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Avoiding Plagiarism
Below are a list of links from reputable Web sites that offer great tips and strategies for avoiding plagiarism. If you are unsure about rules for citing sources and these guides are not explanatory enough for you, don’t forget to Ask a Librarian here at USF.
Avoiding Plagiarism – the OWL at Purdue
Summary: There are few intellectual offenses more serious than plagiarism in academic and professional contexts. This resource offers advice on how to avoid plagiarism in your work.
Information Literacy 11: Plagiarism & Citation Styles
Bob Baker from Pima Community College offers this informational video about the definition and types of plagiarism, including buying term papers, copying and pasting without attribution, and paraphrasing without attribution. Bob offers tips for MLA and APA citation styles including support available in library databases.
Plagiarism and Academic Honesty
A nice interactive tutorial about plagiarism and academic honesty with some good examples and suggestions for avoiding plagiarism.
Plagiarism: What Is It and How to Recognize and Avoid It
Resources from the Writing Tutorial Services Program at Indiana University in Bloomington.
What is Plagiarism?
Three humorous animated video tutorials from Rutgers that explain What is Plagiarism, Plagiarism: Real Life Examples, and The Cite is Right Quiz Show. Who says you can’t have fun and learn at the same time?
Featured Video
One in a video tutorial series about citing sources and avoiding plagiarism, this one offers the basic concept about when to cite.