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- Another person’s idea, opinion, or theory;
- Any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings; any pieces of information ”that are not common knowledge;
- Quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words; or
- Paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written words.
To help you recognize what plagiarism looks like and what strategies you can use to avoid it, select one of the following links or scroll down to the appropriate topic.
(Used with permission: Indiana University, Writing Tutorial Services)
Here is an excellent resource for educators AND students to better understand plagiarism:
Two very useful resources available from this site:
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How to Recognize Unacceptable and Acceptable Paraphrases
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Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism:
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- Put in quotations everything that comes directly from the text especially when taking notes.
- Paraphrase, but be sure you are not just rearranging or replacing a few words.
- Instead, read over what you want to paraphrase carefully; cover up the text with your hand, or close the text so you can’t see any of it (and so aren’t tempted to use the text as a “guide”).
- Write out the idea in your own words without peeking.
- Check your paraphrase against the original text to be sure you have not accidentally used the same phrases or words, and that the information is accurate.
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