What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is when you present someone else's work or ideas as your own. Plagiarism can be accidental or intentional (i.e. cheating). Plagarism is taken very seriously as a form of academic misconduct and it is very important to make sure that you acknowledge when information you are presenting comes from other people.

Plagiarism can be:

• Copying someone's words without giving them credit.
• Quoting somebody's words incorrectly or out of context.
• Using or repeating someone's ideas or concepts without giving them credit.
• Misrepresenting someone's ideas or concepts.
• Copying images or music without permission or without proper attribution.
• Citing incorrectly - i.e. citing the wrong source or having incomplete or inaccurate citations.
• Intentionally presenting someone else's work as your own - i.e. copying off fellow students, submitting papers you didn't write, etc.
• Failing to acknowledge the contribution of others in work produced collaboratively.