Plagiarism: Objectives
All quality academic writing includes information learned from others' and one's own unique analysis and contributions. It is important that a reader be able to distinguish between the two. Plagiarism begins where the line between others' work and one's own becomes blurred.
Plagiarism is "the act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages therefrom, and passing the material off as one's own creation." (West's
Encyclopedia of American Law) After completing this section you will know:
- How to avoid plagiarism
- How to use someone else's work without plagiarizing it
