Avoiding Plagiarism: Home

Plagiarism is illegal; it is theft of
another person’s intellectual
property.

Plagiarism is easier to recognize than you think it is 

The consequences of plagiarism can be severe.

Some Possible Consequences of Plagiarism
• Failing the assignment
• Failing the class
• Deprived of entrance into college
  programs or graduate school
• Deprived of scholarships and
  grants
• Inability to get a job

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plagiarize (plā’jə rīz’) vt., vi. –rized’, -riz’∙ing to take (ideas, writings, etc.) from (another) and pass them off as one’s own.

“Plagiarize.” Webster’s New World College Dictionary. 4^th ed. 2005. Print.

• Begin working on your assignment as soon as you can.
• Keep detailed notes about each source you read.
• Write your rough draft in only your own words, and add quotes after your main argument has been made.
• Learn how to use your source guides or handbook.
• If you aren’t sure, ask your teacher before your paper is due.

The only way to avoid plagiarism is to correctly give credit to words and ideas that you got from another person. Credit must be given when you quote, paraphrase, or summarize someone else’s ideas.

It is plagiarism if…

• You buy a paper on the internet and turn it in!
• You copy only part of someone else’s work.
• You don’t use the author’s exact words.
• You shorten two pages of text into one sentence.
• You include the work in the Works Cited page but forget to include an in-text citation.
• You turn in a paper written for another class.
• You cite the author but not the book/article.
• You don’t cite because you can’t remember where you found the information.
• You don’t use quotation marks for something that you quote word-for-word, but you do cite it.
• You do it by accident.

                                                                                                           Created by Trish Hammond

Crawford, Mary and Rhoda Unger. Women and Gender: A Feminist
       Psychology. 3rd ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2000. Print.

Hammond, Patricia.  "Augusta University Writing Center’s Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism." 
     2011.  Microsoft Powerpoint file.

 "Plagiarize."  Webster's New World College Dictionary. 4th ed. 2005. Print.

How do I give credit to someone else?

An acknowledgment of someone else’s words or ideas is called a citation.

A citation directs the reader to the original source of the information.

Do I have to cite everything?

Facts that are considered general knowledge do not need to be cited.

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