This tutorial was adapted from content created by the University Libraries, the University of Southern Mississippi and from Robert A. Harris's book The Plagiarism Handbook : Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism, Los Angeles, CA : Pyrczak Publishing, 2001.
Plagiarism Tutorial
- Step 1. Pre-Test Your Knowledge of Plagiarism
- Step 2. What is Plagiarism?
- Step 3. Citing Quotations
- Step 4. Acceptable Use or Plagiarism? Quiz #1
- Step 5. Paraphrasing and Summarizing
- Step 6. Acceptable Use or Plagiarism? Quiz #2
- Step 7. Post-Test Your Knowledge
- Step 8. Final Suggestions and Useful Links
Plagiarism is a serious academic offense!
"Plagiarism is the intentional offering of the words, ideas, or computer data programs and/or graphics of others for one’s own in any academic exercise.
Examples of plagiarism include (but are not limited to):
1. The offering of another’s work, whether verbatim or paraphrased, as original material in an academic paper;
2. The offering of another’s original ideas or concepts as one’s own, in an academic paper or assessed exercise;
3. The inclusion of another’s material in one’s own work without appropriate or accurate citation or credit." AASU Student Code of Conduct p. 338-339, B1-4.