Plagiarism: Did You Know?-3

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

• Accidental plagiarism or just forgetting to cite our sources.
• Purchases 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.

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

• Work with a Writing Center or Public Speaking Center consultant to improve our writing or bibliography.
• Get research or citation assistance from a librarian.
• Gett 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 a Safe Practices web site Links to an external site. to help avoid plagiarizing.