Properly Use
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Plagiarism – You want to avoid plagiarism. According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of plagiarism is:​
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To use (another’s production) without crediting the source.
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To commit literary theft.
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To present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
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Plagiarism.org says you don’t want to:
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Copy words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
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Fail to put a quotation in quotation marks
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Give incorrect information about the source of a quotation
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Change words but copy the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
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Copy so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not.
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To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own.
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Cite Your Sources​
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To give proper credit to the author
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To show that you have investigated several sources
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So others can see where you found your information and do their own research
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To avoid plagiarism
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Carver asks students to use the Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition Notes and Bibliography system for formatting papers​​. Go here (Purdue Online Writing Lab - Chicago Style) to find out more.
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You can go to the Chicago Manual of Style, click on the Citation Quick Guide and go to Notes and Bibliography Style.
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And you can use the following citation generators (but check to see if your results are correct in the Citation Quick Guide):
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