Plagiarism Definition

According to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (Links to an external site.), plagiarism is "the uncredited use (both intentional and unintentional) of somebody else's words or ideas." 

The following video gives a brief explanation of plagiarism and how to avoid it. Although this video was created by a different university library, the concepts about plagiarism are universal. (This video is 2 minutes and 51 seconds long.)

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