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Avoiding Plagiarism

This guide provides an overview of what plagiarism is and what methods (such as quotes and paraphrasing) can be used to avoid committing plagiarism.

What is Plagiarism and Multiple Submissions?

The use of another person’s words or ideas without appropriate quotation or attribution; claiming or submitting for academic credit the work of another person     The submission, more than once, without authorization by all instructors involved, of substantial portions of the same work, including oral reports or work submitted for retaken courses.     

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Plagiarism: The use of another person’s words or ideas without appropriate quotation or attribution; claiming or submitting for academic credit the work of another person.
 
Multiple Submissions:  The submission, more than once, without authorization by all instructors involved, of substantial portions of the same work, including oral reports or work submitted for retaken courses.

Plagiarism Explained in Under Three Minutes

Garnett Library Plagiarism Tutorial

This tutorial provides more information about avoiding plagiarism. Take two short quizzes and a test to see if you can successfully avoid plagiarism.

Examples of Plagiarism

Graphic Text: Ten Examples of Plagiarism are 1. Clone is submitting another’s work, word-for-word, as one’s own 2. CTRL + C contains significant portions of text from a single source without alterations, 3. Find-replace is changing key words and phrases but remaining the essential content of the source, 4. Remix paraphrases from multiple sources, made to fit together, 5. Recycle borrows generously from the writer’s previous work without citation, 6. Hybrid combines perfectly citied sources with copied passages without citation, 7. Mashup mixes copied material from multiple sources, 8. 404 Error includes citations to non-existent or inaccurate information about sources, 9. Aggregator includes proper citation to sources but the paper contains almost no original work, 10. Re-tweet includes proper citation, but relies too closely on the text’s original wording and/or structure

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This guide was adapted with permission from The University of Southern Mississippi University Libraries Avoiding Plagiarism Research Guide.