Researching Information, Copyright, and Plagiarism for Students

This assignment delves into the fundamental aspects of researching information, encompassing the definition of research, its significance, and various methods employed. It explores the concepts of copyright, its legal framework, and implications for academic work, including the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The assignment also addresses plagiarism, differentiating it from copyright infringement, and highlighting the ethical and practical issues associated with it. It further examines the use of electronic materials and provides solutions to copyright problems. The assignment concludes with a list of references used, providing a comprehensive overview of the topics discussed. The assignment is focused on providing students with essential knowledge for academic integrity and effective research practices.

Researching
Information
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:

What is Research?
“The systematic investigation into and study of materials, sources,
etc. in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.”
- (Fellows and Liu 2015)

Significance of researching
• Aid to Business success
• Way of proving lies and supporting truths
• Means of finding, gauging and seizing the opportunities
• Tool for building skills, knowledge
• Tool for facilitating the process of learning
• Important means for understanding the different issues
• Increasing awareness (Lynch 2017)

Various methods of researching
information
• Literature searches
• Focus groups
• Personal interviews
• Internet surveys
• Newspaper
• Journals
• Academic articles

Copyright
It is the intellectual property protection of-
“Original works of authorship fixed in any
tangible medium of expression, now known or
later developed, from which they can be
perceived, reproduced, or otherwise
communicated, either directly or with the aid of a
machine or device”.
- (Lewin-Lane et al. 2018)

The various copyright laws that
affect researching information
• Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH)
Act (2002)
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998)
• Federal Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) (Swigart
and Liang, 2016)

Uses of Copyright laws
• Protects the IP (Intellectual Property) from being misused.
• Protects people who create the things, such as the musicians,
authors, writers etc. (Joyce et al. 2016)

What is plagiarism?
• Pasting from internet
• Copying from books
• Copying the work of somebody else
• Copying charts, pictures and diagrams

Difference between plagiarism
and copyright

Defining plagiarism
• It is moral or ethical issue
“The appropriation or imitation of another's ideas and manner of
expressing them, as in art, literature, etc.”.
- (Pandoi and Gupta 2018)

Issues of copyright and
plagiarism while using
electronic materials
• unauthorized copying of third party material.
• Copyright infringement
• Unfair dealing conditions

Solution to a copyright problem
• Copyright is restrictive
• Can be shared
• The rights are belonged to the authors only
• Copyright is automatic
• No opting in
• No opting out

Referencing
• Fellows, R.F. and Liu, A.M., 2015. Research methods for construction. John
Wiley & Sons.
• Lynch, G., 2017. 10 Researching the religious dimensions of social
life. Foundations and Futures in the Sociology of Religion.
• Swigart, V. and Liang, Z., 2016. Digital resources for nursing education: Open
courseware and massive open online courses. International Journal of Nursing
Sciences, 3(3), pp.307-313.
• Lewin-Lane, S., Dethloff, N., Grob, J., Townes, A. and Lierman, A., 2018. The
Search for a Service Model of Copyright Best Practices in Academic
Libraries. Journal of Copyright in Education & Librarianship, 2(2).
• Joyce, C., Ochoa, T. T., Carroll, M. W., Leaffer, M. A., & Jaszi, P.
(2016). Copyright law (p. 85). Carolina Academic Press.
• PANDOI, D. and GUPTA, A.K., 2018. OPPORTUNITY VERSUS THREAT AMONG
STUDENTS: A STUDY ON PLAGIARISM. Global Management Review, 12(1).