Plagiarism is using other people’s words or ideas and not giving them credit.

To avoid plagiarism, you must always give credit to the authors and accurately cite sources for words, ideas, or images that are not your own.

Here are some good web resources that can help you understand plagiarism and give you tips on how to avoid it:

Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It(http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html )

The Writing Tutorial Services at Indiana University in Bloomington gives some very good examples of acceptable and unacceptable paraphrasing.

OWL at Purdue University: Avoiding Plagiarism (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/)

Purdue’s Online Writing Lab includes some practice exercises on avoiding plagiarism. Please read their fair use agreement if you wish to print their handout. (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/551/01/ )

What is Plagiarism? (http://gervaseprograms.georgetown.edu/hc/plagiarism.html )

Georgetown University Honor Council gives examples of plagiarism and reviews students’ reasons for plagiarizing.

Thinking and Talking About Plagiarism(http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip102401.htm )

A Teaching Tip essay for instructors by Nick Carbone also includes a list of links to other websites that deal with teaching strategies, designing assignments, and detecting plagiarism.

Plagiarism in Colleges in the USA
(http://www.rbs2.com/plag.htm )

Ronald B. Standler’s essay covers the laws related to plagiarism, cases and litigation concerning plagiarism policies at colleges.