Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is using another person's work without giving credit

• true

• false

Which of the following counts as work that must be credited if you use it...

• another person's words

• another person's ideas

• another person's art or music including photography

As long as you change the words around before you write it down, you don't need to cite where you read it.

• true

• false

When you write down information about where you got the knowledge that is called " _____ing your source".

• copying

• plagiarizing

• citing

• clearing

When researching you should:

• Cite any sources you learned from

• Cite only books you read

• Put quotes around anything you copy word for word

• use credible sources

Which is a credible source?

• anything you find on Google

• artcles on Wikipedia

• NC Wiseowl

• any video on YouTube

If you find NCWiseOwl resources such as Brittanica boring or hard to read you can...

• adjust the level 1, 2, or 3

• adjust the lexile

• check in elementary or high school sections

If you are finding lots of results that don't relate to your topic, try...

• giving up

• crying

• placing quotes around the terms and/or using more specific words

Cite the dictionary if

• you learn how to spell a word

• you look up the definition of a word that relates to your topic

• you don't have enough sources and you're desperate

Nobody minds if you copy and paste a picture without a credit

• true, people love it when you steal their stuff

• false you need to credit the image source

• false you can't leave the library without a credit on images you print