Borrowing, stealing, using?

Did you happen to watch Studio 60 on Monday night?

It was a wonderful illustration of the seriousness of plagiarism. Lots of hollering, lawyers being called, jobs threatened…..
The ending was a superb example of the organization owning the copyright to work produced by an employee - Intellectual Property rights.

Plagiarism is serious business…. Here are a few sites that might help you avoid stealing others work:

Gananda Library, NY: Plagiarism is no big deal is it?
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/plagexamples.htm
This web site gives examples of what happens to those who steal another person’s work through plagiarizing.

Michael Harvey’s “The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing”
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/plagiarism.html
This web site offers you ways to take information and make it your own

And of course, in GALILEO there is the How do I...box with a link for citing a source. The tutorials have sections on citing sources, too.

The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.