Brigidine College
Plagiarism - a guide.
There is absolutely no
reason to plagiarise. No idea is entirely your own.
You are encouraged to use other people’s ideas and thoughts (especially those
of an expert) but you just have to acknowledge them.
What you can do!
You can use
another person's writing, pictures and ideas if you acknowledge them as the
author within the text and in a bibliography.
If you quote
their work directly you must use "quotation" marks.
If you change the
words, but not the ideas you must still make reference to
the author.
What you cannot
do!
If you copy, cut
and paste, paraphrase any writings, ideas or concepts
without citing the author or stating from where
you got the information,
you are plagiarising. That is, you are
stealing another person's intellectual property.
You cannot copy
directly from a piece of writing and use it as your own even if you acknowledge
the author. For example you cannot download or photocopy an encyclopaedia
article and present it as your own work.
You cannot get
your parents to write your assignment.
You cannot copy
your friend's work.
For more comprehensive information:
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html