Basics of Information Seeking

• Always use quotation marks and cite your sources when you use other people’s work directly and unchanged from any source.
• Always cite the source, use quotation marks if necessary, if you only make small changes to the text (e.g. change the word order, use synonyms).
• Use source materials to support your own thinking and viewpoints you want to emphasise. Do not copy other writers' writing style.
• If you reference another person’s idea, make sure to cite who the originator of the idea is.
• Also cite the source when you copy another person’s metaphor.
• If you reference charts or graphs, make sure to cite the source.

(University of Turku's Ethical Guidelines for Learning.)

“Plagiarism, or unacknowledged borrowing, refers to representing another person’s material as one’s own without appropriate references. This includes research plans, manuscripts, articles, other texts or parts of them, visual materials, or translations. Plagiarism includes direct copying as well as adapted copying."  Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity 2012, p. 33

Remember to cite the sources you use. Citation styles may vary by discipline, department, or faculty. Make sure to check with them which citation style you should use in your work.

Silpiö, K. 2012. Opiskeluvilppi ja plagiointi korkeakoulujen opintosuorituksissa: kirjallisuuskatsaus ja käsiteanalyysi. Pro gradu -työ: Tampereen yliopisto, kasvatustieteiden yksikkö, ammattikasvatus. (http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uta-1-22244)

Surakka, V. 2003. Plagiointi opintosuorituksissa: plagiointityöryhmän alustava raportti. Tampereen yliopisto.

Tutkimuseettinen neuvottelukunta. 2012. Hyvä tieteellinen käytäntö ja sen loukkausepäilyjen käsitteleminen Suomessa. Helsinki: Tutkimuseettinen neuvottelukunta.