It is the theft of another person's work. Turning in another student's work without that student's knowledge. Turning in a paper from a source text without proper acknowledgement. Copying materials from a source text, supplying proper documentation, but leaving out quotation marks. Paraphrasing materials from a source text without appropriate documentation.
Proper documentation refers to citing another person's work.
If the information in your paper did not come directly from you, make sure that you refer the reader of your assignment to where you found the information. The proper way of citing source material is explained in the next section. Plagiarism is covered by the Academic Honesty Policy which is available in its entirety in the Student Handbook . Each syllabus should also mention the policy. The policy outlines the procedures an instructor should follow if they believe a student has plagiarized a paper or assignment.