Avoid Plagiarism

Plagiarism is using someone's ideas, words, or artistic creations without saying where you got them.

• Plagiarism is stealing and it is wrong, illegal and unethical.
• It isn't wrong to use someone's ideas, words, or artistic creations.
• We need to get our information and material somewhere.
• What is wrong is not saying where we got our "stuff."

Most people have trouble with plagiarism when they are doing one of these things:

• Quoting
• Summarizing
• Paraphrasing

How to use this site:

• Read the Definition pages.
  • Quoting
  • Summarizing
  • Paraphrasing
• Try some of the Exercises.

For more information about plagiarism and academic integrity, view this slide presentation:

Academic Integrity: What it is and How to have it

Created by Dotty Delafield, Librarian, Mount Nittany Middle School, State College, PA., 2010.

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