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Copyright Law and Citation Help
Check here for the copyright laws according to the government.
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This series on copyright laws is much easier to understand.
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Need to figure out whether your use is appropriate because it is educational? Check here!
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Learn how to share your work with others through Creative Commons
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Easybib.com is a website that will help you format your sources. MLA formatting is free, and APA and Chicago style formatting are available for a fee. Easybib will format 59 different types of sources for you!
Like Easybib, Bibme is another formatting site. Default is MLA formatting, but the site will format in APA, Chicago, or Turabian.
What is plagiarism, anyway?
Plagiarism is the unlawful and unethical stealing of another person's ideas, words, or thoughts as your own.
There are three types of plagiarism: intention, unintentional, and lack of knowledge.
Intentional: this is knowingly taking someone else's words, thoughts, or ideas and using them as your own. This is also known as cheating or copying and pasting with attribution.
Unintentional: When you unknowingly use someone else's ideas or words as your own. This happens when you do not take proper notes, when your memory breaks down, or when you have too many sources to keep track of. The easiest way to combat this type of plagiarism is by taking detailed and well-organized notes.
Lack of Knowledge: This type of plagiarism happens when you cannot understand the information you are reading, so you just regurgitate it. This might happen if a third grader had to do a project on physics, or if Mrs. Looman had to research and write a paper on neurosurgery. Part of research is explaining things in your own words, not just spitting out what you read.
There are three types of plagiarism: intention, unintentional, and lack of knowledge.
Intentional: this is knowingly taking someone else's words, thoughts, or ideas and using them as your own. This is also known as cheating or copying and pasting with attribution.
Unintentional: When you unknowingly use someone else's ideas or words as your own. This happens when you do not take proper notes, when your memory breaks down, or when you have too many sources to keep track of. The easiest way to combat this type of plagiarism is by taking detailed and well-organized notes.
Lack of Knowledge: This type of plagiarism happens when you cannot understand the information you are reading, so you just regurgitate it. This might happen if a third grader had to do a project on physics, or if Mrs. Looman had to research and write a paper on neurosurgery. Part of research is explaining things in your own words, not just spitting out what you read.