Honest work, good name protected
Plagiarism is using someone else's sentences or ideas as your own and is a form of intellectual theft. Thus, we MUST AVOID plagiarism!
Core principles
What is plagiarism?
It can range from deliberate cheating to accidental copying without naming the source. So whenever you use someone else's words or ideas, you must know where they came from.
Copying someone else's work
Taking sentences, images, code, or data and claiming them as your own work.
Forgetting to credit the source
Copying from notes without marking them as quotations, or paraphrasing too closely to the original text.
Taking ideas without credit
Someone else's idea still belongs to its originator even when rewritten in your own words.
How do we avoid it?
There are many ways to avoid plagiarism, including the following four steps.
- Understand good paraphrasingRewrite with your own structure and words once you truly understand the meaning, and still credit the source.
- Cite your sources carefullyUse quotation marks for exact sentences and write citations and a reference list in the format being used.
- Be 100% careful when taking notesRecord the source with every note so you never forget where it came from.
- Use a plagiarism-check toolCheck your writing with a checker before handing it to your supervisor.
Visual summary
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A note on similarity limits
The similarity limit that applies is set by the university and faculty. General sources cite a range of 20 to 35 percent for final projects, and we have not found Telkom University's official figure. Ask your supervisor or the program admin for the latest limit.
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