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Plagiarism Overview - Purdue OWL
The overview page of Purdue OWL's plagiarism resources, with links to many more tips, explanations, and exercises to help avoid plagiarism.
What is Plagiarism?
An explanation of what plagiarism is and how to avoid it, from Plagiarism.org, sponsored by Turnitin.
Best Practices for Research
From the Purdue OWL, here are certain practices that can help you not only avoid plagiarism, but even improve the efficiency and organization of your research and writing.
Preventing Plagiarism when Writing
Plagiarism.org's tips and strategies for preventing plagiarism as you write a research paper, sponsored by Turnitin.
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
This resource, from Purdue OWL, is intended to help you become familiar with the distinctions between quotations, paraphrases, and summaries. It compares and contrasts the three terms, gives some pointers, and includes a short exercise that you can use to practice these skills.

SCC Plagiarism Tutorial
The Spartanburg Community College Library tutorial on plagiarism.
You Quote It, You Note It!
From Acadia University, this tutorial walks you through the research process and gives tips on how to avoid plagiarism throughout.
Purdue OWL Plagiarism Exercises
This exercise from Purdue's Online Writing Lab gives examples of passages from an essay, and you determine if the citations are correct and if not, what should be done to correct them.
SJSU How to Avoid Plagiarism
Follow this tutorial to learn more about quoting, paraphrasing, and citations for graphs and charts, from San Jose State University.

Seven College Cheating Scandals
This article from the Wall Street Journal in 2009 reports on seven high profile cases of academic integrity violations.
German defense minister rebuffs plagiarism allegations
This article from The Telegraph in 2011 reports on a political plagiarism scandal from Germany.
Hungary President Schmitt quits in plagiarism scandal
This article from BBC News in 2012 reports on the plagiarism scandal that led to the resignation of the president in Hungary.
Student’s Novel Faces Plagiarism Controversy
This article from the Harvard Crimson in 2006 reports on the plagiarism scandal surrounding a novel written by a Harvard student.
Doctors Urge Elite Academy to Expel a Member Over Charges of Plagiarism
This article from the New York Times in 2018 reports on the plagiarism scandal surrounding a doctor in the National Academy of Medicine.