How To Avoid Plagiarism
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How To Avoid Plagiarism
by louli Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:38 pm
Plagiarize: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: use (another's production) without crediting the source
- It does not matter for your professor whether you plagiarize incidentally or deliberately. To be on the safe side -remember rule 1.
- First of all avoiding plagiarism implies citing sources. You don’t have to do it only when the idea is a common fact for the intended audience.
- Common knowledge is something that:
- your reader already knows.
- can easily be found in general reference sources. - isn’t cited in other sources.
- To avoid plagiarism you should start documenting the sources as early as you start doing your research.
- In your draft mark the ideas that are your own and those which are drawn from other sources. Underline, italicise someone else’s words in your notes. As you are paraphrasing, try not to peep into the primary source, write form memory. Then you will check and correct the possible inaccuracies. Start paraphrasing with acknowledging the author: According to….., . If you want to keep a particular phrase, do not fail to use quotation marks with it.
- Limit the general number of direct quotations to the most powerful ones. Your writing will lose its own voice and identity when stuffed with too many direct quotes.
- It does not matter for your professor whether you plagiarize incidentally or deliberately. To be on the safe side -remember rule 1.
- First of all avoiding plagiarism implies citing sources. You don’t have to do it only when the idea is a common fact for the intended audience.
- Common knowledge is something that:
- your reader already knows.
- can easily be found in general reference sources. - isn’t cited in other sources.
- To avoid plagiarism you should start documenting the sources as early as you start doing your research.
- In your draft mark the ideas that are your own and those which are drawn from other sources. Underline, italicise someone else’s words in your notes. As you are paraphrasing, try not to peep into the primary source, write form memory. Then you will check and correct the possible inaccuracies. Start paraphrasing with acknowledging the author: According to….., . If you want to keep a particular phrase, do not fail to use quotation marks with it.
- Limit the general number of direct quotations to the most powerful ones. Your writing will lose its own voice and identity when stuffed with too many direct quotes.
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Re: How To Avoid Plagiarism
by Hush Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:21 pm
Greaat , that's a good advice, I hope all our mates will take it into consideration
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Re: How To Avoid Plagiarism
by faith forever!! Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:21 pm
Thanks louli your advice is very good that is what every student should do tell the source of his or her information
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Re: How To Avoid Plagiarism
by Chichidodo Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:08 pm
Don't read and you'll avoid plagiarism!
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Re: How To Avoid Plagiarism
by louli Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:58 pm
welcome to all of you mates!
chichidodo never say that , reading is never a bad matter, it is the sourse of our daily knowledge. and if we are getting most of information from listening and watching, it is also thanks to reading because they(the ones we watch & listen to) read and made it simple to us by making us watch & listen.
chichidodo never say that , reading is never a bad matter, it is the sourse of our daily knowledge. and if we are getting most of information from listening and watching, it is also thanks to reading because they(the ones we watch & listen to) read and made it simple to us by making us watch & listen.
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