Plagiarism is one of the number one things not tolerated in all schools throughout the world. It’s considered cheating. Plagiarism is the theft of ones words or ideas. Sometimes plagiarism is unintentional and a complete accident. So, in order to avoid plagiarism you should keep in mind that you are contributing to a conversation with other writers and also, take effective notes while reading your sources. Other ways to avoid plagiarizing is to use quote a writer, word for word. Or you can use your own words to summarize and paraphrase the ideas of a source.
While writing your paper you should cross-reference the information you gather from your sources with your Works Cited page. Works Cited is a list of all the sources you used in your paper and the author of those sources. This reference page demonstrates your research process and respect for the authors that you included in your paper.
The Works Cited should be in MLA format, which means the authors name’s should alphabetica. Next, the title of the book or article followed by the place of publication, the publisher, and the date of publication. If it is an online source you need the date you accessed it, that database in which you searched it and the URL for the website. Also, the Works Cited uses “rap text”. This means that the first line of every citation is normally spaced from the margin of the page and all of the lines below it should be indented.
A Works Cited is the best way to ensure that you are not plagiarizing someone else’s words. It shows that you respect them and their writing enough to not “steal” their words and ideas.
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