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Plagiarism: About Plagiarism

Infomation about plagiarism, citations, and paraphrasing.

What is Plagiarism?

"The action or practice of taking someone else's work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own; literary theft." (2018). In OED Online, Oxford University Press.

Plagiarism Is...

This guide will introduce the concept of plagiarism and provide strategies and resources for avoiding it.

Plagiarism Guide

Dishonesty in Academics

Plagiarism Books from Ray Howard Library

About this Guide

This guide was adapted from one originally created by James Emond, Reference & Instruction Librarian at Bristol Community College

Examples

All of the following are considered plagiarism:

  • turning in someone else's work as your own
  • copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
  • failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
  • giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
  • changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
  • copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

Plagiarism in the News

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