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Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism
(Extracted from Professor Jessica Richard’s Don’t plagiarize! PPT)

Want to use one paper for two different courses: Ask permission of both professors before submitting paper

“Accidental” plagiarism

• In note-taking and paper-drafting, highlight quotes in color; mark which ideas come from sources (“S”) and which are your own insights (“ME”).*
  Write down bibliographic data as you work. *
• Write paraphrases or summaries without looking at the original text; then go back and compare your version with the original. *
  Always cite sources when you are paraphrasing or summarizing. *
• “Common knowledge:” if you had to look it up in wikipedia, it is not common knowledge.
  *Source: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/03/
• CITE ALL SOURCES used or consulted!
• When in doubt, ask professor: “does this need to be cited?”
• Check Hacker’s A Writer’s Reference
• Check English Dept. Webpage
• Ask our librarians: IM them at askzaklive; check ZSR website

Intentional deception

• Don’t start your paper the night before it is due!
• Ask your professor to read a rough draft
• Writing Center
• Ask your professor for an extension
• Rember the high odds that you’ll be caught; think about what is at stake, what you will lose when you get caught