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What is Plagiarism Plagiarism is submitting someone else’s written words, or ideas, as your own. It’s a form of theft; theft of intellectual property. All of the following constitute plagiarism, unless property cited in footnotes, endnotes, embedded notes, and the bibliography: Copying any part of another student’s project, essay, or report (from past or present classes) Copying any part of a book, video, database, DVD, CD, magazine, encyclopedia or Internet site Copying ideas from another source and presenting them as your own Changing two or three words in every sentence of someone else’s work and submitting them as your own How to Avoid Plagiarism be organized take notes in your own words record the source of the information as you are taking your notes Consequences if Plagiarism is suspected teachers may: check your assignment against google check your information on turnitin.com ask you to provide the source of your information ask you questions about your assignment give you a mark of zero split your mark with the person you copied from

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