How Students can Avoid
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined as "academic misconduct"
in the
MCCCD Student Policy Manual. Student might commit plagiarism
for different reasons, including poor planning resulting in a
not enough time to write an assignment properly, lacking
confidence in their writing ability, and not understanding how
to properly use and cite source material. These resources
explain what plagiarism is, how to avoid plagiarism by correctly
and accurately attributing source material, and properly using
source material in your writing.
Recommended websites about doing research,
paraphrasing and quoting,
citing sources, and integrating source material into your
writing.
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