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Defining the Question
Identifying Resources
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Preventing Plagiarism
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  Preventing Plagiarism
   
 

1A. What is Plagiarism?

  • Plagiarism is using the work of another as if it were your own, without enclosing the words of others in quotations.
  • Plagiarism is copying from the Internet, from a web page, or from another person without giving credit.
  • Plagiarism is using ideas which are not your own without citing those ideas.
  • Plagiarism can be applied to ideas, research, art, music, graphs, diagrams, websites, data, books, newspapers, magazines, plays, movies, photos, and speeches.

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