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The Culture of Plagiarism in the American University

Thus , they end up producing s in which the references are poorly cited or the content is a photocopy ' of a web page (University of Alberta Libraries n . pag

Although students may have superior research skills and is familiar with the citation styles that are in use nowadays , pressures from family and competition for scholarships and jobs often force them to look the other way . Personal expectations , as well as those coming from family members can immensely pressure students to maintain high grade point averages regardless of whether or not they

learned anything . Grades , after all are all that matter when one is applying for a scholarship , a job , or admission into graduate school . This belief ends up being used as a justification for plagiarism - students plagiarize because they need high marks (University of Alberta Libraries n . pag

Lastly , many students perceive online information as public knowledge Given the easily accessibility of online information , they assume that everyone is familiar with everything that is posted on the Internet . But what they do not realize is that Internet resources must be properly referenced . Information that is found online is the intellectual property of its creator (University of Alberta Libraries n . pag Students must therefore acknowledge the fact that the information that they obtained online is not their own by correctly citing Internet resources

It would be fair to say that plagiarism is a form of stealing , as well as of cheating . When a student plagiarizes , he or she is stealing ideas from other people . At the same time , he or she is pretending to be knowledgeable in his or her field of study when in fact he or she is not . In the end , it is the college or the university that suffers the worst effects of plagiarism - these academic establishments...

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