Frequently Asked Questions About Plagiarism

This timely book provides the fundamentals about plagiarism—what it is, why should anyone care about it, how a person can avoid it, what will happen if a person gets caught plagiarizing, and how attitudes about plagiarizing are changing. Readers learn about copying and copyright issues, and types of plagiarism. On the reverse side, they’ll learn proper methods for quoting other sources, paraphrasing others' ideas, citing quotations and ideas, creating citations and bibliographies, and checking work for accuracy. The friendly, helpful narrative gives students all they need to become original authors with perfect source-related etiquette.