Using Resources

Common examples of plagiarism include:

• copying someone else's words without using quotation marks and citing (giving credit to) the source,
• paraphrasing or summarizing someone else's words without citing the source,
• quoting someone else's words inaccurately,
• restating someone else's original or specialized ideas without citing the source,
• misrepresenting someone else's words or ideas,
• citing the wrong source, and
• pretending someone else's work is your own.

Remember, text is not the only thing that can be plagiarized. You also must credit the sources of images, graphics, charts, drawings, video, music, etc....