Plagiarism

Plagiarism is an act of someone claiming the work of another person as a result of his own work without any notice of the use of the work to those who own the work. This is certainly not a pattern of ethical behaviour, especially in the academic world. The form of plagiarism or plagiarism on the work of others can be in the form of claims for ideas, ideas, works or patents. It is important for libraries as institutions that have the task of cementing the work of others to ensure that the disseminated work is not the work of plagiarism. This is also the responsibility of the library to prevent plagiarism from occurring. In addition, this is intended to appreciate an idea, the creator's originality idea. In addition, it is also important to do education for library users regarding acts of plagiarism. So from that we describe in general the form of plagiarism and how to prevent it.

Plagiarism is often connoted only as an ethical violation, not as an illegal act. For the legal community, acts against the law can be categorized into several types. In this context, the act against criminal law is the most relevant to be associated. For this reason, according to UUD 1945 No. 28 of 2014 concerning Copyright has clearly regulated it. According to this, copyright is the exclusive right of the creator that arises automatically based on the declarative principle after a work is manifested in a tangible form without reducing restrictions in accordance with the provisions of the legislation. Exclusive rights are rights reserved only for the creator or recipient of the copyright. If there are other people who want to take advantage of the creation, this person must get permission first from the creator or recipient of the copyright.

Forms of Plagiarism

There are two types of plagiarism. 1) Online plagiarism 2) auto plagiarism. Online plagiarism refers to the act of someone who claims someone's online work becomes his own work. Often online plagiarism is done by plagiarists who are conducting online searches through the internet. The reason for the frequent occurrence of plagiarism is the easy access to unlimited digital information on the internet, which is then not matched by awareness in conducting good academic writing by searchers. The second form of plagiarism is, auto-plagiarism, which refers to the actions of someone who claims someone's academic statement from various papers by not quoting where the idea or statement came from. However, all forms of plagiarism can be said to be forms of theft, borrowing, violations, piracy, and forgery.

Rules of Plagiarism

In the age of “cut and paste”, plagiarism runs rampant across all colleges and universities. And it is not because their peers do it less. Some studies suggest that they are more than twice as likely to be caught than their counterparts. How can all students avoid plagiarism? There are some rules you need to know :

1.      Know what plagiarism is
Plagiarism is passing off someone else’s written or spoken work or ideas and passing them off as your own.
Don’t do it.
Quoting and paraphrasing is not plagiarism, provided you cite your sources correctly.

2.      Cite properly
If you follow the document and formatting guidelines specified by your institution, you should be able to avoid plagiarism.

3.      More than two words taken from one text? Bring in quotation marks
When you quote a source, quote it exactly as it appears in the text you are quoting, following your institution’s citation guidelines.
A practiced scholar can paraphrase elegantly and effectively. It is not easy to do, but practice make pretty (close to) perfect. Keep at it and you will get there. And remember to cite paraphrased work!

4.      Common knowledge exemption
You don’t need to cite things that are considered common knowledge, like the days of the week, state capitals, or the phases of the moon. You do need to cite information that offers analyses on any these commonly known things if the analyses are not yours. Data on the phases of the moon for the last decade is not common knowledge.

5.      Self – plagiarism : it is a thing
Ever copy and paste something from and old paper into a new one? Yup. You have just self – plagiarized. You need to cite yourself. Your courses and your mind should be wide and varied enough that you do not need to copy and reproduce the same idea more than once.
New ideas. New research. Think for yourself. Cite when you don’t.