods of citation.
DIGITAL PROPERTY
Digital property refers to any digital information related to you or created by you.It may be stored online or in an electronic storage device like computer or moblie.
The Digital property includes:
- Copyrighted digital materials,registered trademarks and patents.
- Any digital content owned,invented,or authored by you.
- Internet accounts between users and the service provider.
- Any personal information stored on electronic devices.
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