Notes about Plagiarism, and How to Avoid It

Intellectual property includes any words, ideas images or creative works.
Plagiarism is the stealing of words, ideas, images, or creative works. 
Plagiarism, whether or not it is intentional, is seen as an academic crime.
Using someone's else's ideas, words, or other creations without clearly acknowledging where they came from is plagiarism.
When you incorporate someone else's work (words, statistics, charts, graphs, images, etc.) into a paper you are writing,
It is extremely important to give credit where credit is due. 

Five things that can lead to plagiarism are:
 Taking notes by copying directly from text
 Researching by cutting and pasting information from the Internet
 Often forgetting to write down title, author, and other citation information
 Feeling nervous about asking the instructor for help
 Not wanting to admit you don’t understand something

What three things can you do to avoid plagiarism?
 Set up a schedule for each assignment
 Start your research and writing early
 Set up a template page for notes that includes spaces for author, title, date, etc.

These are five ways you can take good notes:
The first thing you should include when copying text verbatim is a citation and
bibliographic information.
 Draw lines in between notes pertaining to different authors.
 Use different colored pens or different fonts to highlight your words and the author’s separately.
 Use quotation marks to show the original text.
 Avoid too much cutting-and-pasting.