Plagiarism summary ALL INFORMATION FROM IU CODE OF STUDENT RIGHTS

 

Plagiarism is when you take some ones words or ideas and use them as your own. If you cite where you got the information from, it is no longer plagiarism. If you do not cite very clearly and there is possibility of a mix-up then it is still plagiarism. If you use another persons ideas, opinions, theories, facts, statistics, graphs, drawings etc. Be very sure to CLEARLY cite where they have come from. When you are paraphrasing you have to make sure that you writing, drawing etc. is still giving off the same idea as the original.

 

You can avoid plagiarism by simply citing the source of your information or by only using your own ideas. Some stratagies for doing so are to use your own words and cite, make sure the reader knows what is your work and what is an original. You also have to cite an idea or theory just as much as you have to cite some one else's writing.

 

Paraphrasing is using some ones ideas, theories etc. but changing it into your own words. Even if it is your own words, if you’re using someone else’s ideas you must cite them. People should and do paraphrase so that the information is at their level.