The Oxford English Dictionary defines plagiarism as "the action or practice of taking someone else's work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own." The consequences of plagiarism in an academic setting are very serious; they can range from getting a zero on an assignment to being expelled from school. The library, the Student Success Center, and your professors are all here to give you tools to conduct research and write papers that center your own voice and attribute others' ideas appropriately and ethically.
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1. Copying someone else's words or ideas without giving credit, whether the source is a book, an article, website content, another student's paper, etc.
2. Failing to indicate a direct quote or a paraphrase with quotation marks and/or citations.
3. Using incorrect or invented citations for quotations.
4. Buying an essay and turning it in as your own work.
5. Re-using an essay from a previous class as new work.
6. Using a photo, artwork, or other image without attributing its source.