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Plagiarism 

Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of somebody else's words or ideas. Several colleges and universities have web pages providing guidance on avoiding plagiarism:
  • Purdue's Online Writing Lab includes a list, "When Do We Give Credit?" and advice on ways to mark your notes when researching.
  • Indiana University Bloomington pamphlet, Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It", which includes sections on "How to Recognize Unacceptable and Acceptable Paraphrases" and "Terms You Need to Know."
  • Northwestern University's "The Writing Place" Web site has a discussion on avoiding accidental plagiarism on its page, "Avoiding Plagiarism".
  • Duke Libraries has an excellent "Guide to Library Research". The "Avoiding Plagiarism" unit describes allowing sufficient time for research, methods to include in your note-taking to avoid unintentionally plagiarizing, documentation directions, and information on copyright and the Internet.