via YouTube. Video created by Susan Wood with a Creative Commons License.
Examples of Plagiarism
If you do not cite the source, whether it's just a few words or whole paragraphs--the following all constitute plagiarism:
Copying from a website, such as Wikipedia.
Copying from an article in a magazine, journal, or newspaper.
Copying from a book.
Copying someone else's work.
Any form of "copying & pasting" without citing.
Rewording (paraphrasing) a source, or someone else's work, without citing it.
Failing to place quotation marks around a direct quote.
Fabricating citations or providing incorrect references.
Buying an essay online and turning it in as your own.
Using a previously written essay from one class in another class.
Using a photo, image, or artwork without attributing the source.
Plagiarism in the News
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Attribution
Thank you so much to Bekky Vrabel, Instruction & Reference Librarian at UW-Green Bay for allowing re-use and slight revisions of her Plagiarism LibGuide.