At one time or another, you may have noticed an instructor getting agitated about plagiarism.  Why?  What is it?  What's wrong with it?  How can you stay away from it?  This tutorial can help answer those questions.

If you need help in understanding any of the information in this module, the Reference Librarians would be glad to give you some individual instruction!

Click to read this Module's complete goals and objectives.

ACTIVITIES:

1. Learn the basic concepts of plagiarism and copyright.  Read through this tutorial. (Allow about 30 minutes.)

    2.   When you write papers, you will need to cite your sources, that is, you will need to explain where you got your information.  The two citation styles used most often at LCSC are MLA and APA.  Your instructor will tell you which style to use in your papers.  Here's some info that may help you:

APA Style:

• Here's an Interactive Tutorial to teach you the basics of creating citations in APA Style.  {Thanks to Mr. Kevin Schoepp for developing it and making it available to us!}

• If you need a quick look at examples, here is a page created by the Writers' Workshop at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  For questions concerning a particular source that you want to cite, ask the Reference Librarians for help.

 

MLA Style:

• Here's a Tutorial to teach you the basics of creating citations in MLA Style.  {Thanks to the librarians at Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University for developing it and making it available to us!}

• If you need a quick look at examples, here is a page created by the Writers' Workshop at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  For questions concerning a particular source that you want to cite, ask the Reference Librarians for help.

    3.   Test your knowledge of plagiarism and citing sources. 

The quiz is available in the Assessments section of online courses on Blackboard.  Log in to your online course, and look for the Assessment for Module 2A (Avoiding Plagiarism).    

Trouble logging in?  Please email us at ili@lcsc.edu.

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