How to Avoid Plagiarism in Academic Assignments?
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is basically stealing someone else’s academic work or ideas and presenting them as your own. In the world of academia plagiarism is a heinous crime and if caught can cause serious problems such as expulsion from the university or high school or failure in the course. Sometimes plagiarism is unintentional when writing term papers, essays, research papers and book reports due to one’s negligence and inability to properly cite sources but is still considered as plagiarism and can result in serious repercussions. This article will help students to become aware of some of the ways to avoid unintentional plagiarism and be more confident when writing academic papers and essays. Following are some simple tips to follow when working on academic assignments to avoid plagiarism. (more…)