Post by Rebecca McClish on Sept 15, 2014 3:56:51 GMT
It is truly astonishing the incorporation of a scientific work into a romantic novel. It was not even done so in a subtle manner, or simply an indirect use of facts. It was quite blatant plagiarism. This act, taking work from a written work, and putting it into use in your own work without citation, is simply vulgar, yet has plagued society for generations. The least the author of, Shadow Bear, could have done was to reform the article into their own words, for the awkward phrasing just proves to be, as stated in the article, filler. The lack of citation is what gets the author of the novel though, for if they had just put in small print on the book that part of the story was in fact from a scientific article, they would not have had to face their issues of plagiarism. From a young age it is taught to students that plagiarism is unacceptable. From there, they are taught how to cite, so really the author should not have been so oblivious. I suppose that some people just don't pay attention in school. In another matter, it is highly respectable all the work that Tolme put into his studies of the ferrets, and how he utilized his new article to promote said works. He even states how he’s not offended by the plagiarism itself, but the disregard of the furrets and how they are so small in number. It is truly amiable, and I hope that readers, whether it be of trashy romantic novels, or of research based scientific works, will come out more knowledgeable.