Plagiarism Notes

Many people think plagiarism is copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But, those terms can disguise the seriousness of the offense. According to U.S. law, this can be stolen and falls under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way.  The following is considered plagiarism: turning in someone else's work as your own copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit failing to put a quotation in quotation marks giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not Most cases can be avoided by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source is usually enough to prevent plagiarism.  This can also apply to images, videos, and music.   Notes based on https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-plagiarism.