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Anne Arundel Community College’s Academic Integrity Policy (PDF) defines plagiarism as “the unacknowledged adoption or reproduction of ideas, words or statements of another person, including classroom peers.”

In addition to explaining plagiarism and its consequences, these links contain examples of plagiarized text and provide suggestions for correctly paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting sources:

• Plagiarism: How to Define It, Recognize It, and Avoid Doing It
• How to Avoid Plagiarism
• Is It Plagiarism Yet?

What do your instructors know about plagiarism?  They can use these and other fee-based, commercial resources to detect and identify plagiarized writing and papers bought on the Web. The following detection sites also include free information and/or articles about preventing plagiarism:

• Turnitin.com (this product is available to all AACC faculty through a campuswide subscription)
• MOSS