Plagiarism

Plagiarism involves copying something without giving any credit.

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Copying information and text from the Internet is not considered plagiarism.

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It is not plagiarism if you copy the material yourself, in your own handwriting.

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Plagiarism is a crime. Plagiarists can even go to jail.

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In some cases, students who plagiarize can fail a class or be expelled from school.

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You are free to copy any material that does not have a copyright symbol © on it.

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When you copy material from another source, changing one or two words is enough to avoid plagiarism.

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When you copy word-for-word from another source, it is important to put the words in quotation marks and cite where the information came from.

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Teachers have web sites and computer programs that tell them if students have plagiarized or not.

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Emily is getting ideas for her pyramid project from a website. She takes notes and lists the website name and information in her project when she turns it in.
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