Plagiarism
Plagiarism in not giving credit to others whose work you have used.
It is unethical and reduces credibility of all the work that you do.
It is also a violation of the Virginia Wesleyan Honor Code.
Activities that are considered plagiarism
- Including ideas that are clearly not your own
- Copying a sentence or paragraph as it is from another source without crediting the original author
- Including data, ideas, or concepts that are someone else’s without crediting the original author
- Using exact quotes from another person or writing without the use of quotations and without crediting the original author
- Paraphrasing parts of another person’s work without crediting the original author
- Citing sources NOT used for the research or assignment
- Creating and citing bogus or false sources in a bibliography
- Submitting the same paper for more than one course
- Putting together parts from various works and submitting as one’s own work