Top Text Title: Top Text: It is important to understand what plagiarism is and why plagiarism is wrong. When you plagiarize, not only are you claiming as your own the ideas and writing of another, but you are interfering with your ability to learn and grow. It is, therefore, also important to find out what you can do to avoid plagiarism by learning how to quote, paraphrase, summarize, and cite the work of another when using it in your writing. The consequences for students found to have plagiarized can be quite severe. For example, at Harvard, the consequences include: a required withdrawal from the university for at least 2 semesters; the forfeiture of the semester's work during which the plagiarism took place (including tuition money paid); getting a fulltime job for the 6 months while banned from campus; and taking a tutorial on the proper use of sources (source: see Harvard.edu link at bottom of this page). Not an easy pill to swallow! The summary below is from "Plagiarism: What it Is and How to Avoid It." Retrieved October 29, 2001 from the Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html "1. If you have copied it directly, put it in quotations. 2. When taking notes, make sure you mark what is copied directly and what is not. 3. When you paraphrase, you must use your own words. Do not just rearrange or replace a few words. 4. Since accidents can happen, check your quotations to be sure they are accurate, and double check your paraphrases to be sure you have not repeated lengthy phrases or significant words found in the original text." ... Links Section Title:
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