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Plagiarism
When writing papers you must indicate when you borrow another writer's ideas or words. You do this by giving credit (citing your sources) and creating a bibliography. To use someone else's words or ideas without giving them credit is dishonest. It is called plagiarism.Two different acts are considered plagiarism:
(1) borrowing someone's ideas, information, or words without giving credit
(2) giving credit, but paraphrasing, without using “quotation marks” to indicate that words and phrases have been borrowed.
Definition of paraphrasing: a restatement of a text or passages, using other words.
Common knowledge does not need to be cited. Common knowledge is information that your readers could find in any number of general sources because it is commonly known. For example, everyone knows that Montpelier is the capital of Vermont.
(Text adapted from the Middle School Research Guide at Sayre School http://www.sayreschool.org)
Copyright
The Copyright Law of the United States governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions (i.e. downloading/file sharing) of copyrighted materials (books, music, video, etc.) This website contains Copyright Guidelines.The Copyright Law of the United States
http://www.copyright.gov
Citation Makers & Creating a Bibliography
EasyBibwww.easybib.com
Example of a Bibliography (Works Cited Page)
Coborn, John. Amphibians Today. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1997.Holland, Jennifer. “It’s a Frog’s Life.” National Geographic. November 2006: 136-47.
Turner, Pamela. The Frog Scientist. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009.
“Frogs.” The Exploratorium. 7 May 2010.
