Plagiarism Guide - Swinburne University of Technology

Example 3a: PlagiarismYou use published material in your assignments but you do not cite the original source.For example:There is now strong evidence that smoking cigarettes is linked to baldness inyoung women.ORSmoking has been linked to baldness in young women.ORThe link between smoking and baldness in young women has supporting evidence.Note that even when you put material into your own words, if you have used someoneelse’s idea(s) or work – as in some of the examples above – you must provide areference to the original source of the ideas. The example above is plagiarism becausethere is no indication of the source of the information. See the instructions later inthis guide for more advice on how to correctly attribute the ideas or material inyour assignments.Example 3b: Not PlagiarismYou use published material, perhaps even from one or more sources from the web, butyou acknowledge that you have done so by showing where each and every significantidea that is not your own came from.Example 3b: PlagiarismYou use published material but don’t always indicate exactly from where you got eachand every significant bit of material (both in the text and in the reference list).Check carefully in each Subject Outline for indications of the specific behavioursand practices that are considered to be plagiarism for each subject.A guide for students at Swinburne University of Technology ■ 11