As college students, each term they have to write some research paper. Now one of the most important things about writing a research paper is giving proper credit for the students' sources of information. Failure to do this is called plagiarism, which is a kind of stealing, or at least, an unauthorized borrowing of someone else's ideas.
Sometimes inexperienced students will plagiarize unintentionally, and then be surprised when the teacher won't accept their papers or gives them a failing grade.
The best way to avoid unintentional plagiarizing is to be very careful when you are gathering your information. As you take notes on books and magazine articles about the topic you've selected, first try to assimilate the information thoroughly. Secondly, write it down in your own words. This is called paraphrasing. You'll capture the main idea from your source without actually using phrases from it. Most of your notes should probably be paraphrases.
However, you may sometimes find something you wish to quote directly in your research paper. In this case, be sure that you copy the information precisely in your notes and place it in quotation marks. That way, when you're finishing your research paper, you'll be able to remember which of your notes are direct quotes, and which are your own summaries of the material. You can then use them properly and give the original author or authors proper credits.
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