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Five
Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism
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First,
use your own ideas. It should be your paper and your ideas that should
be the focus. |
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Use
the ideas of others sparingly--only to support or reinforce your own argument.
Be sure to credit those from whom you have taken ideas. |
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When
taking notes, include complete citation information for each item you use. |
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Use
quotation marks when directly stating another person's words. |
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A
good strategy is to write a short draft of your paper without using any
notes. It will help you think through what you want to say and help prevent
your being too dependent upon your sources. |
