Plagiarism

(These guidelines are from the IU Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct)

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Plagiarism is when you copy off from either a person’s work, or a website, without giving credit to the author that wrote it before you. You can be using their idea or their words. You could also be downloading or buying a paper on your subject online, or using a paper you wrote a long time ago. It means you take their idea, and then you turn it into your own.

How you can avoid plagiarism is by simply putting in brackets saying the author’s name and their quotes that they may have written. You must give credit to the author whenever you use their ideas or opinions. (Be sure to also give credit even if you use a photo). Write down some new ideas on your topic, and use those. As long as you cite whose information it is, then you’re fine.

Paraphrase means you redo or reword from what someone else has written. It is when you take someone’s idea or opinion, but switch the words around to make it seem like its yours. Again, if you’re going to use anybody’s ideas or opinions you must cite them.