Wayne E. Sirmon GEO 301 World Regional Geography

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Geography 301 World Regional Geography Wayne E. Sirmon

Geography 301 World Regional Geography War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. Mark Twain "I get to go to overseas places, like Canada." Britney Spears "Without geography you're nowhere." Jimmy Buffett

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Geography 301 - World Regional Geography

3 x 5 index card Name (and the name you like to be called by) Email (if different than rammail) Hometown Major/minor and class Any UM activities (music, athletics) Last history course you took

3 x 5 index card (back) How might the study of geography be useful in your future?

Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism

Basic Definition of Plagiarism The word plagiarize actually comes from the Latin plagi a re to kidnap (Oxford English Dictionary). When you plagiarize, you re taking (or kidnapping) someone else s work.

U M Definition of Plagiarism ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND CONDUCT CODE Students attending the University of Mobile are expected to reflect a high standard of academic integrity and conduct in accord with basic Christian principles and the mission of the University. Any student found to be disruptive in class, or copying, plagiarizing (with or without an intent to deceive), cheating, engaging in unauthorized use of a test, forging, or lying to a faculty member in order to complete an assignment will be subject to disciplinary action. THE UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK 2010 2012 Page 34

Characteristics of Plagiarism Lacks guidance Illegal/unethical Inadvertent/Unintentional Inadvertent/Unintentional Result of poor research methods Illegal/unethical also embarrassing Intentional Illegal/unethical Jane Hanolen s theory (as cited in Murray 2002). Murray, B. Keeping plagiarism at bay in the Internet age. Monitor on Psychology 33(2). Retrieved April 21, 2004 from http://www.apa.org/monitor/febo2/plagiarism.html

Common Examples of Plagiarism Downloading papers from commercial Web sites and turning them in as your own. Downloading pictures, bits of music, or parts of other people s PowerPoint presentations found on the Web into PowerPoint presentations that you are creating. Turning in as your own work a paper (or parts of a paper) that someone else wrote. Turning in as your own work a paper that you purchased or downloaded for free. Cutting and pasting (or otherwise copying directly) from articles, Web sites, or other sources without citing them. Paraphrasing or summarizing what you read without citing the source.

How Could I Be Caught? There are a number of ways to detect plagiarism: People can search the Web! All they need is to find a unique phrase that is in a paper to be able to find the original source online. People can read, and may recognize what you wrote as someone else s work. Plagiarism detection programs such as Turnitin. Other clues, such as a real difference in writing styles.

What Do I Need to Give Proper Credit? The author(s) or editor(s) of the book, article, Web site, story, etc. The title of the work. Publication information (where published, who published, when published). Volume, issue, and page numbers (if applicable). Date obtained (if applicable). URL if an electronic source. In other words, all the information that someone would need to find this work again!

How Do I Give Proper Credit? By Citing! Use quotation marks and credit all sources any time you use another person s exact words. Credit sources whenever you paraphrase. Give credit to the original authors when you model your work on theirs Common knowledge need not be cited.

How Much Can I Use? Err on the side of caution if in doubt, put it in quotation marks or reword. Regardless of the number of exact words, always document the source when you are using another person s ideas.

How Does Documentation Help to Avoid Plagiarism? Documentation styles provide methods for citing uniformly: References Punctuation Abbreviations Statistics Etc. http://www.apastyle.org/aboutstyle.html

Common Documentation Styles Chicago (History, some humanities) Turabian (Chicago Style for student writers) Modern Language Association (English/humanities) American Psychological Association (Social Sciences) Council of Biology Editors (Science/Math)

Geography 301 World Regional Geography

Three Types of Maps Directions Scale Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Hemispheres Map Key Time Zones Political, Physical, and Thematic Cardinal: North, South, East, and West Intermediate: Box the Compass North, North by East, North-North East, North East by North, North East, North East by East, East North East, East by North, East Used to measure distance on a Map Run East and West Measure North to South Run North to South Measure East to West North and South Hemisphere East and West Hemisphere Tells you how to read symbols on a map World is divided into different time zones

Types of Maps Climate maps give general information about the climate and precipitation (rain and snow) of a region. Cartographers, or mapmakers, use colors to show different climate or precipitation zones. Economic or resource maps feature the type of natural resources or economic activity that dominates an area. Cartographers use symbols to show the locations of natural resources or economic activities. For example, oranges on a map of Florida tell you that oranges are grown there. Physical maps illustrate the physical features of an area, such as the mountains, rivers and lakes. The water is usually shown in blue. Colors are used to show relief differences in land elevations. Green is typically used at lower elevations, and orange or brown indicate higher elevations. Political maps do not show physical features. Instead, they indicate state and national boundaries and capital and major cities. A capital city is usually marked with a star within a circle. Road maps show major some minor highways and roads, airports, railroad tracks, cities and other points of interest in an area. People use road maps to plan trips and for driving directions. Topographic maps include contour lines to show the shape and elevation of an area. Lines that are close together indicate steep terrain, and lines that are far apart indicate flat terrain.