Quick Coach Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism
1. INTRODUCTION. In This Guide. Why This Guide Is Important. Defining Plagiarism. Understanding When to Give Credit. Knowing the Rules. Knowledge Check. 2. AVOIDING PLAGIARISM. Doing Your Own Work, Using Your Own Words. Allowing Enough Time. Keeping Track of Sources. Taking Notes. Clarifying Who Is Speaking. Crediting the Source. Citing Sources Correctly. Quoting. Paraphrasing. Avoiding Patchwriting. Summarizing. Avoiding Using Other StudentsA Papers/Paper Mills. Knowledge Check. 3. QUOTATIONS AND PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS. Understanding Citations. Using Parenthetical Citations. Using Direct Quotations. Using Indirect Quotations. Using Ellipses and Brackets. Using Block Quotations. Knowledge Check. 4. PARAPHRASING. Defining a Paraphrase. Crediting the Source. Sample Paraphrases. Citing Paraphrases. Knowledge Check. 5. SUMMARIZING. Defining a Summary. Sample Summary. Knowledge Check. 6. REFERENCES AND WORKS CITED LISTS. Citation Content. Basic Format. MLA Citations. APA Citations. MLA and APA Citations for Web Publications. Types of Reference Lists. Knowledge Check. 7. PRACTICE QUIZ. 8. ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION. Citation Style Overviews. Documentation Styles by Discipline. Free Citation Generators. Reference Tracking. Plagiarism. Style Guides. Works Cited. Answers to Exercises.