This document provides information about plagiarism, how to avoid it, and proper citation. Plagiarism involves using someone else's ideas without giving them credit. People may plagiarize when failing to cite statistics, facts, images, quotes, or paraphrased information. To avoid plagiarism, directly quoted information must be in quotes and the source cited, while paraphrased ideas should be in your own words but still cite the source. Common knowledge does not require citation. Proper citation follows styles such as APA or MLA and includes a reference list or bibliography.

1. Avoiding Plagiarism University of the Sacred Heart Department of Humanities Center for Language Development Across the Disciplines LAD