• If plagiarism is confirmed, there are several possible courses of action:

    • Avoiding the problem:

    1. If you borrow words, sentences, or paragraphs directly from another source, put the borrowed words in quotation marks and treat them as a quotation. Use MLA documentation to cite your source.
    2. When paraphrasing, introduce the paraphrase with the article's author and title.
    3. If you use other authors' ideas, give them credit by using an in-text citation.
    4. If you summarize a piece of writing in your paper, be sure to acknowledge the author.

    10/21/1995

    Plagiarism is literary theft. When a person takes the thoughts or writings of another and presents them as her own, without acknowledging the original source, she commits the act of plagiarism.

    Common ways students plagiarize:

    		copying from another source, such as a magazine or web article, without acknowledging the author of the article;
    integrating sentences or paragraphs from another source into their own work;
    copying, with or without changes, an entire article, paper, chapter or even an essay written by another student.
    the piece of work will be failed, without an opportunity to "make it up;"
    a face-to-face meeting of instructor and student will be arranged to discuss the plagiarism;
    if necessary, an appointment with the Dean, the instructor and the student will be arranged; and
    in extreme cases, failure of the course.
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