Plagiarism
is derived from Greek and Latin terms for kidnapping |
Plagiarism
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| Plagiarism
is presenting the words or ideas of someone else as your own without proper
acknowledgment of the source.
If you don't credit
the author, you are committing a type of theft called plagiarism.
When you work on
a research paper you will probably find supporting material for your paper
from works by others. It's okay to use the ideas of other people, but you
do need to correctly credit them. |
When you quote
people -- or even when you summarize or paraphrase information found in
books, articles, or Web pages -- you must acknowledge the original author.
It is plagiarism
when you:
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Buy or use a term paper
written by someone else.
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Cut and paste passages
from the Web, a book, or an article and insert them into your paper without
citing them. Warning! It is now easy
to search and find passages that have been copied from the Web.
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Use the words or ideas
of another person without citing them.
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Paraphrase that person's
words without citing them
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