Scottsdale Community College English Department's

    SCC English Department Policy on Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of using another person's ideas or words
(phrases,sentences,paragraphs,or essays) and presenting them as
one's own. Even when one paraphrases or summarizes an author's
materials, he or she must still give credit to the source.

Any one of the following constitutes plagiarism:

Taking a paragraph from another source and enlarging on it to
effect an essay, without properly indicating the source

Presenting an idea or language which is not original and not properly indicating 
the source (published or unpublished material)

Buying and/or downloading a professionally (or student) prepared paper and
turning it in as one's own

Having another student write one's paper for him or her

Directly quoting material and omitting the quotation marks with or without including
the source of the material

When paraphrasing a writer's sentence, not changing the majority of the words
from the original source and/or not changing the structure of the sentence, even though a
parenthetical citation follows

How to avoid Plagiarism:  (Also see The Plagiarism Checklist)

One good idea is to enclose in quotation marks any phrase
of three words or more taken directly from another source and
to document it, as in the following example taken from your text:
 

"While writing your rough draft, meticulously check each
note card against your text. Be certain that you
have not used phrasing from a source without quoting it
and that you have cited the source of  all borrowed material,
whether it is a quotation, paraphrase or a
summary" (Coyle 146).

Be sure to consult your textbooks or your instructor if you are
unsure about proper documentation procedures.

Eng 101, See A writer's Resource, 2nd ed, pp. 259-68

Eng 102, See Research Papers, 14th Ed., chapter 5
 

Penalty:

Since all students on the college level, especially in
ENG. 101 and ENG. 102, are supposed to have reading and
comprehension skills adequate for understanding the above
definition and examples (and for fulfilling the requirements
for these courses), most SCC instructors believe that plagiarism
is intolerable; consequently,they will quite often fail the student
and withdraw him or her from the class. The instructor has the
right to send a letter to the Dean of Students informing him or her of
this action.

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