Originally posted by the Cal Poly Pomono University Writing Center
- Don’t turn in a paper written by a friend, a relative, a classmate, a fraternity brother, sorority sister, or an online research service. This is fraud.
- If you use the exact words of an author you read in a book, magazine, newspaper, academic journal, web site, online database, or any other source, the words should be in quotation marks and the source should be credited.
- Even if you change the words or the sentence structure slightly, you still need to credit the source and put any part that is still exactly the same in quotation marks. Changing the words a little does not make it yours.
For the remaining seven tips, click on the following link Ten Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism