Let’s brainstorm:
What do you think plagiarism is?
According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to “plagiarize” means:
In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else’s work and lying about it afterward.
Therefore, Plagiarism means:
Stating and using the words or ideas of other people as if they were your own ideas or words, without giving an appropriate credit and acknowledgement to the sources you have used.
Now, can you name the actions which are considered as plagiarism?
Here is a list of actions which are labeled as “Plagiarism”:
So what should we do in order to avoid plagiarism?
Is it possible to use the works of others?
Can we use the results of our own previous studies?
What do we mean by “giving credit”?
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