Five Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism |
1 |
First, use your own ideas. It should be your paper and your ideas
that should be the focus. |
2 |
Use the ideas of others sparingly--only to support or reinforce your
own argument. |
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 30 minutes and write a short draft of
your paper without using any notes. It will help you think through
what you want to say and help prevent your being too dependent upon
your sources. |