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Citing Information & Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial
Evaluating Information
Integrating Information from Sources
Citing Information
What is Plagiarism?
Paraphrasing
Direct Quotation
Summarizing
And Then There's Copyright
Copyright Infringement vs. Plagiarism
Glossary of Terms
Properly Using and Citing Information Quiz
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Citing Information & Avoiding Plagiarism

This tutorial addresses how to incorporate information from sources into a research paper. It goes over how to cite information and addresses the topics of plagiarism and copyright. After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:

  • Evaluate sources of information
  • Understand what it means to synthesize, paraphrase and summarize information
  • State reasons for citing information
  • Identify the components of a citation
  • Locate information on properly citing sources
  • Know when to include a citation
  • Define plagiarism and list ways to avoid it
  • Understand the reasons for copyright
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Last revised: 11/15/07