There are various kinds of definitions about Plagiarism and I will simply define it as a way of copying someone's work without referencing or properly citing the original owner.

1. Self-Plagiarism
2. Deliberate Plagiarism
3. Accidental or Unwitting Plagiarism

Self-Plagiarism:

This is when a person has published some of his writing earlier and then combines them together to make one larger writing or even a book without acknowledging the previous articles.

Deliberate Plagiarism:

This type of plagiarism occurs when the writer does not give due credit to previous work done in the field but instead presents the previous work as his or her own idea. The author does not credit techniques used to conduct the research to the people who developed them.

Accidental or Unwitting Plagiarism:

This occurs when careless mistake is made when writing down the references. The researcher does not feel the need to acknowledge the original author of a well-known fact, considering it “common scientific knowledge”

In academic writing, it is important to note that all references to previous work done in the field must be correctly cited. All sources referred to for techniques and background for the study must be comprehensively and correctly referenced.

If you feel that you would be unable to paraphrase another person’s work adequately, it is permissible to quote the author’s work verbatim. However must enclose these sentences in quotation marks.

Quotation marks are not required when you paraphrase or summarize another author, but you have to make sure that you have really rewritten the paragraph in your own words while retaining the original meaning. Just changing a few word in the original paragraph is still considered as plagiarism.

When taking notes, write down materials from other studies in your own words. Make sure you add quotation marks to any text you have copied from the source, so that you can identify any material you’ve directly copied when referring to your notes later on. Even if you are not confident that you can adequately paraphrase another author’s words, try your best. Ask a co-author or colleague to help you, or use professional editing services to polish the language.

Even when assuming that the facts or technique you are referring to is “common scientific knowledge,” it is always better to give a reference to the original author. Some readers of a broad based journal may not be experts in your subject area and would welcome the information. [This material was lifted from:
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