Plagiarism: The act of presenting another's work or ideas as your own.
The purpose of research is to study what others have published and form your own opinions. When you quote people -- or even when you summarize or paraphrase information found in books, articles or Web pages -- you must acknowledge the original author.
If you use someone else's words or ideas without crediting them, you are committing a type of theft called plagiarism. Plagiarism can be as obvious as turning in another person's paper as your own, or as sly as simply paraphrasing sections of various works. Remember it is stealing if you copy text from any source and do not identify where the material was found.
Here's the kicker:
If you are caught cheating, the best you can expect is an F for the course. The worst is expulsion from the University! See SFA's policy on cheating and plagiarism for more information.
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