KISJ HS Library: Plagiarism

The University of Oxford defines plagiarism as:

“...presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement.”

University of Southern California: Centre for Excellence in Teaching:

“To steal or pass off as one’s own the idea or words of another.”

EXAMPLES INCLUDE:​

• Cut-and-paste

• Word-for-word copying

• Using alternative words

• Rearranging the sentence/ paragraph

• No citations

• No bibliography

• No quotation marks (direct quotes)

• Not checking sources

• Making-up sources