Important Terms

Copyright: The creator is given exclusive rights to his/her original work in order to use, profit, print, publish, film, or record, and to authorize others to do the same.

Plagiarism: Academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the internet as his/her own.

Fair Use: Limited rights to use brief excerpts of copyrighted material without the need for permission.

 

Resources:

This website provides 6 helpful ways to avoid plagiarism while checking your paper(s) for plagiarism before turning it into your teacher or professor. http://en.writecheck.com/ways-to-avoid-plagiarism/

This website helps to cite your sources correctly using MLA, APA, among other formats. http://www.citationmachine.net/

This website helps you understand what plagiarism is and steps on how to avoid it using visuals. http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Plagiarism/