I am interested in fostering academic pride and integrity. Put it in your own words and credit the idea to the proper source. Footnotes are a wonderful device. They permit you to include important information that may not fit in the scope or argument of your paper, but which will inform the reader. Above all else never resort to plagiarism.
Plagiarism is a serious offense and is a violation of the Honor Code .
Ideas used in your paper which are not your own must be credited to the proper sources in footnotes. Do not make slight alterations of sources which seem to remove the necessity for utilizing quotation marks and footnotes. I am here to help. Don't forget about the Meredith College Writing Center. Style Sheet and also K.L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations .