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Five
Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism
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| 1. |
Use your own ideas. The focus of the paper should be based on your own
ideas. |
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2. |
Use
the ideas of others sparingly--as support or reinforcement of your
own ideas.
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| 3. |
When
taking notes, include complete citation information for each item
you use. |
| 4. |
Use
quotation marks when directly stating another person's words. |
| 5. |
A
good strategy is to take time and write a short draft of your
paper without using any notes. This will assist you in focusing on
the content of your paper and help prevent you from being too dependent upon your
sources. |
