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What is plagiarism?
According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means
1) to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
2) to use (another's production) without crediting the source
3) to commit literary theft
4) to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
For more definitions of plagiarism and its possible consequences, see "What is plagiarism? from turnitin.com.
For a recent article on the increase in plagiarism on college campuses, see
Rimer, Sara. "A Campus Fad That's Being Copied: Internet Plagiarism Seems on the Rise." New York Times 3 Sep. 2003: B.7. National Newspapers. ProQuest. U of Wisconsin – Stevens Point Lib. 16 Dec. 2003 <http://www.proquest.umi.com/>.
Additional Resources:
Avoiding Plagiarism (Northwestern): Includes what is plagiarism, and why should writers worry about it, tips for avoiding accidental plagiarism when you use sources, avoiding common forms of accidental plagiarism, paraphrases with no citation, misplaced citations, and examples of acceptable paraphrase: putting the idea in your own words. Source: The Writing Place, Northwestern University.
Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue): Source: Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Cheating, Plagiarism (and Other Questionable Practices), The Internet, and Other Electronic Resources: How Much is Going On?, Term Paper Companies, Free Papers, Course Papers/Projects, Full-text Databases, Plagiarism Detection, Ways to Discourage, Teaching Students About Plagiarism, Articles to Read, and Other Practices. Source: Phyllis Holman Weisbard, UW System Women's Studies Librarian.
Copyscape finds copies of your content on the Web. Use Copyscape to identify sites that have copied your content without permission. Source: Copyscape © 2004 Indigo Stream Technologies.
Turnitin.com Plagiarism Research Resources. Source: Turnitin.com.
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