Avoiding+plagiarism+and+citing+sources+properly

=**Plagiarism**=

First of all, What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as "wrongful appropriation" or "close imitation". Plagiarism is a form of cheating in which you illegaly copy something. If you plagiarize, you are taking other peoples work or ideas without citing them properly, giving credit to them or without their permission. It could happen without knowing or deliberately. Copying the exact wording is also plagiarizing. Plagiarizing is against the law in most of the nations, it is not allowed in schools, college or beyond, so it is a good idea to learn the proper way to use proper resources.

More examples of plagiarism:

 * 1) Copying and pasting from Internet without proper citation and posting it elsewhere
 * 2) Putting your name on another person's work, idea or project.
 * 3) Copying word to word from another person's text
 * 4) Utilizing another persons idea, images, videos without citing it properly
 * 5) presenting a presentation in your own words without giving the reference
 * 6) having a intelligent person or a speaker edit your work to perfection

The main reasons that plagiarism is taken seriously in the academic world is

 * People work really hard to get original ideas such as authors and painters so they deserve the credit for their originality
 * Teachers want to make sure that the student is understanding and learning the subject because if you just copy paste then there is almost no effort at all and the student isn't leaning or understanding anything.

Here are the consequences and some reasons why you wouldn't want to plagiarize

 * 1) Possibilty of getting kicked out of school
 * 2) Asked to redo all your previous
 * 3) The artist or the publisher could sue you and take you to court
 * 4) It can cause the website to lose its reputation and veiwers

Plagiarism is getting more and more common as there is more easy access to knowledge through internet.
=Citation=

What is Citation?
It's the way you tell your audience that certain idea or object in your work came from another source. It also gives the viewers to finds neccessary informations such as : Info on the author, the date your copy was published, the number of pages of the material you are borrowing, the title of the work, The name and location of the source

Why should we cite sources?
The main reason is that It's the only way to give the credit of the work to the original author without plagiarising, but there are other reasons too. Citations are helpful to those who are curious about where the idea came from. It also shows the amount of research you have done.