"The easiest way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to scrupulously cite
your sources, and to quote correctly" (Rael).

"Do you know what plagiarism is?
"Very few students fully understand its true definition. Plagiarism occurs whenever you take a series of words, ideas, or even a single concept from someone else's work and re-create it in your own term paper without citing the original author as a source. Thus, even 'paraphrasing' is plagiarism if you fail to show your readers the source of the words you are summarizing. 'Re-wording' what somebody else has written is plagiarism if you do not give them credit for their ideas. Plagiarism, therefore, is not only the copying of words, it is the copying of ideas that do not belong to you without attributing them to their creator" ("Learn to Cite Sources").

The following require parenthetical reference*
and complete citation in a bibliography.

• Information, statistics and concepts not originating with you
• Paraphrasing, rewording an author’s thoughts
• Summarizing what author thinks
• Direct quote from author
• Information gathered from Internet
• Graphics, pictures, charts and photographs

Special Note: Items from Microsoft Clip Art do not have to be cited, though it is not incorrect to do so.

CONSEQUENCES FOR PLAGIARIZING

WORKS CITED

Image
1. no plagiarism icon. unknown. Welcome to Plagiarism.org. 1999. iParadigms, Inc. 24 Aug. 1999 <http://www.plagiarism.org/index.html>.

Text
1. "Learn to Cite Sources." NoCheaters.com. United Publishing Service. 2 Feb. 2003 <http://www.nocheaters.com/papers.html>.

2. Rael, Patrick. "Plagiarism." Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: Guide for College Students. Fall 1999. Bowdoin College. 24 Aug. 1999 <http://www.bowdoin.edu/~prael/writing_guides/plagiarism.html>.