It can happen deliberately, if you:
Or accidentally, if you:
But no matter how it happens, plagiarism has serious consequences. Review the examples below to be able to recognize it.
Consider this example quote:
...which comes from the book Dog Sense by J. Bradshaw.
This is plagiarism because it's missing the in-text citation:
This is plagiarism because it's paraphrased and cited, but the paraphrase is too close to the original -- you need to change more in your paraphrase:
Consider this example quote:
...which comes from the book Dog Sense by J. Bradshaw.
This is not plagiarism -- it's a correct citation for an exact quote:
This is not plagiarism -- it's a correct citation for a paraphrase:
Of course, the author would also need to list this item like this in the References list, along with any other sources used: