Avoiding Plagiarism

Table of Contents

 

Plagiarism

   Definition

   LCSC Code of Conduct

   Situation 1

   Situation 2

   Situation 3

   Situation 4

   Situation 5

 

Citing Sources

   Ft. Worth Example

   Citation Styles

   Why Bother?

   Getting Help

 

Paraphrasing

   Definition

   Getting Started

   Thurber Example

   Direct Quotes

 

Copyright

 

Review

 

 

Why Bother?

 

If it's so hard to learn to use a new citation style, why go to all the trouble?

Consider this.  What if you were reading an article that was really great, and you wanted to read more on the topic.  The author listed the following citation as a source:

  • 1998.  Burkina Faso.  Longman. O Oluko.  Ouagadougou.³

Is it a book?  An article?  A government document?  Would you know how to find it?   

 


³ McHenry, Kelly.  "MLA Style Teaching Methods."  Online posting.  15 May 2003.  Information Literacy Instruction List.  <http://bubl.ac.uk/mail/ilild/i200.txt>.

 

 


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