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Plagiarism takes several forms.
Below are a few examples of commonly-encountered cases of plagiarism and examples of correct ways of citing words, ideas, and information. You are plagiarizing if you use your source's words without placing them in quotation marks and without providing a parenthetical citation, EVEN IF you include Dorson's book in your bibliography. You are plagiarizing if you use your source's words without placing them in quotation marks EVEN IF you provide a parenthetical citation and include Dorson's book in your bibliography. Bibliography Dorson, R. M. 1970 Folktales of Mexico . You are plagiarizing if you use your source's ideas without providing a parenthetical citation, EVEN IF you paraphrase and even if you include Dorson's book in your bibliography.