Avoiding+Plagiarism

=Avoiding Plagiarism=

A really good interactive website on plagiarism that will help you understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it is right here: []

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"Plagiarism" from Indiana University's Writing Tutorial Services: [|http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml]

Plagiarism help directed to middle school students: []

Plainly stated, plagiarism is using someone else's work as your own. Plagiarism is a crime. Still don't know what it is or if you've plagiarized? Use the Check list below to see if you've plagiarized (either knowingly or unknowingly). If you

_ haven't done all the readings, research, note taking, and writing required to write the final paper. _haven't given credit to all materials taken from sources and not considered to be common knowledge. _used the words, ideas, pictures, or data from any other source or person and claimed them as my own. _copied and pasted a passage of text unchanged from any internet or online resource without properly citing the source. _copied any word-for-word passages from any printed resource (book, encyclopedia, atlas, magazine, newspaper, etc.) and claimed it as my own. _didn't use quotation marks to show every phrase or sentence that you have copied directly. _did not paraphrase or quote any sources __not listed__ on the works-cited page of your paper. _have cited nonexistent sources. _have “made up” any information or data for support. _have not used the services of a commercial term paper company or copied any/all of another student’s paper and submitted it as your own. _know that having someone else write all or part of this paper for me violates academic integrity. then you have committed plagiarism, and need to rewrite your paper. You should know that plagiarizing at the college level is dealt with by campus police as it is a crime that violates academic integrity. In other words, it's stealing.