Ending Plagiarism

Plagiarism is submitting work as your own that is someone else's. Copying material from a source without acknowledging that the work or idea is some else's and not your own is plagiarism. If you use someone else's ideas, even if you paraphrase the wording, appropriate credit must be given. [1]

In the three examples below the passage that follows is used to illustrate typical forms of plagiarism. The passage is from page 891 of the textbook, America's History.

Many of these new workers in the service economy were women: twice as many women were at work in 1960 as in 1940. Because of the structural needs of the economy, there was a demand for workers in fields traditionally filled by women, such as clerical work, a predominantly female field that expanded as rapidly as any other white-collar sector in the economy. Teachers to staff the nation's burgeoning school systems were also in demand. Growing sectors of the economy such as restaurant and hotel work, hospitals, and beauty care offered low-paying jobs to women, jobs that have been called the "pink-collar ghetto." Nonwhite and working-class women predominated in such jobs. Example #1:

Copying Selected Sentences or Parts of Sentences is Plagiarism

New service workers were often women: twice as many women were at work in 1960 as in 1940. Clerical work expanded as rapidly as any other white-collar sector in the economy. Teachers to staff the nation's burgeoning school systems were in demand. Also restaurant and hotel work, hospitals, and beauty care offered low-paying jobs to women, jobs that have been called the "pink-collar ghetto." Nonwhite and working-class women predominated. Example #2:

Paraphrasing is Plagiarism

A large number of the new employees in service jobs were female: two times as many females were employed in 1960 as in 1940. Because of the needs of the economy, there was a greater demand for women in traditional fields. New jobs included clerical work, a primarily female employment that expanded as quickly as any other white-collar portion of the economy. Teachers to man the nation's swelling school districts were also in short supply. Growing portions of the economy such as restaurant and motel work, health care facilities, and beauty parlors offered menial jobs to women, jobs that have been referred to as the "pink-collar ghetto." Nonwhite and poor women predominated in such jobs. Example #3:

Using Others’ Ideas without Giving Credit to the Author is Plagiarism

Following World War II, women worked in increasing numbers outside the home. However, more women at work did not translate into job market equality. Women were trapped in the "pink-collar ghetto," the giant service sector of the rapidly growing post-war economy. From 1940 to 1960, the number of women working in the service industry doubled. The luckiest worked as teachers or secretaries, but the majority of the nation's African American and working-class women were forced to seek employment in low paying but "[g]rowing sectors of the economy such as restaurant and hotel work, hospitals, and beauty care." ENDING PLAGIARISM: An Example of the Proper use of Sources and Citations Following World War II, women worked in increasing numbers outside the home. However, more women at work did not translate into job market equality. Women were trapped in the "pink-collar ghetto," [2] the giant service sector of the rapidly growing post-war economy. From 1940 to 1960, the number of women working in the service industry doubled. [3] The luckiest worked as teachers or secretaries, but the majority of the nation's African American and working-class women were forced to seek employment in low-paying but "[g]rowing sectors of the economy such as restaurant and hotel work, hospitals, and beauty care." [4]