Plagiarism Tutorial

• Distinguish verbatim (word for word) passages from the rest of your notes by setting the words off in "big quotation marks," or by color coding them with a highlighter, crayon, or special font color. Also, be sure to note who you're quoting. The author of your source is not necessarily the author of the particular cited idea or phrase you are using.

• Notes that are lightly paraphrased could come back to haunt you. Any time you have not sufficiently rephrased something, mark it with a big PM (for "paraphrase more") or color code it.

• When you jot down your own ideas, distinguish them from your other notes by writing or typing the word "ME" next to them, in big letters.

• Save the full text of your sources until you are done writing your paper. That way, you can double check your work against each source to make sure you haven't accidentally plagiarized something.

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