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: 5/13/13