Plagiarism
- Ethical Use of Information
- Copyright
- Fair Use
- Plagiarism
- Citing Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism
To avoid plagiarizing, correctly cite all of the sources used:
- List the writers and viewpoints discovered in your research and use the list to double-check the material in your report before turning it in.
- While taking notes, keep separate and distinct your own ideas, summaries of others' ideas or exact wording.
- Identify the sources of all exact wording, paraphrases, ideas, arguments and facts that you borrowed.
- Ask your instructor if you are uncertain about your use of sources.
Source: Joseph Gibaldi, The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Sixth Edition Modern Language Association Of America, 2003