HomeFirst Things First
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What is
plagiarism?
Who cares?
Why is plagiarism difficult to avoid?
Definite don'ts
What happens if you are accused?
How to Avoid Plagiarism
Use valid, credible sources for information
Take careful notes
► Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing
Giving Credit
Papers
Presentations, websites, etc.
Citation styles
Is it plagiarism?
(interactive game)
Copyright
What's the deal with the © ?
Is it copyright
infringement?
(interactive game)
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Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing
In the Take careful notes section, you
learned how to generate electronic note cards by copying and pasting information in a way
that does not invite plagiarism. Once you have the information at hand, you must
decide how it will best fit into your paper: as a quote, a paraphrase, or a summary.
Before making that decision, here are some things to consider:
- Do not make the mistake of reading all your sources without taking notes and then
trying to go back and find the information you remember. You must show where you got your
information.
- Break up the information so that you have only one idea per note.
- Always place quotation marks around the notes you copy and paste; the computer does
not know you are copying a direct quote unless you tell it.
- Use a quote in your final draft when the author's words are the best way to express
the information.
- Be wary of long quotes. Too many long quotes will make your paper more someone
else's words than your own plagiarism.
- Paraphrase carefully, never echoing the sentence structure used in the original
text.
- Summarize by shortening the information to a manageable length. A summary should be
much shorter than what's being summarized.
See how to incorporate information by
quoting.
paraphrasing.
summarizing.
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