How to tell if you are plagiarizing Use this general guide to understand written plagiarism. Are you using your own words? If yes, are you writing about your own idea? 

If yes, then, Yay! You are not plagiarizing! You do not need to cite anyone else if you have written your idea in your own words.



If no, you are paraphrasing (that’s great!), but you must also cite the source of the idea. Because you have written about this idea in your own words, it does not need to be in quotes.

Are you using someone else’s words? If yes, did you put their words in quotation marks or in a block quote?

 If yes, then, Yay! You are not plagiarizing, but you must also cite the source of your From the Library home page, click on Tutorials. quotation.



If no, you are plagiarizing! You need to place the other person’s words in quotation marks, and then cite the source of the idea.

Then, scroll almost to the bottom of the page, to Tours, for a video tour of the physical library, or Website for a tour of resources and services on the library website. Do you need help citing your sources? From the library home page, click the link for Citing, then follow links to the style you want.

Thanks to: Indiana University Bloomington’s School of Education, 2005. for the source of the idea for this guide!

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