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Is it plagiarism?
It can be difficult to avoid plagiarism if you’re not exactly sure what plagiarism is! We all know that it is a bad idea to take someone else’s work and pass it off as your own, but plagiarism is sometimes more complicated than that. Basically, you always want to give credit where credit is due, but determining when that is can be a complicated process. In order to help you think about the entire research process, and how using research resources fits into that, complete the following two tasks:
Read this brief (1 page) article on identifying plagiarism: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/02/
By now you have heard that citations are a great way to avoid plagiarism in your research papers. Research and scholarly articles are often referred to as a scholarly conversation and citations are extremely important to the scholarly conversation. They are your ticket to these conversations. They give your credibility while acknowledging the work of others.
