Question

If no page number or paragraph number is available when directly quoting from an electronic source, then the heading or section name along with the number of the paragraph within that section should be included.
a. True
b. False

Answer 1

Answer:

a. True

Explanation:

Plagiarism can be defined as the act of representing or using an author's work, ideas, thoughts, language, or expressions without their consent, acknowledgement or authorization.

This ultimately implies that, plagiarism is an illegal act of presenting another author's intellectual work or copyrighted items by using their ideas, thoughts, language or expressions, word for word without authorization or permission from the original author.

The four (4) common types of plagiarism are;

1. Copy and paste: this typically involves copying another author's work word for word and pasting it as yours without proper citation or reference with quotation marks.

2. Improper citation : this involves an author failing to provide an in-text reference or citation of the original author appropriately.

3. Find and replace: this typically involves an author finding some words to change (replace) in the original literary work.

4. Fabrication: this occur when an author makes up unverified or false data to use in his or her literary work.

Attribution can be defined as a process which typically involves the citation (reference) of an original source of information such as a quote, paraphrase or summary, using the author's full name and job title or position as the case may be.

Furthermore, if there is no page number or paragraph number when directly quoting from an electronic source, then one is permitted to use the heading or section name along with the number of the paragraph within that section.