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What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism is presenting others' work, ideas and more as one's own. This includes the following:

• Words / sentence combinations from other sources
• Research results
• Creative products (images, photos, etc.)
• Graphs / charts
• and more

Plagiarism can also occur when you do not cite your own previously published work.

Note: One exception is facts aka common knowledge. For example, you do not need to cite: the earth is round.

How to Avoid Plagiarism?

To avoid plagiarizing, you must cite your sources.

You must attribute ownership to the original creator of a resource, even when you do not see copyright-protection notice.

Tutorial: What is academic dishonesty (including plagiarism) and how can I avoid it?

Why Cite Others?

1. Shows you did your job. Validate your hard work!
2. Give others credit for their work
3. Stealing: severe consequences
4. Join “Scholarly Communication”
5. You help others find resources you consulted when others perform research that builds on your work

Review this interactive tutorial on citing others

Collaboration with ChatGPT or other AI large language model is not allowed unless otherwise stated by your instructor.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbot Errors

AI Large language models (LLMs) are an exciting innovation. However, they are not always accurate. For example, AI:

1. Has hidden biases 
2. Fabricates facts
3. Fabricates references/citations
4. Fabricates controlled vocabulary when searching databases
5. Produces hallucinations
6. Generates different responses to the same prompts
7. Caters it's responses individually to you
8. and more

Therefore, you must independently verify the accuracy of information provided by LLMs.

If you use AI, the following resources will help you ethically report your use

Resources and further reading

• AI Literacy. McGill Library
• AI Guidance. Yale University: Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
• ChatGPT Academic Integrity LibGuide. Sarah Lawrence College
• Ilube, C. (2022, December 6). The hidden biases behind ChatGPT. Medium
• Obermeyer, Z., Powers, B., Vogeli, C., & Mullainathan, S. (2019). Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations. Science, 366(6464). 447 - 453. doi/10.1126/science.aax2342
• Weise, K., & Metz, C. (2023, May 1). When AI Chatbots hallucinate. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/business/ai-chatbots-hallucinatation.html

Last updated December 27, 2023