What is Plagiarism

Copying a paragraph, but changing a few words and giving a citation

• Yes

• No

Cutting and pasting a short article from a website, with no citation

• Yes

• No

Taking two paragraphs from a classmate’s essay, without citation.

• Yes

• No

Taking a graph from a textbook, giving the source.

• Yes

• No

Taking a quotation from a book and page number, giving the citation but not using quotation marks.

• Yes

• No

Using something that you think of as general knowledge, e.g. Large areas of rainforest have been cut down in recent years.

• Yes

• No

Using a paragraph from an essay you wrote and had marked the previous semester, without citation.

• Yes

• No

Using the results of your own research, e.g. from a survey, without citation.

• Yes

• No

Discussing an essay topic with a group of classmates and using some of their ideas in your work.

• Yes

• No

Giving a citation for some information but misspelling the author’s name.

• Yes

• No