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Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism?

• According to Oxford, "Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement."
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• According to Cambridge, "it is the process or practice of using another person's ideas or work and pretending that it is your own."
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Types of Plagiarism

Many types exist, they are as follow:

• When a publisher provides partial references to borrowed data used, or worse, provides wrong references. This is known as Source-based Plagiarism.
• Using a notable part of your previously written article without proper mentions is known as Self Plagiarism.
• The complete use of someone else's work as yours is known as Complete Plagiarism.
• The intentional act of placing someone else's phrase or wordings amongst your publication in a manner that marks it harder to be noticed, is known as Mosaic Plagiarism.
• The unintentional use of data from someone else's work, probably due to inattentiveness of some sort, is known as Accidental Plagiarism
• Applying slight adjustments to an already published article and presenting as yours, is known as Paraphrasing Plagiarism.

What Causes Plagiarism?

• Acts of laziness.
• Always trying to keep tabs on your competitors.
• As a result of fatigue during creation.
• Unintentional, especially when mixed up in the publisher's mind, with previously read articles.
• Less faith in one's ability (less confidence).

Example of Citation.

A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.
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How To Avoid Plagiarism.

• Double check your work.
• Try to be as original and creative as possible.
• Make sure to subject your work to a plagiarism check and make necessary changes before publication.
• Ensure proper citations are made.

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