Plagiarism involves borrowing, buying or stealing a paper. If you hire someone to do your paper for you, or copy a large amount of text and do not cite the source, you are committing plagiarism. Always give credit when using someone else’s words. If you are unsure, give the credit anyway! Even information you gather by interviewing or having a conversation with someone should be cited as a source. And of course the obvious ones to credit are articles in a newspaper, magazine, book, or on the internet. Things that do not need to be cited are your own personal experiences, artwork, digital photos, video/audio. When paraphrasing, be careful not to plagiarize. Read the text, and then put it into your own words.
Also, list the author’s name in the same sentence with the quote. The website at Indiana University gave information about how to recognize acceptable and unacceptable paraphrases. It also lists strategies for avoiding plagiarism. The site at Bates College lists some things we rarely quote; such as illustrations, graphs or tables. They also give a wealth of information regarding how to cite and bibliography. This is a great cite to visit when preparing a college paper. Some of the copyright regulations listed on this site are topics about copyright, tips to search copyright records, law and policy, publications and how to record a document. You could spend a lot of time researching this website.
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