Plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism means using someone else s work without giving them credit.
How do I know when to give credit?
In your writing, you must give credit whenever you use information that you found in a source,
unless it is...
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Plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism means using someone else s work without giving them credit.
How do I know when to give credit?
In your writing, you must give credit whenever you use information that you found in a source,
unless it is common knowledge (see below).
Always give your source for:
•Quotations (exact words)
•Paraphrased information
•Summarized information
•Facts that are not common knowledge
•Ideas, including opinions and thoughts about what particular facts mean
•Maps, charts, graphs, data, and other visual or statistical information
What is common knowledge?
Common knowledge is information that is widely available.
If you saw the same fact repeated
in most of your sources, and if your reader is likely to already know this fact, it is probably
common knowledge.
For example, the fact that Vladimir Putin was elected president of
Russia in 2000 is common knowledge.
Accidental Plagiarism
Sometimes, plagiarism is obvious.
Copying a lab rep
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