Plagiarism+Prevention

=Resourceful links to help prevent plagiarism=

What is Plagiarism?
Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work, or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense:

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means
In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.
 * to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
 * to use (another's production) without crediting the source
 * to commit literary theft
 * to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

**Chicopee Comprehensive High School Plagiarism Policy**



 * Click on the link below to check your work for plagiarism.**
 * They are also useful for finding missing citations.**

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=Examples and Resources= [|Online Thesaurus] Try checking the two documents below for evidence of plagiarism.
 * [|Video on Plagiarism] || [|Anti-Plagiarism Website] || [|Parenthetical Documentation] ||
 * [|How to recognize acceptable & unacceptable paraphrasing] || ====[|Paraphrase - Write it in your own words!]==== || [|Interactive Outline Maker] ||
 * [|Purdue Owl: Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing] || [|Plagiarism.org: How to paraphrase] || [|Plagiarists] ||

Citation Generators

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 * THE WEBSITES BELOW WILL HELP TEACHERS CREATE ANTI-PLAGIARISM ASSIGNMENTS and ENCOURAGE BEST PRACTICES. **
 * [|Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age] || [|Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism] || [|Quick tips for avoiding plagiarism] ||