Directory of Plagiarism Resources

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This category contains sites that provide information, tips, and guides to help kids and teens understand and avoid plagiarism, which is using another person's words or ideas without giving them proper credit.

Resources in This Category

• Education World: Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism

  http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/TM/curr390_guide.shtml
  Tells what plagiarism is and gives advice for taking notes and quoting sources.

• Purdue University: Avoiding Plagiarism

  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/
  Designed to help writers develop strategies for knowing how to avoid accidental plagiarism. Available in printer friendly html and pdf versions.

• School of Education, Indiana University: How to Recognize Plagiarism

  http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/
  A tutorial with many examples, practice questions with feedback, and a test.

• What is Plagiarism at Indiana University

  https://www.indiana.edu/~tedfrick/plagiarism/index2.html
  The Indiana University definition of plagiarism and an online quiz with 10 examples of student writing to judge.

• What Is Plagiarism?

  http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/plagiarism.html
  Explains that plagiarism is a form of cheating because it's stealing another person's ideas. Tells how to use Internet sources and other references when you're doing homework or a report.

 

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