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Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism

The Southeastern Louisiana University Student Handbook defines plagiarism as:

'Plagiarism' includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes stealing and passing of ideas and/or words of another as one's own; using a created production without crediting the source; the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials; and/or other violations as defined by the Southeastern Louisiana University Dishonesty Policy. (Southeastern Louisiana University)

At Southeastern, the penalties for plagiarism include a lower grade on your paper, an F for the class, and probation, suspension or expulsion from the university. Technology has made the apprehension of plagiarizers much easier, too, by the development of copy detection mechanisms for digital documents.

Paraphrasing

What is paraphrasing? 

When you use someone’s ideas but put them in your own words.

APA Style Guides

APA Manuals: You need 2 manuals for citations in APA. 

Using APA Format (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
 

DOI Information

Digital Object Identifiers: The APA Style Manual requires that the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) be added, if available.

DOI Look-up: CrossRef provides a free service that allows you to look up whether a journal article has been assigned a DOI.  

Additional information about the DOI System: http://www.doi.org/