Plagiarism
Plagiarism is presenting the work of others as if it is your own. Strong scholars respect the ownership of ideas, images and other creative work, giving credit to authors and creators:
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- If you use an image, you need to make sure that you have permission to use that image as well as cite the source of that image.
- If you use the exact words of an author, put those words in quotes and cite the author and page number.
- If you use the ideas of an author (by paraphrasing what she said) you need to cite the author and page number.
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PaperRater will check up to five pages of your research paper for free, if you copy and paste the text into their plagiarism checker: www.paperrater.com/plagiarism_checker.