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Plagiarism and Citations

Here are some useful sites and tutorials to help you learn more about plagiarism and how to avoid it by citing sources properly.

Dr Cite Right

  • An inter-active tutorial about plagiarism developed by Central Piedmont Community College
  • Allow about ten minutes for the tutorial and quiz

Plagiarism, Eh? How to Recognize It and Get It Out of Your Life

  • A short narrated slideshow about plagiarism from Trinity Western University (Canada)
  • Invest about 8 minutes and update your skills to detect and eliminate plagiarism in your writing

Plagiarism: The Tutorial

  • A one-page guide to plagiarism developed by the University of Connecticut Libraries
  • A brief description of plagiarism with visuals, followed by a short 3-question quiz

FLITE PILOT Information Literacy Tutorial

  • A 3-module interactive learning tool designed to supplement instruction about information literacy
  • Each module provides a short quiz that can be emailed to your instructor
  • Module 3 provides information about plagiarism and citations

Citations - a FLITE guide

  • Review citations and their components
  • Find links to helpful guides about citation styles such as APA and MLA
  • Learn about citation management tools - Son of Citation Machine, Easy Bib and RefWorks

If you have any questions, please Email a Reference Librarian.

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