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Copyright, Plagiarism & Referencing LibGuide
What is Copyright? Copyright is a form of Intellectual Property, "applicable to any expressed representation of a creative work"
Copyright Myths & FAQ The TOP 10 Myths of Copyright:
Creative Commons Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.
Academic Integrity & Ethics "Academic integrity is the moral code or ethical policy of academia. This includes values such as avoidance of cheating or plagiarism; maintenance of academic standards; honesty and rigor in research and academic publishing"
Academic Misconduct Academic dishonesty or academic misconduct is any type of cheating that occurs in relation to a formal academic exercise. It can include:
Turnitin @UJ Turnitin is an Internet-based plagiarism-prevention service used by UJ. Turnitin helps educators evaluate student work and provide great feedback to improve student learning.
UJ Plagiarism Policy This Policy covers plagiarism by students pursuing studies for any programme of the University (subsidised and non-subsidised, undergraduate and postgraduate) across all campuses of the University by any faculty, department or other structure.
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism Checker Available Free Plagiarism Checkers/Detectors
Copyright vs Plagiarism
Plagiarism Prevention for Students & Academics
Paraphrasing A restatement of a text or passage in other words.
Citations: In-text
Citations: References
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Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism?

Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense:

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarise" means:

to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
to use (another's production) without crediting the source
to commit literary theft
to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward. (Source)