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Avoid Plagiarism
How to Recognize and Avoid Plagiarism
Learn how to recognize and avoid plagiarism in this short tutorial.
SJSU Academic Policy on Plagiarism [PDF]
Avoiding Plagiarism, from the Excelsior College OWL
Avoiding Plagiarism, from the Purdue OWL
Plagiarism Graduate-Level Tutorial
How to Avoid Plagiarism
Three Simple Ways to Avoid Plagiarism
1. Summarize
When you summarize...
the text you write is much shorter than the original text.
you must reference the original source.
you must use your own words, usually with a very limited use of quotations.
2. Quote
When you quote...
you must reference the original source.
the text produced is the exact length of the original text quoted (unless ellipses are used).
you must use the original author's exact words and put quotation marks around them.
include the page number of the original source from which you borrowed the author's original language.
3. Paraphrase
When you paraphrase...
the text you produce may be shorter or longer than the original text.
you must reference the original source.
you must use your own words.
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