How to not plagiarize
Here are some tips to help you avoid plagiarism:
- Start your research early (ask for librarian help to find reliable sources)
- Learn how to paraphrase (see here for details)
- Don't copy and paste from other sources
- Cite while you write, don't wait!
- Use Turnitin Draft Coach (see Writing Help)
- Ask the BELL or a librarian to help check your references
Librarian
Examples of plagiarism:
Intentional plagiarism
Intentional
- Copying a friend’s work
- Buying or borrowing papers
- Cutting and pasting blocks of text from electronic sources without documenting
- Media “borrowing”without documentation
- Web publishing without permissions of creators
- Translation (translating a chapter from another language and publishing it as an article)
Unintentional plagiarism
Unintentional
- Careless paraphrasing
- Poor documentation
- Quoting excessively
- Failure to use your own “voice”
Self Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
- Republishing an article
- Reusing a paper written for another class
- Research misconduct occurs when researchers fabricate data, falsify results, or fail to properly attribute information used in articles, reports, or studies
