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

Copyright

Creative content does NOT need to be commercially published or carry a copyright symbol to be protected by copyright.

Here are some examples of materials that are protected by copyright:

          Books                Web sites        Computer files

          Magazines          Email              Online music

          Journals             Photographs    

Congress is now considering ways to increase the prosecution of copyright violations.  One bill would make the downloading of music files a FELONY offense!