Take good notes
- While researching, be sure to take note of important quotes and passages that you think you might use in your paper.
- Develop a system to indicate if you are capturing a direct quote or if you are paraphrasing.
- Note the citation information--the author, title, and page number, so that you can easily cite it in your paper.
- Develop a system of note-taking that works for you.
Cite correctly
- "Any time you use words from another source, such as a Web site, book, journal article, or even a friend's English paper, you must give proper credit to the source.
- Even if you don't use someone else's words, but you refer to an idea of concept from another source, you must also give credit.
- 'Citing your sources' means giving all of the information about your source, such as author, title, and date of publication, so someone else can find that source again." (Penn State, 2012)
Use quotes effectively
- "If you use someone else's exact words, you need to put those words in quotation marks. Changing a few words here and there is not enough to avoid plagiarism. Either put the exact phrase you are quoting in quotation marks, or rewrite it entirely in your own words.
- Quoting extensively from another source, even if you do it properly, is not appropriate for a research paper. Use quotations to support your arguments or clarify important points, but create your own argument using your own words." (Penn State, 2012)
Paraphrase correctly
- "In a paraphrase, you rewrite what someone else has said in your own way. Just as you have a personality that is different from everyone else's, you as a writer have your own voice and style. When you write, even when you are paraphrasing, your writing should sound like it came from you, not from someone else." (Penn State, 2012)
From: https://pitt.libguides.com/academicintegrity/plagiarism
