ANTH 177 - How to Find a Lost City: Plagiarism

This course guide gathers together tips on research skills and resource materials that may be useful during research for ANTH 177 assignments.

Plagiarism

According to the Oxford English dictionary, PLAGIARISM is:  The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.   Plagiarism can have serious consequences in schools or in the workplace ranging from warnings to expulsion. 

This page provides links to resources, tutorials and handouts designed to help define, recognize, and avoid plagiarism.

Tutorials

Using Copyrighted Works: Fair Use and Scholarship

Plagiarism Video

Tutorial - Help with avoiding plagiarism

https://fdocuments.net/document/principles-of-paraphrasing-harvard-u-instructgutmanlibrary-2011-3-2.html?page=2

What is plagiarism anyway?

What is plagiarism? There isn't just one definition.Learn key ways to avoid plagiarism after reviewing these 10 types.
Understand how to paraphrase a text, how to document or cite a source and how to research so the paper contains original content.

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How to Avoid Plagiarism

No Plagiarism Sign

Books about Research Ethics

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