Avoiding Plagiarism
According to the UW System Administrative code, UWS
14.03, academic misconduct is claiming credit for the work
or efforts of another without authorization or citation.
While most student understand that they must give credit for
exact quotes, they often don’t realize that they must also
credit ideas they gleaned from other sources. In many cases,
students don’t understand the rules and plagiarism is
unintentional.
For a better understanding of when to cite sources, we recommend
the following
plagiarism tutorial, created by Paul Robeson Library at
Rutgers University: (Flash
player required)
Rutgers Plagiarism Tutorial (Flash)
More information about avoiding plagiarism:
How to Avoid Plagiarism?
UW-Madison Writing Center's guide
What is Plagiarism?
Examples with questions from Indiana University
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