Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of taking another person’s words or ideas and using them as your own.
This includes:
· Buying a paper online or re-using a paper written by you or another person for another class
· Paraphrasing without acknowledgement
· Using information from any source and not citing it. This includes cutting and pasting from the web
1Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus. 2008. 21 Oct. 2008 < http://search.eb.com/>
2“How to Avoid Plagiarism: An Information Tutorial.” Paul Robeson Library Reference Department, Rutgers University Libraries. 21 Oct. 2008. http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/
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Writing Help
- University of Virginia Writing Center The U.Va. Writing Center primarily works with student essays but can also help with proposals and personal statements, focusing on the organization and structure of writing. (They do not proofread.) They also provide ESL support.
- Plagiarism Tutorial (North Carolina State University) Although aimed at NCSU students and staff, this brief tutorial presents a good overview of what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
- Plagiarism: What Is It? Real Life Examples, Quiz - Rutgers University examples of plagiarism are all applicable to UVa. Sections 2 and 3 give practical examples of what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it.
- Plagiarism Resource Site, Charlottesville, Virginia U.Va. Physics Professor Louis Bloomfield's web pages devoted to resources for detecting and combating plagiarism.
- How Not to Plagiarize - University of Toronto Good examples of what to footnote and how to attribute in a paper.
- Style Manuals & Citation Resources This U.Va. website links to many good resources for citing both traditional and online information.
- Refworks Refworks will help you organize your work and prepare your bibliography and footnotes.
- Ulrich's International Periodical Directory Is the journal peer reviewed? Among the many questions answered by the resource. Listings of 250,000 periodicals, serials, annuals, continuations, and conference proceedings in 2600 subject areas from over 200 countries.
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Room 511
University of Virginia
434-982-2677
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Subjects:
Government Information, Sociology
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