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Navy ROTC: Plagiarism

Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorials

What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is using other's ideas or words without acknowledging the source of information.

Tip: Avoiding Plagiarism

Give credit whenever you use......

  • Another person's idea, opinion, or theory
  • Facts, statisitics, graphs, drawings
  • Quotations of another person's actual spoken or written words

Check for plagiarism

Protection for creators of original work

Examples of copyright resources used in academia

  • Books
  • Works from a chapter in a book
  • Journal articles
  • Newspaper articles
  • Websites 
  • Images (i.e.,pictures, art)
  • Government documents
  • Magazine articles
  • Reference works