the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

A note, inserted into the text of a research paper that refers the reader to a source in the bibliography

The systematic study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

the first version of a piece of writing

the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.

the person who writes the story

a copy of a printed work offered for distribution