An act of plagiarism occurs when one uses the exact language of someone else, including but not limited to printed, oral, written, digital, or internet sources, without putting the quoted material in quotation marks and giving its source.
Students writing informal themes, in which they are usually asked to draw upon their own experience and information, can guard against plagiarism by a simple test. They should be able to honestly answer "no" to the following questions:
1. Am I deliberately recalling any particular source of information as I write this paper or do this project?
2. Am I consulting any source as I write this paper or do this project?
If the answer to these questions is no, the writer need have no fear of using sources dishonestly. The material in his/her mind, which is then transferred to the written page, is genuinely digested and his/her own.
It should be noted that copying the work of any designer or using photographs of another designer’s work as part of one’s studio work without attribution or citation is considered a form of plagiarism. Students should affix an attribution for any image of a designer’s work used as part of a presentation or “inspiration” board.
© NYSID Student Handbook 2012
Photographs or other visual images of the work of others that are used as part of a project presentation must be properly credited in a caption or in writing by the student.
© NYSID Student Handbook 2012
