Types of Plagarisim

• The Ghost Writer


  The writer turns in another's work, word-for-word, as his or her own
• The Photocopy


  The writer copies significant portions of text straight from a single source, without alteration
• The Potluck Paper


  The writer tries to disguise plagiarism by copying from several different sources, tweaking the sentences to make them fit together while retaining most of the original phrasing
• The Poor Disguise


  Although the writer has retained the essential content of the source, he or she has altered the paper's appearance slightly by changing key
• The Labor of Laziness


  The writer takes the time to paraphrase most of the paper from other sources and make it all fit together, instead of spending the same effort on original work
• The Self-Stealer


  The writer "borrows" generously from his or her previous work, violating policies concerning the expectation of originality adopted by most academic institutions
• The Forgotten Footnote


  The writer mentions an author's name for a source, but neglects to include specific information on the location of the material referenced. This often masks other forms of plagiarism by obscuring source locations
• The Misinformer


  The writer provides inaccurate information about the sources, making it impossible to find them
• The Too-Perfect Paraphrase


  The writer properly cites a source, but neglects to put in quotation marks text that has been copied word-for-word, or close to it. Although attributing the basic ideas to the source, the writer is falsely claiming original presentation and interpretation of the information
• The Resourceful Citer


  The writer properly cites all sources, paraphrasing and using quotations appropriately. The catch? The paper contains almost no original work! It is sometimes difficult to spot this form of plagiarism because it looks like any other well-researched document
• The Perfect Crime


  Well, we all know it doesn't exist. In this case, the writer properly quotes and cites sources in some places, but goes on to paraphrase other arguments from those sources without citation. This way, the writer tries to pass off the paraphrased material as his or her own analysis of the cited material