Hypothetically speaking. Let say I’m a astrophysicist. I’m well read in the field, made my own observations and conclusions.
Lets also say I’m writing a book about the solar system. I’ve studied all the planets, but Mars. I know nothing about mars. But the book needs Mars.
I know I can go Nasa’s and Steven Hawking’s websites and get all the information I need on the subject.
But there’s no way for me to directly confirm any of the material myself. I’m basically just regurgitating what I read on Nasa’s and Steven Hawking website.
How do I go about giving them credit while also not plagiarizing? Does the fact of me giving them credit omit me from plagiarizing? Can I use their information without their direct consent(lets says Mr. Hawking is still alive and can be contacted.)?
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Plagiarizing is presenting the work and ideas of other people as if they were your own. You can reference other people’s work and make it clear that the information used is not your own, but derived from the work of other people. However the expectation is then that you then actually work a bit with that information and present new findings or discussion on said work, as there is still copyright on the previous material that doesn’t go away. Your Mars chapter *can* rely on information you’ve sourced from other people, but it can’t just be a copy paste section from a different book without permission.
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