Plagiarism: Did You Know?

Did you realize that all of the following are considered plagiarism or academic dishonesty?

• Accidental plagiarism or just forgetting to cite our sources.
• Purchasing papers or asking someone else to write them for us.
• Turning in the same paper for two different classes, even if they're in different quarters or at different colleges.
• Digitally manipulating a photo we took of our painting or drawing before submitting it.

There are some things we can do to improve our writing that are not called plagiarism or academic dishonesty.

• Work with a Writing Center or Public Speaking Center consultant to improve our writing or bibliography.
• Get research or citation assistance from a librarian.
• Get feedback from our instructor or through peer-reviews in our class so we can revise.

Additional Resource:

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) from Purdue University includes suggests on Avoiding Plagiarism Links to an external site..