This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. This handout is intended to help you become more comfortable with the uses of and distinctions among summaries, paraphrases, and ...

Correct citing and referencing is an important academic skill. It demonstrates that you have read widely and have gathered evidence to support your arguments. Citing means noting in the text where you ...

Plagiarism, put simply, is taking credit for someone else’s work. In academics specifically, plagiarizing is when you write what someone else said/wrote but don’t give them credit for it. Giving ...

American culture recognizes each individual's written and verbal ideas to be legal property. Thus, borrowing words or ideas from another individual without crediting them is considered stealing, not a ...

When you quote what someone else has written, you reproduce word for word the relevant material you are using. When you paraphrase what someone else has written, you accurately express that person's ...