English 125-Levine: Avoiding Plagiarism

Definition: "To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own :  use (another's production) without crediting the source." 

Merriam-Webster 2017 

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• Get a head start on your research, do not wait!
• Use effective search strategies
• Read and understand the resources you find
  • If you aren't finding useful information, get help!
• Keep track of all the resources you use
  • Helps organize them for the bibliography
  • Use Easy Bib to organize your sources & links
• Read the resources carefully and keep notes
• Be a college-level writer
  • Use quotations around direct quotes (cite them!)
  • Paraphrase others' words (cite them!)

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