Avoid Plagiarism

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Avoid Plagiarism

• Learn how to
• take notes properly!

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Tips for taking notes

• Start by writing down the source! Researchers
  must tell where they got their ideas from or
  else its like stealing.
• Read and re-read until you understand the
  section. Then, pick out main ideas.
• Skip extra information that doesnt answer your
  focus questions. Dont get off track!

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• Dont use complete sentences.
• Dont copy every word! Skip weenie words like
  a and the.
• If you want to copy the exact wording of your
  source, YOU MUST put it in quotation marks.
• Abbreviate! Use symbols or pictures instead of
  words.
• B/c because H (an initial for a
  word you keep using)

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Summary

• Give source first!
• main ideas
• Skip weenie words like a and the
• only answer focus questions. Dont get off
  track!

• Abbreviate! Use symbols!
• no complete sentences.
• exact wording requires quotation marks.
• Put ideas into lists.

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World Book Online
Focus Question What causes a heart attack?

• A heart attack occurs suddenly, but the factors
  that cause it take years to build up. Deposits
  in the coronary arteries begin early in life and
  eventually block the artery. These diagrams show
  one possible sequence of events leading to a
  heart attack.

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World Book Online
Focus Question What causes a heart attack?
A heart attack occurs suddenly, but the factors
that cause it take years to build up. Deposits
in the coronary arteries begin early in life and
eventually block the artery. These diagrams show
one possible sequence of events leading to a
heart attack.

• Early life fat deposits form....
  Source
• Build up...block coronary artery...
  WBO
• When closed H. ATTACK!

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Now you try!

• See your handout!
• Read your focus question.
• Skim the section for the answer.
• Underline key words in the passage.
• Write the note. Follow the tips!

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• Disease can strike any part of the heart...The
  most common heart disease narrows the arteries
  that supply the heart itself with blood and
  oxygen. Deposits of fatty material gradually
  build up and block these arteries. If the heart
  receives too little oxygen, it may work poorly or
  even die. Damage to the heart muscle resulting
  from lack of oxygen is called a heart attack. A
  mild heart attack may force a person to lead a
  less active life, and a severe attack may cause
  death.

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• Disease can strike any part of the heart...The
  most common heart disease narrows the arteries
  that supply the heart itself with blood and
  oxygen. Deposits of fatty material gradually
  build up and block these arteries. If the heart
  receives too little oxygen, it may work poorly or
  even die. Damage to the heart muscle resulting
  from lack of oxygen is called a heart attack. A
  mild heart attack may force a person to lead a
  less active life, and a severe attack may cause
  death.

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Bad note

• Damage to the heart muscle resulting from lack of
  oxygen is called a heart attack. A mild heart
  attack may force a person to lead a less active
  life, and a severe attack may cause death.

Why is this a bad note?
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Good note

• H. Attack Results
• heart muscle damaged
• a less active life or
• death!

Source World Book Online
Can you improve this note further?
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Take another note from World Book Online!
Focus Question How can heart attacks be
prevented?
Doctors have also learned that people can take
important steps to protect the health of their
hearts. Most people can greatly reduce their risk
of heart disease by exercising regularly,
avoiding smoking, and limiting the amount of fat
and calories in their diets.
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Focus Question How can heart attacks be
prevented?
Doctors have also learned that people can take
important steps to protect the health of their
hearts. Most people can greatly reduce their risk
of heart disease by exercising regularly,
avoiding smoking, and limiting the amount of fat
and calories in their diets.
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Resulting note

• Ways to prevent H. Attack
• regular exercise
• diet low fat and low calories
• dont smoke

Source World Book Online
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Summary

• Give source first!
• main ideas
• Skip weenie words like a and the
• only answer focus questions. Dont get off
  track!

• Abbreviate! Use symbols!
• no complete sentences.
• exact wording requires quotation marks.
• Put ideas into lists.

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Best order to use for research

• Reference book (encyclopedia or a science
  encyclopedia)
• World Book Online from home, use
• user name uplib
• password dragon

• Books from library or trolley
• Other databases in librarys RESEARCH CENTER on
  DragonNet