Plagiarism

What is plagiarism? In simple terms, plagiarism is copying or stealing someone's work or ideas and passing that work off as your own. To avoid plagiarism, you must credit the source of the information.

The Most Common Forms of Plagiarism
1. Copying someone else's writing, math, art, research or project and claiming it as your own work
2. Not giving credit when using information found online or in books or other sources
3. Not putting a quotation in quotation marks and then citing the author
4. Not giving correct information for the source of something you have used
5. Changing the words in your quotation without changing the structure of the sentence and then not giving credit
6. Copying such a large amount of text that is makes up the majority of your paper whether you give credit or not
7. Using graphs or drawings without citing the source
8. Plagiarism can also occur with images, music, and videos
Source: http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/what-is-plagiarism

Check Out These Websites Concerning Plagiarism
1. Free online checker for plagiarism, grammar, spelling and more
      http://www.paperrater.com/
2.  Animated slideshow reviewing information about plagiarism. It includes quiz questions and takes about 10 minutes to complete.
      http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
3. Plagiarism Game: Goblin Threat (pointer will switch from an arrow to a pointing finger as you hover over goblin hiding places)
      http://www.lycoming.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/plagiarismGame.aspx
4. Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism
      http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/TM/curr390_guide.shtml
5. Plagiarism Scavenger Hunt
     http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/patriciasmeyers/502/scavenger.html

Articles about Plagiarism for Teens

Byrne, R. (2011, July). Tools for Tackling Plagiarism. School Library Journal, 57(7), 11. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=voh&AN=62797358&site=src-live

Don't Be a Cheater. (2012, Feb 13). Scholastic News, 6. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN=71728996&site=src-live

Gabriel, T., & Brown, B. (2011, Oct 10). Generation Plagiarism. Junior Scholastic, 114(3), 6-8. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN=69856929&site=src-live

Price, S. (2005, September 19). The PLagiarisM PROBLEM. Scholastic Scope, 54(2), 16-18. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN=18222118&site=src-live

Silvester, N. (2004, Nov/Dec). Before You Turn It In. Writing, 27(3). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN=14814984&site=src-live

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Click the links below for additional information

Link: Citing Sources
Link: Citation Styles
Link: How To Paraphrase
Link: What's a Bibliography?
Link: What are Footnotes?

Click this link to check your paper for plagiarism, grammar and spelling.

MS Word How to Use the References Section of the Program"How to" information can be obtained by clicking on the ? at the top right hand corner of MS Word when you have the program open. After clicking on the ? type "How do I use references?" "How to" documents will be listed giving you instructions for the version of Word you are using.

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