...........................Step #5 a & b --WRITE/TYPE SUPPORT INFORMATION
To complete this step, you will need your:
1) bibliography............................2) topic or sentence outline
1. Day, Doris. Plagiarism. New York:
2. Gregor, M. "Plagiarism Plagues
3. Mallon, Robert. "Plagiarism." Encyclopedia
4. Plagiarism. BBC.
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Topic Outline I. Introduction
II. Rise in the concept of plagiarism
III. Modern cases of plagiarism
IV. Reasons for Plagiarism
V. Conclusion, restate thesis state (in different words) |
and 3) all your sources:
copy of encyclopedia and magazine article(s), books, printed out internet resources, etc.
Your goal is to find supporting material for your topics in your topic outline.
Step 1: Highlight or check off all topics (on your topic outline) for which you need support information (see above example).
Step 2: SEARCH your sources for material to support your topics
Step 3: When you find something, document the information on CARDS or on a COMPUTER DOCUMENT*
For example:
2., p.17....IV.A. "And Peter Shaw,...says...the plagiarist compares most to the kleptomaniac, 'both in his evident wish to be detected and in the circumstances that what is stolen may not be needed...'" |
Bibliography #, Page # ** Write note here--quote, paraphrase, or summarize... |
* 1. Be sure to have 1 to 2 support cards per highlighted topic; avoid getting 5 cards for 1 topic and only 1 card for another topic!
** 2. You may write only 1 card from 1 source, and 4 or 5 cards from another source, depending on the amount of information found in your sources.