Chapter Seven - Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism comes in all forms and we experience it all throughout our lives. It is easy to plagiarize when you know and when you don't know what your doing. In this chapter of the Bedford Researcher the topic of avoiding plagiarism is completely covered in all of its forms. There are three types of plagiarism. Unintentional, intentional, and plagiarism when working in groups to complete one project together.  Unintentional plagiarism is when you accidentally site something incorrectly or you don't know that it is illegal to copy and paste someone else's work. Intentional plagiarism is when you purposely take someone else's work and cite it as your own.  Plagiarism in group work is more about taking someone else's spoken ideas and taking them as your own, or only signing your name and not giving others credit. It is easy to avoid this if you know what to avoid and how to cite sources. You cite your sources by following the given instructions for the citation format you are following. This chapter was a great overview of what plagiarism is and how we, as students, should know how to avoid it.