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What is the Plagiarism

· It's not enough to know why plagiarism is taken so seriously in the academic world or to know how to recognize it. You also need to know how to avoid it.

· The simplest cases of plagiarism to avoid are the intentional ones: If you copy a paper from a classmate, buy a paper from the Internet, copy whole passages from a book, article, or Web site without citing the author, you are plagiarizing.

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Citations and documentation

APA: (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

Social, biological, and earth sciences, psychology.

Documentation, which includes both in-text and bibliographic citations, provides credit for sources used in research writing.

APA citations are found in two places:

· In-text (parenthetical) citations.

· Citations on the References page.

Use of Authors' Names,if the author's name is not mentioned in the text, and if the author's name is not mentioned in the text.

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MLA Style :

Definition: Format your essay according to the correctguidelines for citation. According to the MLA style, the first line of each paragraph in the research paper is to be indented one-half inch from the left margin.

The MLAresearch paper format is the most popular style, as it is most widely used in all levels of study and by all academicdepartments.

MLA in –text citation:

·If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, only the page number is given in parentheses at the end of the citation.

·If the author’s name is not mentioned in the text, then both the last name of the author and the page number should be given in parentheses.

MLA works cited page:

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Use quotations:

·A direct quotation uses the exact words of an authority and must be identified in your paper with quotation marksand parenthetical documentation.

·An indirect quotation, or paraphrase, is a restatement of a thought expressed by someone else that is written in your own style that needs to be documented.