Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism

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Guidelines from the Council of Writing Program Administrators
The Council of Writing Program Administrators offers detailed guidelines for understanding what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
Literacy Education Online: Citing and Using Sources
St. Cloud State University's Literacy Education Online has put together a helpful Web page with the rules you need to know when you use and cite sources—whether as paraphrases, summaries, or direct quotations.
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Helpful guidelines from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab that compare the three different methods.
[Note: As discussed in Chapter 8, quoting is not the norm in most professional scientific papers, but is used quite frequently in communicating with general audiences.]

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