Plagiarism is when you take someone else's idea and pretend it is your own. Some examples of plagiarism are:
- Handing in an assignment that someone else wrote.
- Copying and pasting from another source (like a website) without giving credit to the original source.
- Not using quotation marks when you use someone's exact words.
- Changing only one or two words in a sentence, but pretty much leaving the sentence the way it was, and not giving credit to the original source (for tips of paraphrasing so it is not plagiarism check this website: http://www.plagiarism.org/citing-sources/how-to-paraphrase/).
- Providing incorrect information about where you got information from (especially if you make it up).
- Copying so many words or ideas that you didn't really write much of your assignment at all.
(Adapted from: http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/what-is-plagiarism/)
For more information check out: http://www.plagiarism.org/, or come and talk to the Librarians, we are very happy to help you avoid plagiarism!
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