My views on Plagiarism

Based on unit 4 readings regarding plagiarism, I feel that it is crucial to cite our sources. There are many reasons why. The first reason why we should cite properly would be to give credit to the author who actually wrote the information. The second most important would be to help the reader obtain the exact location of source used within the research if the reader is interested in researching the topic further.

If I found out that someone used something that I created without giving me credit I would be very upset and I would report the incident as a fraudulent report. I would also, notify the writer to correct their mistake by apologizing and ask them to remove my portion of information utilized within their research.

In today's society there seems to be a lot of real-world plagiarism issues that include professionals. In situations like this, my opinion would be to have the professional redo or edit their work and properly cite all work that was obtained by other sources. I also, feel that these same professionals be held accountable for their errors and be fined because it means that if they ever get famous then lied their way to the top.

Internet really does blur the lines of "legally owned" because there are many websites that contain the very same information or materials and there are not always properly cited. Another good example would be that there some website out there that are made up by normal people like you and I and a lot of times these websites list information without any citations or information on where the sources where obtained.

Brain Storming Ideas

So far, I have come up with several ideas for my research paper that will be tilted "The use of Anti-AIDS drugs for newborns". My some of the ideas I am interested in including will be treatments and the controversial use of the anti-AIDS drug called Nevirapine. The KU Library seems to have several articles related to these subjects and I feel that they will be excellent research material for me.

I love being an online student because of its flexibility and I am able to work at my own pace. It also benefits me since I have a 3 year old child. One idea that I have to create a closer class community would be to create study groups with my fellow classmates via the chat rooms. I find that they are a great tool in communicating with each other and helping each other out. I am starting to like this whole blogging thing because it seems like I am beginning to understand the concept of it. It seems to be a very useful way to express our progress in completing our research paper step per step and in gaining helpful feedback from my classmates.

Militza's first time Blogging

I am starting to comprehend how this whole blogging works slowly but surely.