{"id":179,"date":"2018-01-10T20:44:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T20:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csueng100101fall2023\/chapter\/csu-plagiarism-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T20:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:29:41","slug":"csu-plagiarism-policy","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csueng100101fall2023\/chapter\/csu-plagiarism-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"11.5 Plagiarism Policy"},"content":{"raw":"Plagiarism is something that many people understand to be a bad thing, but few people truly understand. Plagiarism can be intentional (such as copying and pasting large chunks of a website into your paper), or it can be unintentional (such as a weak paraphrase or a lack of reference to authors or sources). But plagiarism is plagiarism, whether it is intentional or not, and it is a serious offense in academic writing.\r\n\r\nIt can be helpful to understand what plagiarism is if you seek to avoid plagiarizing in your own papers.\r\n<h3>Video: 10 Types of Plagiarism<\/h3>\r\nThis video offers a thorough explanation of how one might plagiarize if he or she is not carefully integrating sources into an essay.\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EF5eFeJMplA[\/embed]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EF5eFeJMplA\" style=\"color: #800000\">\u201c10 Types of Plagiarism\u201d<\/a> <\/span>by\u00a0 WriteCheckVideos\r\n\r\nFollowing the guidelines for the ethical use of source materials in your papers can help you to avoid plagiarism in your work. Plagiarism is a serious offense and colleges take instances of plagiarism very seriously.\r\n\r\nIf you are struggling to figure out how to cite a source or how to integrate it into your work while giving your author(s) proper credit, you can\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>ask for your instructor<\/li>\r\n \t<li>visit the <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csuohio.edu\/writing-center\/writing-center\" style=\"color: #800000\">Writing Center\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li>set up a meeting with a<span style=\"color: #800000\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/askalibrarian.csuohio.edu\/\" style=\"color: #800000\">university librarian\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nEach school has a plagiarism policy that both defines what plagiarism is and outlines the consequences that will arise in the event that a student is caught plagiarizing.\r\n\r\nHere is the Cleveland State University policy:\u00a0[pdf-embedder url=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csu-fyw-rhetoric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/Cleveland-State-University-policy-on-academic-misconduct-1.pdf\" title=\"Cleveland State University policy on academic misconduct\"]\r\n\r\nThe following interactive activity uses H5P. 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But plagiarism is plagiarism, whether it is intentional or not, and it is a serious offense in academic writing.<\/p>\n<p>It can be helpful to understand what plagiarism is if you seek to avoid plagiarizing in your own papers.<\/p>\n<h3>Video: 10 Types of Plagiarism<\/h3>\n<p>This video offers a thorough explanation of how one might plagiarize if he or she is not carefully integrating sources into an essay.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"10 Types of Plagiarism\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EF5eFeJMplA?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EF5eFeJMplA\" style=\"color: #800000\">\u201c10 Types of Plagiarism\u201d<\/a> <\/span>by\u00a0 WriteCheckVideos<\/p>\n<p>Following the guidelines for the ethical use of source materials in your papers can help you to avoid plagiarism in your work. Plagiarism is a serious offense and colleges take instances of plagiarism very seriously.<\/p>\n<p>If you are struggling to figure out how to cite a source or how to integrate it into your work while giving your author(s) proper credit, you can<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ask for your instructor<\/li>\n<li>visit the <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csuohio.edu\/writing-center\/writing-center\" style=\"color: #800000\">Writing Center\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>set up a meeting with a<span style=\"color: #800000\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/askalibrarian.csuohio.edu\/\" style=\"color: #800000\">university librarian\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each school has a plagiarism policy that both defines what plagiarism is and outlines the consequences that will arise in the event that a student is caught plagiarizing.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Cleveland State University policy:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csu-fyw-rhetoric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/Cleveland-State-University-policy-on-academic-misconduct-1.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Cleveland State University policy on academic misconduct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following interactive activity uses H5P. 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