Plagiarism

Plagiarism can be defined as practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. Before coming to ITB I attended two previous colleges so I had an idea of what plagiarism was. What I didn't know was how important it was though.

ITB takes plagiarism very seriously. If I was too hand up assignments from previous colleges I am sure that most of it would not be acceptable and would be very plagiarised.

The point of referencing your work is to give the author you are referencing credit for his/her work.


 Bibliography or a reference list should be provided at the end of each assignment to show where you have sourced your information and a way of tracing your work. I feel it not only helps the lecturers but it also helps me for when I go over my assignments and know where I got my information.


Plagiarism can occur when people

• Fail to distinguish between their own ideas and those of others and
• lose track of their sources they have taken down

What tends to help me is when I am doing an assignment is to open a second word account and every time your you is source is too take it down straight away so you do not lose track of them. I hope this can be of use to those facing plagiarism for the first time.