Easy Ways to Avoid Plagiarism

In chapter seven of Envision its main focus is avoiding plagiarism and documenting sources. Plagiarism is a big problem in today’s world for numerous different reasons. There are countless websites out there that have all sorts of information. The problem is people take other peoples writing and use it in their own writing. There is no problem with this if you cite the source. It doesn’t take long to cite a source and give that person credit for their work. If people had a better understand on how they could avoid plagiarism less of it would happen. Plagiarism can happen in the forms of writing, composing, and speaking. There are two main ways to avoid unintentional plagiarism, which can happen easily. First always keep in mind that you are contributing to a conversation with other writers. Next develop effective ways of note taking while reading through your sources.

When downloading images and multimedia it’s important to cite those sources also. It’s not acceptable to just give the URL. You need to spend time making sure what issues can occur. There are copyright and permission issues sometimes when dealing with images. Understand in-text citations can safe someone from plagiarism. There are four different forms of in-text citations: MLA, APA, CSE, and Chicago. The one used the most today is the MLA citation in papers. When you use someone else’s idea all you have to do is put their last name and the page number you got it from. This is an easy process so when the reader is reading your paper they can easily locate the source you used. There are all sorts of material out on the web and in books that everyone must cite. There are websites to help people cite sources correctly to avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism is a problem and easy thing to do on accident. When doing anything involving someone else’s work make sure to look up how to cite the source.